The Union Government on Wednesday ordered the posting of senior IAS officer Chetan B Sanghi — who had headed the probe against Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on the orders of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal — as Joint Secretary in the Women and Child Development Ministry.
Sanghi was debarred from Central deputation after he failed to join the Women and Child Development Ministry in 2014. However, the Centre revoked its order after he was appointed as Joint Secretary in the same Ministry. The order issued by the Centre states, “The appointments committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of Sanghi as Joint Secretary in the WCD Ministry for five year from the date of taking over the charge of the post or until further orders whichever is earlier.”
The appointment is subject to the condition that the debarment order against him would be revoked only after he joins the post, it said.
Sanghi, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh- Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, is at present on leave. Before proceeding on long leave, Sanghi was holding important departments of the Delhi Government, including Urban Development, Public Works Department and Vigilance.
Sanghi headed a three-member panel that went into DDCA affairs and submitted its report to the Delhi Government in November last year.
Based on recommendations of the Sanghi panel, the AAP Government had in December set up an enquiry commission to investigate the alleged irregularities in the DDCA. Sanghi in a letter to Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi had requested for Central deputation and closing the cases initiated against him by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government to probe alleged irregularities in Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation limited (DSIIDC), which he headed from 2010 to 2012.