Of 175 pending VB cases in Haryana, 30 are 5 yrs old

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 21

Cases of the alleged irregularities and malpractices by the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) in the recruitment of lecturers (college cadre) in 2001, assistant professors in Chaudhary Devi Lal Memorial Engineering College, Sirsa, in 2003, and in the HCS (Executive Branch) exam-2001 to 2004 have been lying pending before the State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) for the past 16 years.

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Another case against ex-CM OP Chautala and the then HPSC chairman KC Bangar was registered on October 18, 2005.

In all these cases, the SVB says, “The investigation is under progress.”

Another FIR pointing to the state of affairs in the SVB is the case of alleged fraud in wheat sale in 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 in HAFED, which is also pending since June 2, 2006. The government had suffered a loss of Rs 7.94 crore and the case was registered against a field inspector. More than 15 years have passed, but here too, the SVB says the investigation is under progress.

Overall, the probe has been pending before the SVB in 175 cases, including 23 of Revenue and Disaster Management Department, 19 of the Police Department and 16 of the Urban Local Bodies Department. Of the total cases, 30 are pending for more than five years. This was revealed by the government in reply to a question by Congress MLA Varun Chaudhary.

Another case of alleged embezzlement of Rs 25-30 lakh for irregularities in the allotment of tender for 43 works of the Hisar MC has also been pending for the past 12 years. The case is registered against officers/officials of the Hisar MC.

Meanwhile, the FIRs that are under investigation for more than five years include several politicians.

Moreover, the case against former Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Ramkishan Fauji for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 5 crore, as per a sting operation at his residence, to get the Change of Land Use (CLU) in Gurugram has been pending for more than seven years.

The probe against ex-minister Rao Narendra Singh, Congress ex-MLAs Ram Niwas Ghodela and Naresh Selwal, MLA Vinod Bhayana and ex-CPS Jarnail Singh and in the cases of alleged graft in lieu of the CLU has been pending for more than five years. All were booked on January 29, 2016.

A cheating case against Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officer Bijendra Singh for getting selected on the post of Registered-Registrar (Executive Branch) in 2014 on the basis of alleged fake documents is unresolved for more than six years now.

The case of a sale of machinery of AC Cement Company, and also 587 bighas of land in Pinjore, for Rs 200 crore, by alleged fraud was registered in 2016, and has been pending for more than five years now. 

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