Chandigarh, May 2 -- The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) has dismissed controller, finance and accounts, Rajesh Sangwan from service for his alleged acts and omissions related to misappropriation of public funds and fraudulent transactions. He is the third official who has been dismissed from service in the last eight days under Article 311 (2)(b) of the Constitution dispensing with the requirement of holding a departmental enquiry. The April 30 dismissal order issued by secretary, HSAMB said that during interrogation of Rajesh Sangwan following his arrest on March 14, it came to light that his role in the matter centred on his position as controller, finance and accounts, and an authorised signatory for the bank account. "He was directly involved in processing and recommending the proposal to open the account in IDFC First Bank, forwarding it for approval without obtaining fresh quotations from other banks despite existing banking arrangements. After approval he facilitated the account opening process and was part of the financial oversight mechanism including receiving reconciliation reports. He was responsible for exercising due diligence over financial transactions linked to the account. In the sequence of events leading to the fraud, his role includes procedural lapse and control failures. He did not track or secure a cancelled cheque (cheque No.6), which later appears to have been misused, and he admits he did not verify its status after cancellation. He also allowed a cheque book to be taken away by an external individual (namely accused Ribhav Rishi) during a meeting without ensuring its return,'' reads the order....