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DEHRADUN: After exposing an alleged Rs 2.54 crore tax recovery scam in Dehradun division of the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation ( UFDC ), the Uttarakhand RTI Club has now written to the chief minister’s office seeking action against those involved in irregularities during the 2013-14 financial year.

The RTI activists have recently dug out details of the discrepancies and have demanded strict action against those guilty.

Amar Singh Dhunta, general secretary of Uttarakhand RTI Club, said that the documents and the audit report accessed by them have established irregularities in the income tax deduction of 1,587 transporters at UFDC. While an amount of Rs 2.99 crore should have been deducted as tax, only Rs 44 lakh were recovered as tax liability. “The audit report, which was accessed in May, also points at 1587 unregistered trucks that were used for ferrying mining material and were charged only 2.5 % tax instead of 20%. This indicates that a syndicate was at work to benefit certain mining contractors,” he said.

Meanwhile, a senior forest department official said that the audit report would be scrutinized by the monetary and planning divisions before taking action against the guilty persons.