BREAKING: High-Level Corruption Scandal Rocks K.M. Agrawal College; alleged fraudster Joint Director Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar Accused of Submitting Sham Report to Mantralaya to Shield Illegal Dual-Post Salary Scam

K.M. Agrawal College in Kalyan has become the focus of controversy after whistleblower Krishna Dinesh Singh submitted a complaint alleging long-term salary irregularities involving Ashok Kumar Lal Bihari Mishra. The complaint claims that Mishra was appointed to multiple positions without following prescribed recruitment procedures and continued to receive salary benefits linked to conflicting designations over several years. The complaint also raises concerns regarding administrative actions allegedly taken by Joint Director Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar and other officials. The allegations remain unverified and have not been established by any court, audit authority, or government inquiry.

A massive administrative corruption and institutional fraud scandal has emerged from K.M. Agrawal College of Arts, Commerce & Science in Kalyan. Senior officials from the Konkan Region Higher Education Department are facing serious allegations of actively conspiring to cover up a multi-decade financial scam involving illegal dual-post appointments and systemic siphoning of Maharashtra government funds.

At the center of the storm is Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar, the Joint Director of Higher Education for the Panvel Region. Alleged fraudster Dr. Bondar is accused of abusing his official position to generate a fabricated, malicious report designed to mislead the Director of Higher Education in Pune and the Principal Secretary of the Higher Education Department at Mantralaya, Mumbai. The report allegedly seeks to protect a fraudulent employee while attempting to unlawfully retaliate against the whistleblower who exposed the racket.

The Core Scam: 27 Years of Fraudulent Salaries on Two Posts

The controversy erupted after Krishna Dinesh Singh, a legally appointed Laboratory Assistant at K.M. Agrawal College, unearthed a massive financial irregularity concerning another employee, Ashok Kumar Lal Bihari Mishra.

According to official grievance documents filed by Singh on June 4, 2026, Ashok Kumar Mishra was illegally appointed to the post of Laboratory Assistant on April 23, 1998. The appointment completely bypassed standard operating procedures:

• No Recruitment Advertisement: The post was never publicly advertised in any newspaper or forum, completely bypassing transparent hiring protocols.
•  No Selection Committee or Interview: No formal interview process was conducted, and no legally mandated Selection Committee was ever formed to evaluate the candidate.
• No Government NOC: No No-Objection Certificate (NOC) was ever obtained from the Joint Director of Higher Education.
• No Management Resolution: No governing council resolution was passed by the college’s management body (Hindi Bhashik Jan Kalyan Shikshan Sanstha) to approve the hire.

The fraud deepened significantly on October 4, 2013, when Mishra submitted his formal resignation from the Laboratory Assistant post, which was forwarded by Administrative Officer K M Agrawal College, to the Panvel Joint Director’s office. Following this resignation, the college management immediately issued Mishra an appointment letter as a Junior Clerk/Cashier on October 22, 2013 – even though Mishra possessed no typing certificates or requisite educational qualifications for a clerical post. Just as with his first post, this clerical appointment was executed with absolutely no advertisement, no interview, no selection process, and no government NOC committee reports, completely flouting the prevailing recruitment rules of the Maharashtra government.

Astonishingly, despite resigning from his original post in 2013, institutional records reveal that the college management, in collusion with administrative officers, forged documents on June 26, 2023, to apply 7th Pay Commission salary fixations for Mishra under the long-abandoned Laboratory Assistant post. For nearly 27 years, stretching until March 2025, Mishra reportedly drew substantial salaries funded by the state exchequer under conflicting dual designations (both as a Clerk and a Lab Assistant), heavily draining public funds under the direct watch of the college administration.

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Whistleblower vs. Institutional Retaliation

The attempt by alleged fraudster Dr. Bondar and Administrative Officer K M Agrawal College/Management to paint Krishna Singh’s appointment as “accidental” or “irregular” falls completely flat under legal scrutiny. Unlike Mishra, Krishna Singh possesses an ironclad trail of legal recruitment records dating back over a decade:

• A public recruitment advertisement was published in The Indian Express on July 23, 2014.
• A formal interview was conducted by a legally constituted Selection Committee on November 18, 2014.
• An official appointment letter issued on November 25, 2014, with full inclusion in the state government’s official HTE Sevarth system since the 2014–2015 financial cycle.
• A formal confirmation letter issued by the Principal on December 16, 2016, confirming his permanent status.

The sudden administrative hostility toward Mr. Singh is deeply rooted in personal and professional retaliation. Singh was previously married to the daughter of the college management’s Late Chairman, Dr. R.B. Singh. Following a Divorce Petition, the college management harbored severe personal bias. Merging personal vendettas with professional malice, they illegally placed Singh under suspension without seeking the mandatory prior approval of the Higher Education Department. While the Hon’ble Bombay High Court stepped in on April 1, 2022, to issue a formal stay order against this illegal suspension—rendering his service status sub judice—the college administration continued to use backchannels to tarnish his appointment record.

The Joint Director’s Collusion and Fabricated Report

Instead of initiating immediate criminal prosecution and recovery procedures against Ashok Kumar Mishra and Administrative Officer K M Agrawal College upon receiving detailed documentary evidence, Joint Director Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar allegedly chose to turn a blind eye.

In an administrative report dated May 29, 2026 (Ref: विससं/उशी/कोविप/मावि ठाणे/मिश्रा/२०२६), sent directly to top management at Mantralaya and Pune, Dr. Bondar allegedly turned the tables on the whistleblower. The report completely ignores Mishra’s absolute lack of credentials, his 2013 resignation, and the double salary withdrawals. Instead, the report relies heavily on letters sent to the Administrative Officer of K M Agrawal College on March 5 and 6, 2026, which absurdly claim that the whistleblower, Mr. Krishna Dinesh Singh, was “accidentally” appointed to an excess post, and that the college is now willing to return his salary amounts to the government via treasury challans.

Whistleblower Krishna Singh has vehemently challenged this report, raising a serious public question: Has Joint Director Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar engaged in unlawful financial transactions with the management of K.M. Agrawal College to draft this clear cover-up?

Demands for Criminal Action and Salary Recovery

In an official dispatch addressed directly to the Principal Secretary (Mantralaya) and the Director of Higher Education (Pune), whistleblower Krishna Singh has demanded the immediate rejection of the sham report submitted by Joint Director Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar.

The formal complaint demands:

The immediate registration of a First Information Report (FIR) / Criminal Case against Administrative Officer/Management for systematic fraud, forgery of government records, and deliberate misdirection of state departments.

A high-level independent inquiry into the financial dealings of Joint Director Dr. Kiran Kumar Bondar to ascertain the motives behind submitting a completely baseless, falsified report to shield corrupt actors.

The immediate cancellation of both illegal posts associated with Ashok Kumar Lal Bihari Mishra and a comprehensive recovery of all illegally drawn salary funds from his possession since 1998.

The matter is currently at the complaint stage. No final findings have been issued by the Higher Education Department, and the allegations remain subject to verification, inquiry, and any subsequent legal or administrative proceedings. Sprouts News will continue to monitor developments in the case.

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