Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, has taken a serious view of procedural lapses and delays by investigating agencies like the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and the Directorate of Vigilance (DoV) in the course of investigation into complaints and cases of corruption against government officials. He has also expressed displeasure over concerned administrative departments’ not furnishing or delaying comments sought by the investigating agencies in complaints against their officials.
To this effect, Saxena has called for an explanation by concerned officers of the ACB for all matters pending for more than one year and asked the department to furnish a list of all such cases, citing reasons for pendency, to his Secretariat. He has also issued strict instructions to the DoV and all departments to carefully consider all cases and complaints referred to them for comments and examination and ensure that the same are provided within a fixed time frame after judicious application of mind.
Advising the DoV to ensure that requests from ACB are submitted for his consideration only after due diligence by the concerned administrative departments against whom the complaint has been made, the LG instructed that comments of the administrative department should be put on record without fail and it should be ensured that the recommendations made by the various agencies are not at variance with each other and are not self-contradictory.
The LG has underlined that while this will ensure speedy disposal of cases, it will also ensure justice to the complainant as well as the respondent.