Srinagar- A court here on Monday expressed serious concern over alleged indulging in private profit-earning business by some officials despite being on the government payroll and directed SSP Crime Branch Srinagar to investigate a related matter purportedly involving spouses of a private tuition centre.

“The allegations propagated by the petitioner about the involvement of some of the spouses of the respondents in the partnership business, despite being on the payrolls of the Government, is a serious concern,” said Additional District Judge Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Bhat while hearing a case filed by one Mufti Hamid Maqbool, seeking among others directions to restrain the respondents- Tahira Gul, Nusrat Rivaz, Saifu Nissa and Arsheeda Begum-their agents, relatives, and representatives from operating or promoting any institution under the“deceptively” similar names“S-KIE,”“Saddam KIE Private Ltd,”“Saddam KIE,”“SKIE NEXT GENERATION CLASSES – (Sadam KIE Private Limited),” or any other variant similar to“SKIE,” as well as from using the goodwill, logo, or assets of M/s SKIE Classes, and from interfering with his lawful management and proprietary share.

Subsequently, the court directed the SSP, Crime Branch Srinagar, to conduct an enquiry as to whether the spouses of the respondents have indulged in any private profit-earning activities in the institute from 20-07-2022, despite being on the Government pay-roll.

In doing so, the court said that SSP shall be free to summon any record or video footage from any quarter concerned with the operation of the institute and take appropriate action as per the provisions of law governing the subject.

The enquiry report, the court said, shall be submitted to it within two months.

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