The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Thursday ordered the blacklisting of M/s LMES IT LLP and private vendor Maharaj Krishan Wali from participating in any recruitment-related bidding processes in the Union Territory.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
According to a Govt Order, “The action follows a series of inquiries into alleged irregularities in the 2020 Firemen/Firemen Drivers recruitment in the Fire & Emergency Services Department.”
The Government said that a committee was constituted to look into the allegations and it submitted its report on February 10, 2024.
With the approval of the Competent Authority, the matter was subsequently referred to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for investigation, it said.
The ACB, after verification, registered FIR No. 01/2025 at its Central Jammu police station against M/s LMES IT LLP and reviewed the role of M.K. Wali. The findings were later placed before a reconstituted committee formed by the Government for the purpose.
The ACB reported several violations by LMES IT LLP, including that the firm, despite being L-2, was allotted the recruitment assignment by bypassing the L-1 bidder in violation of norms; LMES lacked the mandatory experience of conducting similar recruitment exercises in at least two states/UT police or CPMFs as required in the NIT; the company used financial documents of another firm—M/s Energy & Software (P) Ltd—for two of the three years required, raising eligibility concerns; LMES quoted a negotiated rate of ₹179 per candidate, whereas the L-1 firm, M/s UMC Technology Pvt. Ltd, had quoted ₹107.50 per candidate.
The L-1 bidder was neither called for negotiations nor was its candidature formally accepted or rejected, it said.
“Mr. M.K. Wali, who held a 99% share in LMES, had earlier been associated with Timing Technology Pvt Ltd (TTPL), whose recruitment process for the same posts in 2018 was cancelled by the Government with directions to replace the TRP firm,” the order noted.
The Government concluded that M K Wali was “unduly facilitated” and given undue leverage by the Fire & Emergency Services Department.
Following recommendations from the Home Department—vide communications dated June 27, 2025 and September 16, 2025—the Competent Authority approved the proposal for blacklisting.
“Now therefore, sanction is hereby accorded to the blacklisting of M/s LMES IT LLP, Registered Office: 1st Floor, ICICI Bank Building, Talab Tillo, Jammu, Corporate Office: F-23 Greenwood City, Sector-46, Gurgaon, Haryana and Mr. Maharaj Krishan Wali, Private Vendor from participating in any recruitment-related bid to be conducted by the Government of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir under Rule151of GFR, 2017,” the order reads.
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