A draft of such GR was produced before a bench headed by Justice V M Kanade which was hearing a PIL filed by a tribal Bahiram Motiram from Nashik district demanding probe into alleged Rs 6,000 crore scam in regard to tribal schemes.
The petitioner's counsel, Rajendra Raghuvanshi told the bench that the proposed GR does not give powers to the committee to recommend action against guilty persons.
The bench said this issue would be considered on the next date of hearing and adjourned the case to Thursday.
The draft of the proposed GR mentioned that besides the chairman, other members of the inquiry committee would include Bipin Shrimali, managing director of State Electricity Transmission Co Ltd; Dhananjay Kamlakar, special inspector general of police, Nashik Region; Sunil Bhonsale, joint director (finance), Maharashtra State Aids Control Society and Dr Sanjeev Kumar, commissioner of tribal development.
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While the CBI probe is still on, the inquiry committee of the state is yet to be constituted and for which the state has proposed to issue a GR.
The petitioner alleged that the tribal welfare department made purchases towards curbing malnutrition, distribution of cows and buffaloes, supply of diesel engine and pipes, without calling for tenders and the amounts shown as disbursed towards tribal welfare were siphoned off.