In a major relief to the Registrar of Uttarakhand Ayurvedic University, Mrityunjay Kumar Mishra, the inquiry which was constituted to look into the allegation of misappropriation of funds when he was Registrar of Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU) has absolved him of all charges.
In an office note, the additional secretary, Pankaj Kumar Pandey has said that in his report the inquiry officer, Secretary Finance Dr M C Joshi has mentioned that the case of financial irregularities against Mishra does not stands. Dr Joshi in his report has said that the then Vice Chancellor (VC) and then financial controller have disposed before the inquiry that the charges against Mishra are false.
It was found that the money was regularly drawn from the joint account of the university by Mishra and was transferred to the secret account of the university. It was also found that the all payments were done by cheque with prior permission of the VC.
The inquiry found that complete record of the all the expenditure was made by Mishra and remaining amount was duly transferred to the secret account of the university.
The state government in an order dated December 21, 2012 had appointed Dr Joshi as inquiry officer to look into the charges of misappropriation of funds and financial irregularities by Mishra.