Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday registered a case against former managing director of the Jammu and Kashmir Small Scale Industrial Development Corporation (SICOP), R K Razdan, for allegedly making illegal appointment of Kunal Choudhary, who is currently serving as the DGM of the corporation, an official said. Choudhary, who was initially appointed as a technical assistant in 2006, was also named in the FIR registered under relevant sections of the law, including J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, the ACB said in a statement here. During the course of verification, he said, it surfaced that Razdan, then MD of SICOP, by abusing his official position and in criminal conspiracy with others, allegedly engaged Choudhary as a technical assistant on a temporary basis for six months without any advertisement in the newspapers or inviting applications from the eligible candidates. As such, the appointment of Choudhary was arbitrary and illegal, it said. It further said Choudhary was promoted to the post of manager without issuing any advertisement or without considering seniority of other eligible candidates.