Sir/Madam
My colleague, during his routine course of inspections, has noticed that an unauthorized person's name had been manually entered onto the authorization document as well as the EPOS device, issued to run a fair price shop. The alteration on EPOS Device was made using the digital key of the controlling officer.
My colleague immediately brought this matter to the attention of higher officials in writing about the forgery and misuse of digital key and requested that criminal action be taken against both the fair price shop dealer and the unauthorized person. Alternatively, he requested permission to file the criminal case by himself.
However no action has been taken against the dealer and the unauthorized person, and the higher officials have merely corrected the names on the authorization and deleted the unauthorized person's name from the EPOS device.
Given the severity of this incident, I am requesting clarification on whether my colleague can file a criminal case against the dealer and the unauthorized person, despite the lack of permission from the department.
please clarify
