Criminal liability applicable?
Arka Foundation
(Querist) 20 March 2012
This query is : Resolved
Dear All,
A govt employee [ now retired ] can have a Below Peverty Line Ration card on his name who is earning a salary of 15000/- pm @ time of getting a ration card?
If so, any criminal liability applicable against him?
The information came into light after filing an RTI.
Valauble answers please..
ajay sethi
(Expert) 20 March 2012
he is guilty of defrauding the govt . draw the attention of rationing authorities of your state to the fraud played by govt employee .
BPL card is only for the poorest of poor and not for salaried govt employees .
R.K Nanda 
(Expert) 20 March 2012
No, not at all. liable to be punished
u/s 420 of IPC.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 20 March 2012
Such ex.employee is required to be punished but it can be done only by officials of foods and supply.
Guest
(Expert) 20 March 2012
You cannot do anything on your part, except to report the matter to the food & supplies/ rationing department for rectification of mistake. However, if the employee Government has intentionally tried to cheat by showing his income below poverty line, only the rationing department, if like can sue him for defrauding the department.
If the fault lied on the part of the rationing department for wrong issue of card, only the concerned dealing asistant & suprvisor of the department can be held responsible.
N.K.Assumi
(Expert) 20 March 2012
Here the scenario is very different. As for example, Scholarship is given to the students whose parents are below One lakh, but even those officials who are earning not less than 30 to 40 thousands per month are getting scholarships leaving aside their ration cards which is meant for families below the poverty lines. Time to address this parctcices, as a social problems.
Adv.R.P.Chugh
(Expert) 20 March 2012
I think we should steer clear from value judgments or talking about the (im)morality of it, the action clearly falls foul of law, The offence is cheating.
SAINATH DEVALLA
(Expert) 20 March 2012
The said employee can be procecuted even after retirement and his pension stalled
Shonee Kapoor
(Expert) 20 March 2012
Report the matter to the concerned department and they would take suitable action.
Regards,
Shonee Kapoor
harassed.by.498a@gmail.com
