PESHAWAR
A cunning and notorious Qanoongo in district Tank has been evading accountability for the last three and a half years by employing various delaying tactics.
The affected family has urged the Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) to hear the case against the accused personally and decide their case based on facts, awarding exemplary punishment to Qanoongo Israr Shah.
Qanoongo Israr Shah has so far managed adjournment of at least five MBR-1’s court proceedings against him in Dera Ismail Khan by employing delaying tactics.
Israr Shah was allegedly involved in tampering with revenue records in a case involving his brother Miram Shah, titled “Dalil Shah vs Miram Shah”.
The petitioner Dalil Shah’s family had forwarded an application to the Deputy Commissioner Tank against the manipulation of the revenue records by Qanoongo Israr Shah.
In an inquiry ordered by DC Tank, the Additional Assistant Commissioner Revenue, in the record tampering case, the accused was proven guilty of the accusations.
To further verify the inquiry report, the DC ordered another inquiry by the Assistant Commissioner Tank, who also reported forgery committed by Israr Khan and the illegal incorporation of three marlas water channel in the revenue records.
Based on the inquiry reports, the Deputy Commissioner ordered the correction of the records, but the crafty accused filed an appeal to the Additional Deputy Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan against the decision of DC Tank instead of the Commissioner Dera, as he had previously worked as Tehsildar in Tank with the former and hoped for favor.
The then ADC Dera suspended the orders of DC Tank’s decision on the grounds that the accused was not heard personally.
The applicant submitted written arguments with MBR-1, and when the MBR asked him to also submit written arguments before the court, Qanoongo Israr Shah put an application to SMBR and nominated the MBR-1 as biased.
When the SMBR rejected his application against MBR-1, he put another application to MBR-1 stating that they have no trust in him and they would go to Peshawar High Court.
Qanoongo Israr Shah also violated the stay order of MBR-1 and included a red entry in the revenue records again despite the stay order.
It is worth mentioning here that the notorious Israr Shah Qanoongo also wrote another fake ‘Rapat’ without the sellers’ signatures and thumb in May 2008 in Tank.
He was also already sentenced to jail by the Anti-Corruption Establishment in a fake widow Intikal case in April 2014, while also managing to get bail from the Peshawar High Court in a murder case.
The applicant Dalil Shah’s family has requested SMBR to take notice of the delaying tactics and hear the case personally and issue decision on record base.
