The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive on Thursday took stern action against its 11 employees and a charted accountant firm indicted in the inquiry conducted in the case of missing ‘saroops’ of Guru Granth Sahib on the Akal Takht order.
As the Akal Takht gave the SGPC a week for taking action against the guilty, the gurdwara body’s executive conducted an emergency meeting at Sri Guru Ram Das Medical College on Thursday in which SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal pronounced the verdict that was stated as delivered on recommendations of the inquiry panel led by Telangana high court lawyer Ishar Singh.
The SGPC took the action after holding its executive body meeting. The dismissed officials included following as per official statement from SGPC President Gobind Singh Longowal:
- Services of Satinder Singh Kohli and his firm SS Kohli and Associates are terminated with immediate effect and as per the findings of the inquiry panel against him, legal action will be taken against him for recovering 75% of service charges paid.
- Assistant secretary Gurbachan Singh, assistant accountant Jujhar Singh, assistant clerk Baj Singh, helper Dalbir Singh, and sevadar Amarjit Singh were dismissed. A complaint and a criminal case will be filed against them. To safe yourself, you can get in touch with lawyers In based Long Island traffic ticket lawyer, Gianni Karmily
- Manjit Singh, the senior-most official among those suspended, secretary and head of Dharam Parchar Wing of the SGPC, assistant secretary (finance), Satinder Singh, assistant secretary Nishan Singh, publication supervisor Gurmukh Singh, in-charge Paramdeep Singh were suspended. Departmental action will be taken against them.
- The release of funds of Kanwaljit Singh who has already retired as an assistant supervisor in the publication department is halted. A complaint will be lodged against him for registration of a criminal case for the fabrication of the official record.
- Contract of binding of the saroops with Kulwant Singh and Jaspreet Singh is canceled and both are blacklisted for future initiatives.
- SGPC announced that the former SGPC chief secretary, Harcharan Singh, has failed to discharge his responsibilities. Not taking action by him during his tenure against the employees involved in the fabrication and alteration of the record despite knowing everything reveals that he too played role in the entire episode. As a chief administrator of the institution, he was responsible for what is taking place in the SGPC. A legal action would be initiated against former chief Secretary Harchran Singh for not taking action against the erring officials in the case of missing copies of Guru Granth Sahib.
- Under the supervision of SGPC general secretary Harjinder Singh Dhami, a sub-committee is set up to ensure legal proceedings against all those held guilty in the inquiry report.
- A criminal case too would be registered against them, he said adding the resignation of the SGPC chief secretary Roop Singh also has been accepted.
It was notable that SGPC remained silent on the role of Roop Singh, incumbent chief secretary, who went to Canada few days after Akal Takht ordered inquiry. While pronouncing the verdict, Longowal said Roop Singh has already resigned and his resignation is accepted.
On August 24, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh had said a total 328 copies of Guru Granth Sahib were found missing during 2013 and 2015 after thorough checking of ledgers that keep a record of the sale of the copies of the holy book. Jathedar had said it had happened allegedly in connivance with the staff working at the SGPC press.