Flagging the “extraordinary” delay, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill (retd), who took over as Punjab’s chief vigilance commissioner in April, wrote to all deputy commissioners to take a name on sanctioning or denying prosecution throughout the stipulated time interval. is.
In his letter to the DC dated June 21, Gill wrote, “It has come to my notice that for whatever reason there is an inordinate delay in granting sanction for prosecution.” The former Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court stated such delays are being noticed particularly in instances the place income officers have been concerned in corruption instances.
Gill stated over telephone that he had directed the DC to grant or reject prosecution sanction inside 30 days in instances the place the investigation was accomplished, and that the stipulated interval of three months to resolve on prosecution sanction had elapsed. .
“It has also come to my notice that the mutation is being accepted or rejected even after the prescribed period of 45 days, which is a source of corruption,” Gill’s correspondence stated.
Earlier this month, Gill had requested vigilance officers of 189 departments of the Punjab authorities to apprise them of the motion taken within the final one 12 months to maintain their respective departments “corruption-free”.
“Since you are the designated officer, the office of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner may be informed as to what action you have taken in the last one year to keep your department corruption free. It is expected from you that from now on whatever complaint is lodged by the general public, it is forwarded to the Office of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Punjab for further action,” Gill informed 189 Vigilance Officers in numerous departments of Punjab in June. I learn a correspondence. 2.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
