After major irregularities were found during the raids conducted at the Regional Transport Authority offices in Haryana recently, the Manohar lal Khattar Government on Friday ordered to relieve HCS officers who were holding the additional charge or the independent charge of Secretary, RTA in the State.
The State Government has given the Additional Deputy Commissioners-cum-CEO, DRDA of every district, additional charge of Secretary, RTA in their respective districts, with immediate effect, said an official spokesman. He said all the HCS officers who are holding the additional charge or the independent charge of Secretary, RTA are relieved of the said charge, with immediate effect. Their posting orders will be issued later on, he added.
Following the directions of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on August 9, the CM Flying Squad had conducted raids at 25 different places in the state including 22 offices of Secretary, RTA.
During the raids, various irregularities were found at the RTA offices and three cases were registered. Investigation in many other cases is in progress and it is expected that more case would be registered, said the spokesman. Complaints were received by the CMO that work in the RTA offices was being done with the connivance of middlemen thus giving a hard time to the people visiting the offices. Taking cognizance of these complaints, the Chief Minister had directed to conduct raids to unearth this nexus.
During the raid conducted in the office of RTA, Bhiwani it was found that as against cash of Rs 1, 22,330 only Rs 76,080 was received. In RTA Yamunangar, it was found that applications of December 2016 and January 2017 regarding the issuance of new license and registration of vehicles were still lying pending while at RTA Panchkula, an empty challan book pre-signed by Assistant Secretary was recovered.