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taken into consideration, it would be around Rs 12 crore, Hegde added. One of the targets of the raids, K Dasegowda, fled from the rear door of his house as soon as the sleuths appeared. S T Devaraju had completed 12 years of service and earned Rs 20.65 lakh through salaries, but owned property worth over Rs two crore. Narendra G Nayak owned a bar and restaurant and a house in his brother’s name worth Rs one crore. The brother had submitted papers to the tahsildar’s office in 1993 stating that his annual income was below Rs 8,000! Mining row: Govt loses Rs 8,000 cr Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde said the government incurred losses up to Rs 8,599 crore only from 10 mining companies, reports DHNS from Bangalore. (Deccan Herald 5/5/10) Public urged to register complaints against corruption, misuse of power (5) CHENNAI: Chief Commissioner of Income Tax-II, G.C. Jain on Sunday released Anti Corruption Committee (ACC) stickers urging people to register complaints against corruption, atrocities, irregularities, illegalities and misuse of Government funds, post and power to representatives of ACC offices in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Krishnagiri. He asked people to be more vigilant and to co-operate with Non-Government Organisations and institutions to fight corruption. Presiding over the ‘felicitation and ACC stickers release function organised' by the ACC Tamil Nadu, he said that ever since independence, the greatest challenge faced by India was eradication of corruption. Everyone gave a special definition to it. Corruption was present everywhere be it social life, corporate world, political or education systems. “We have developed some sort of resignation or acceptance. Some consider it as a national phenomenon or as part of our life that cannot be eradicated. Though we take pride in saying that we are the biggest democracy in the world, we have not given best service to our citizens. Due to the presence of middlemen, the benefits of Central Government's schemes and programmes do not reach the poor. We have to be vigilant to rein in corruption,” he said. He also felicitated M. Balamurali, Joint Engineer – division 100 (Chennai Corporation), N. Thirunavukarasu, Assistant Divisional Engineer – zone 3 (Chennai Corporation), R. Anantharaman, Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (retd), Guruji C. Prem Chand Doshi, yoga specialist and Neeraj Joshi, ENT specialist. ACC National president Rabindra Dwivedi asked the participants to lodge complaint against those who promise out of turn treatment in return for money. (The Hindu 10/5/10) 333 corruption complaints pile up at CTE (5) Bhopal, May 8: Chief Technical Examiner (Vigilance) is not a very happy man today as he is lurking with 2333 complaints of irregularities against senior officers in the state. Pendency at different levels in the state government for investigation approvals leaves the CTE sitting idle waiting for approvals. Senior bureaucrats and politicians are to blame for these piling files for approval even when cases of corruption turn rampant in state. Sources at the CTE office believe that most of these complaints are against Public Works Department, Water Resources Department, Public Health Department officials. The CTE (Vigilance) Madhya Pradesh office has forwarded these complaints for approvals to the state government, but even after years, permissions are yet to be received. According to sources, 72 complaints are pending against chief engineers in these departments. As per information 1582 complaints are pending against divisional level officer, 43 are pending at government level, 24 at General Administration Department and 612 at the chief engineer levels. PHE, PWD and WRD have turned into hubs of irregularities and in most of the senior level posts, junior officers have been given charge. Surprisingly this is not due to dearth of senior officers, as a large number of senior officers are sitting idle at the headquarters and doing clerical jobs. Junior officers with political patronage are holding charge in senior posts. SDO level officers are working as executive engineer posts while EEs are holding charge as superintendent engineers. Delays in justice is denial in justice, likewise, these tainted officers facing charges of corruption are still posted on pivotal positions in the divisions. The same situation continues in the bureaucracy, a large number of bureaucrats (IAS, IPS and IFS) officers in the state are facing charges of corruption with different agencies, but remain immune to action due to political and administrative pressures. (Central Chronicle 9/5/10) 'Greedy, corrupt IPS officers got plum Maha posts' (5) Mumbai Former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Julio Ribeiro, has dashed off a letter to state government expressing surprise over the appointment of four 'tainted' senior IPS officers. The letter written on April 15 and addressed to Home Minister R R Patil not only questions the appointment of Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy, Additional CP (North Region) Ramrao Pawar, Deputy CPs Ajit Patil (Zone 12) and Sanjay Banerjee (Zone 11) to sensitive posts but also alleges that they have a reputation for "greed and corruption". Ribeiro, who runs Public Concern for Governance Trust, an anti-corruption NGO, said that he had written the letter keeping police reforms and operational freedom in mind. "I read in the newspapers that in Maharashtra Assembly these four policemen were criticised for their professional misconduct. Still
they managed to get key postings which is very surprising and unfortunate," he said. "Many people came to me and levelled corruption allegations about these four tainted policemen. I have brought this issue to the notice of Home Department and we as an NGO would continue to do this," said Rebeiro, who was Director General of Punjab Police during its worst years of terrorism. "The chief of crime branch should be unquestionable but the politicians and police are taking people for a ride," Ribeiro added. Politicians were interfering in appointing each and every police official, he said adding even junior level officers were also appointed with blessings of politicians. "The four cops, whom I named in my letter have godfathers following which they became untouchable," Rebeiro alleged and demanded that the appointments should be done in a free and fair manner so that citizens get right police officer to protect them. When contacted Jt CP (Crime) Himanshu Roy said, "I do not even have the knowledge about the letter and nobody told me about it. Home Department has not informed me anything about it." Additional CP RamRao Pawar said, "I do not know what the allegations are. So I do not want to say anything on the matter." The other two DCPs refused to comment. (Express India 17/5/10) Action only if corruption proved: Badal (5) CHANDIGARH: Acknowledging candidly that corruption was prevalent in Punjab, the state chief minister Parkash Singh Badal said action could be taken only when concrete evidence was presented in these cases. Speaking to mediapersons after the Cabinet meeting here on Monday, the chief minister dismissed talks of allegations of corruption against Cabinet member Laxmi Kanta Chawla, saying making allegations against someone was one thing, and proving them, quite another. "Former chief minister Amarinder Singh made wild allegations against us of having amassed property worth Rs 3,500 crore. Action can be taken in corruption cases only when concrete evidence is presented," he said, albeit without making any mention of how government planned to control corruption. Responding to further queries on Laxmi Kanta Chawla-Jagdish Sahni spat, the chief minister said he had received a three-page resignation letter from Sahni. (Times of India 18/5/10) Maharashtra cites corruption, wants to take over temples (5) MUMBAI: State law minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has mooted a proposal to take over two lakh-odd temples across the state, citing rampant corruption and irregularities in the management of the temples as his reason. "There are complaints of misuse of funds in many prominent temples in Maharashtra. The competent authorities under the Public Trusts Act have evidently failed to monitor their activities properly. Therefore, Vikhe Patil has now mooted a proposal for their takeover," a senior official told TOI on Monday. However, critics point out that the government is not a model of rectitude itself and the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi, which it runs, is equally plagued by corruption charges. Currently, two temples—Siddhivinayak and Shirdi's Saibaba temple—are controlled directly by the state. Siddhivinayak, built in the 19th century, was run by a private family, and later registered with the charity commissioner. However, when A R Antulay became CM in 1980, the temple was taken over by the state by an act of legislature. Ever since, it has an officer of the rank of deputy collector as the chief executive officer, and a five-member trust headed by a person, mostly a politician, appointed by the CM. The Saibaba Temple too was similarly taken over by the government nearly a decade ago. "We are keen on following the pattern followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, where the management of all temples is directly supervised by the endowments department headed by an officer of the rank of principal secretary," the official said. "Once the temples are taken over, the government will be in a position to draft a comprehensive strategy for setting up adequate infrastructure near them. At the moment, the massive amounts of money donated by devotees are not being utilised properly." Vikhe Patil has now asked the charity commissioner, who is the guardian of the trusts under the Public Trusts Act, to submit a comprehensive list of all the temples registered with his office. "We expect that the law and judiciary department will get this information within a month. Then we will initiate the process for the enactment of a new law," the official said. Senior Congress leader Kishore Joshi, a former trustee of the Siddhivinayak temple, has welcomed Vikhe Patil's proposal, saying it was high time the state government brought in a comprehensive legislation for taking over all temples. "We feel that the Siddhivinayak and Saibaba temples are now better managed," he said. According to Joshi, the charity commissioner's office was probably unable to monitor the temples properly "because of inadequate staff". Incidentally, this office is among the most notorious in the state for corruption. (Times of India 18/5/10) Azad warns against bribery in grant of recognition to medical colleges (5) NEW DELHI: Confronted with a number of complaints about corruption in grant of recognition to medical colleges, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has cautioned the institution managements of strict action if they are found to be involved in malpractices. Mr. Azad will also write to the Board of Governors that has superseded the Medical Council of India (MCI) to be transparent in their
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