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Raspberry honors list of Punjab
officers, courtesy High Court
WSN Network
CHANDIGARH:
This
is how dirty secrets are forced out of the governmental closets.
Several top officials in the Punjab IAS and IPS cadres are facing
various investigations either by the CBI or Vigilance Bureau in
civil or criminal cases. The list of these worthies was revealed
when the Punjab government was forced to submit it before the High
Court.
There are at
least 19 IAS officers facing such inquiries, while criminal cases
are pending against five IAS officers.
Among the IAS
officers facing charges is Punjab Women’s Commission member
secretary Sarvesh Kaushal, against whom a case was registered on
July 18, 2007, by the Vigilance Department regarding Sarv Shiksha
Abhiyan funds. Secretary, School Education, K.B.S. Sidhu; Financial
Commissioner, Animal Husbandry, S.C. Agrawal; and MD, Markfed, G.S.
Grewal are facing a CBI case regarding the establishment and
development of Forest Hill Resorts at Karoran village in S.A.S.
Nagar.
Additional
Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhawan, Delhi, K. Siva Prasad is also
facing a CBI case. Medical Education and Research Secretary Jagjit
Puri is facing a VB probe for selling commercial land of the Tourism
Department cheap. Transport Director Mandeep Singh is facing
separate Vigilance and departmental inquiries.
Principal
Secretary Technical Education and Industrial Training Tejinder Kaur;
State Transport Commissioner R. Venkatratnam; and Secretary,
Parliamentary Affairs, S.S. Dhillon are facing criminal cases.
+The other IAS
officers facing Vigilance or departmental inquiries are Punjab Human
Rights Commission Secretary B. Sarkar; G.S. Pirzada (on deputation);
Lok Pal Secretary C.S. Srivastava; S.A.S. Nagar Deputy Commissioner
H.I.S. Grewal, Special Secretary (Revenue) Khushi Ram, J.S. Maini
(on deputation with Centre); Principal Secretary (Cultural Affairs)
Dr Swarn Singh; Financial Commissioner (Appeals-II) Robin Gupta;
Principal Secretary (Transport) D. S. Jaspal; Commissioner (Surplus
Pool) Dharam Vir; Secretary, Social Security and Development of
Women and Children, Harjit Singh; under-suspension Kirpa Shanker
Saroj; SDM (Chamkaur Sahib) Shruti Singh; and DC (Patiala) D.S.
Grewal.
The list
submitted in the High Court, the Punjab government has also named 10
IPS officers against whom various cases are pending. The officers
include former Punjab DGP S.S. Virk and Vigilance Director S. S.
Saini (CBI case). DGP (Home Guards) K. K. Attri, DGP (Prisons)
Mohammed Izhar Alam, ADGP (Crime) G. D. Pandey, and IGP (Rules) R.
P. Singh are facing a CBI inquiry into a wireless scam under
investigation. Cases are also pending against Commandant, 80
Battalion, S. S. Sodhi; SSP (Faridkot) Paramraj Singh; IGP Rajinder
Singh; and Devinder Singh Garcha (placed under suspension).
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April 2008
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