Islamabad Property,
June 4: The administration department of the Capital Development
Authority (CDA) does not have registration books and other relevant
record of more than 1,000 vehicles which are used for various
operational and executive duties.
“We don’t have the ‘original registration books’ of the vehicles nor do we have any duplicate keys,” maintained a senior official of the authority on condition of anonymity.
The official said that as per existing government rules followed in ministries and even attached departments the keys and original registration books of vehicles were kept by the administration department.
An officer of executive cadre of the CDA told Dawn: “CDA has allotted me a vehicle from its officers’ vehicle pool with original registration copy.”
Not allowed to speak to the media, the officer said: “If the registration book is lost, it will definitely affect the resale value of the vehicle.”
A finance wing official said that if the authority decided to auction executive vehicles or vehicles which are not required, the missing registration book issue of vehicles will cause financial loss to the authority heavily.”
The official admitted that they were in knowledge that over 300 vehicles of the CDA have no registration books.
“The registration books are either lost or the administration department has no clue about them,” added the official.
Another officer at the CDA when asked whether he was keeping any registration book of his Double Cabin vehicle currently he was using them, he said: “I am keeping over three registration books of the cars which have been in my use for the last four
years.”
He added: “No body has ever asked me to return the registration books of any of the vehicles which I have already handed over to the administration department.”
The official said that since there was no policy regarding use of official vehicles every officer in different departments of the authority was at liberty to keep the registration books of the vehicles.
“Since there is no policy so there are no guidelines then,” asserted the official.
When approached an administration department official he claimed that there was a policy but it could not be implemented in letter and spirit because of poor administration and week governance.
“Every department has a policy and we also have a vehicle policy like the administration department at the CDA is mandated to keep the duplicate keys of the vehicles along with original registration books of the vehicles currently in use of different officers
of the authority,” said the official.
The official said that they would also initiate disciplinary proceedings against the officials who would fail to submit the original registration books of vehicles since these books were the Islamabad property of the CDA.
“We don’t have the ‘original registration books’ of the vehicles nor do we have any duplicate keys,” maintained a senior official of the authority on condition of anonymity.
The official said that as per existing government rules followed in ministries and even attached departments the keys and original registration books of vehicles were kept by the administration department.
An officer of executive cadre of the CDA told Dawn: “CDA has allotted me a vehicle from its officers’ vehicle pool with original registration copy.”
Not allowed to speak to the media, the officer said: “If the registration book is lost, it will definitely affect the resale value of the vehicle.”
A finance wing official said that if the authority decided to auction executive vehicles or vehicles which are not required, the missing registration book issue of vehicles will cause financial loss to the authority heavily.”
The official admitted that they were in knowledge that over 300 vehicles of the CDA have no registration books.
“The registration books are either lost or the administration department has no clue about them,” added the official.
Another officer at the CDA when asked whether he was keeping any registration book of his Double Cabin vehicle currently he was using them, he said: “I am keeping over three registration books of the cars which have been in my use for the last four
years.”
He added: “No body has ever asked me to return the registration books of any of the vehicles which I have already handed over to the administration department.”
The official said that since there was no policy regarding use of official vehicles every officer in different departments of the authority was at liberty to keep the registration books of the vehicles.
“Since there is no policy so there are no guidelines then,” asserted the official.
When approached an administration department official he claimed that there was a policy but it could not be implemented in letter and spirit because of poor administration and week governance.
“Every department has a policy and we also have a vehicle policy like the administration department at the CDA is mandated to keep the duplicate keys of the vehicles along with original registration books of the vehicles currently in use of different officers
of the authority,” said the official.
The official said that they would also initiate disciplinary proceedings against the officials who would fail to submit the original registration books of vehicles since these books were the Islamabad property of the CDA.
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