Acting tough against corruption and taking stern action on the complaints regarding corruption in the state treasury offices, Punjab Finance Department on Monday issued orders to suspend a senior assistant besides issuing ‘show cause notices’ to several other officials or employees for “suspicious transactions” of over Rs 86 lakh. The Minister in-charge Harpal Singh Cheema has also ordered to start legal action in the matter.
Already, the services of three officials or employees of the Finance Department have already been placed under suspension in the matter.
Sharing details, the Minister said that a Departmental Inquiry Committee was formed on June 2, 2022, to investigate various complaints regarding corruption in the State Treasury offices under the anti-corruption campaign launched by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government.
“On the basis of the Inquiry Committee’s report, one superintendent, one senior assistants, and one junior assistant were already under suspension, while a senior assistant has been suspended today and show-cause notices have been issued to several other officials or employees of the state level and regional treasury offices for suspicious financial transactions,” said Cheema.
Cheema said that according to the report submitted by the Inquiry Committee, total suspicious transactions of Rs 86,44,022 were found and are being further probed.
At the same time, the Minister appealed to the honest and dedicated officials and employees of the Punjab Government and the people of the State to support the Government’s initiatives of ending corruption in the State. The State Government would not tolerate corruption at any level, he added.