Two ‘drivers’ take TNSTC for a ride with fake transfer orders
Dennis S. Jesudasan S. Prasad
CHENNAI/CUDDALORE, January 22, 2018 00:00 IST
They discharge ‘duty’ for two months and get paid
For two months, passengers on two bus routes in Vriddhachalam and Panruti in Cuddalore district were driven to their destinations by ‘drivers’ who were never recruited by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC). The two tricksters produced fake transfer letters to the authorities at the TNSTC’s Cuddalore office claiming they were transferred from Dharmapuri to join duty here. What’s more! The two diligently performed their “duties” and received salary for the last two months. Their game was up during a verification of service registers and the two have since gone absconding.
The Transport Department and the police are now probing the unusual case.
According to TNSTC officials, Selvakumar, 36, and Krishnan, 34, both from Sorathur village near Panruti in Cuddalore district, produced the fake transfer orders to officials in Cuddalore district two months ago.
After being posted in Vriddhachalam and Panruti bus depots, they served as drivers. Officials in the Transport Department were in for a shock when they realised that both the names were not found in the service register.
“Since they claimed to have been transferred from Dharmapuri, officials there were asked about their transfer and the service books. It was then that we found out these two were not TNSTC employees in the first place,” official sources said.
Confirming the incident, a senior official said the department had ordered for an investigation in the case and an FIR had been registered in Villupuram, since Cuddalore came under the TNSTC Villupuram’s administrative zone.
“During the probe, it came to light that they produced fake transfer orders with the help of someone who has clear knowledge of how things work in the department. We will soon take action against all those involved in this case,” the senior officer said.
Asked how such cases could be prevented in future, the official said a centralised administrative structure needed to be put in place. “In case of a centralised administrative structure, we could track everything that happens in the department. We will develop such a mechanism soon,” he said.
Dennis S. Jesudasan S. Prasad
CHENNAI/CUDDALORE, January 22, 2018 00:00 IST
They discharge ‘duty’ for two months and get paid
For two months, passengers on two bus routes in Vriddhachalam and Panruti in Cuddalore district were driven to their destinations by ‘drivers’ who were never recruited by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC). The two tricksters produced fake transfer letters to the authorities at the TNSTC’s Cuddalore office claiming they were transferred from Dharmapuri to join duty here. What’s more! The two diligently performed their “duties” and received salary for the last two months. Their game was up during a verification of service registers and the two have since gone absconding.
The Transport Department and the police are now probing the unusual case.
According to TNSTC officials, Selvakumar, 36, and Krishnan, 34, both from Sorathur village near Panruti in Cuddalore district, produced the fake transfer orders to officials in Cuddalore district two months ago.
After being posted in Vriddhachalam and Panruti bus depots, they served as drivers. Officials in the Transport Department were in for a shock when they realised that both the names were not found in the service register.
“Since they claimed to have been transferred from Dharmapuri, officials there were asked about their transfer and the service books. It was then that we found out these two were not TNSTC employees in the first place,” official sources said.
Confirming the incident, a senior official said the department had ordered for an investigation in the case and an FIR had been registered in Villupuram, since Cuddalore came under the TNSTC Villupuram’s administrative zone.
“During the probe, it came to light that they produced fake transfer orders with the help of someone who has clear knowledge of how things work in the department. We will soon take action against all those involved in this case,” the senior officer said.
Asked how such cases could be prevented in future, the official said a centralised administrative structure needed to be put in place. “In case of a centralised administrative structure, we could track everything that happens in the department. We will develop such a mechanism soon,” he said.
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