Government not allowing action on 100 corrupt central employees: CVC

New Delhi , Nov 12 (HS): The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) wants to file a case against 100 central government employees for corruption cases for the last four months but is not getting permission. Among these employees are several officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Apart from these, CBI (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers are also included in this list.

According to the CVC, under the rules, approval has to be given in four months to file a case against government employees accused of corruption. But the central government is not giving permission. For this reason, the investigation is delayed against these 100 employees.

If CVC is to be believed, a case has to be filed against about 97 officers in a total of 51 cases. Of these, 8 cases are stuck with the Nodal Authority Personnel and Training Department in the anti-corruption case. Similarly, the file of 23 officers in 11 cases are pending with Corporation Bank, New India Assurance, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Union Bank of India and Ministry of Human Resources.

The CVC said that the Uttar Pradesh government has not received approval to file a case against six officers. Similarly, more than two such cases are pending with the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Revenue, Punjab National Bank and Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Canara Bank, New India Assurance Co. Ltd., State Bank of India, Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Human The Ministry of Resources and Development is pending with the Ministry of Water Resources and the Lok Sabha.

According to CVC data, the governments of Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu have also not allowed prosecution against officials allegedly involved in corruption within the stipulated time of four months.