Vigilance Officer inquiry report was found some lapses. Minister is being managed by IAS officers

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Order probe, dump report

K SREEDHAR RAO

 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2005 11:05:01 PM ]

HYDERABAD: Endowments minister M Satyanarayana Rao had ordered a vigilance

inquiry on February 24, 2005 to probe some allegations against former endowments

commissioner Ajeya Kallam between 2000-2002 and also certain charges against him

during his tenure as executive officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.

 

The probe was ordered based on an anonymous petition to the government.

 

But the minister himself had closed the file bearing No C No 8823/Vig.IV/05

within days after the inquiry report was submitted despite a strong

recommendation for action against the officer from the government side.

 

Normally, the government is not supposed to entertain any anonymous petitions

against all-India service officers and there are few instances wherein an

inquiry was held against an IAS officer merely based on some unknown petition.

It is surprising why the minister had ordered a probe and then closed it, a top

government officer told the Sunday Times of India.

 

A Vigilance Officer (VO) looked into 11 allegations and submitted his

preliminary report to the government recently.

However with regard to the sale of land in Srikalahasti, the inquiry report

found out some lapses. Based on the interim report, the revenue secretary

recommended action against the IAS officer. But the minister reportedly summoned

the file and closed it.