CVC awaits nod from next government to prosecute IAS, IPS

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CVC awaits nod from next government to prosecute IAS, IPS officers

Tuesday, 20 May 2014 - 6:10am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA
• Hakeem Irfan

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The new government led by Narendera Modi has an immediate task to give
sanction for prosecution of around 14 IAS and IPS officers from
various ministries and government departments. The Central Vigilance
Commission is awaiting the approval for more than four months now.
Modi during his election campaign had promised to deal with the
corruption cases strictly without caring about the allegiances of the
accused. Modi had said if elected to power he would set up special
courts for speedy trials for disposal of corruption cases against
politicians and corrupt bureaucrats would also face the action.
As of now a total of 26 cases involving 57 officials are pending for
sanction of prosecution at CVC, although, a committee headed by Pranab
Mukherjee had earlier recommended that the permission should be given
within three months.
Most of the senior IAS officials involved in the cases are from
department of personnel and training of ministry of public grievances
and pensions. The former secretary of ministry of home affairs, Sada
Kant Shukla, principal secretary NDMC, Parimal Rai, former chairman
Chennai Port Trust, K Suresh, principal secretary DoPT, BP Acharya,
secretary DoPT, LV Subramanyam, vice-chancellor, Indian Maritime
University, P Vijayan, former CMD, SECL, MP Dixit, secretary DoPT, M
Samuel are a few of the senior officials whose sanction for
prosecution is pending.
As per the CVC data out of the 26 cases involving 57 officials, six
cases are pending at Delhi Jal Board, four with ministry of personnel,
public grievances and pensions, three with ministry of home affairs
and two each in ministry of railways and Bank of India. Similarly one
case each involving officials of Punjab National Bank, Industrial
Development Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Baroda,
Corporation Bank, ministry of coal & mines and ministry of shipping,
ministry of environment & forests, ministry of defence and ministry of
food and supply is also pending.
The CVC has been regularly reminding the departments concerned about
the pending cases but as of now none of these departments or
ministries has responded. In some cases the sanction was proposed way
back in 2012 and early 2013 and many of these cases have been
registered more than two years back. The CVC has put the list on their
website as well, so that none of the departments would have an excuse
of not knowing about the case. Besides, people would also remain
informed about it.
Earlier this month, Supreme Court ruling that Central Bureau of
Investigation does not need prior sanction to initiate inquiries
against senior government officials (joint secretary and above), has
already created ripples in bureaucracy. Immediately after the ruling,
CBI chief Ranjit Sinha said they would start investigations against
more than ten senior officials in ministries.
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