During the last three-and-a-half-year tenure of the present State Government, Haryana State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) has registered 455 fresh enquiries against officers, including 5 IAS, 1 IPS, 4 HCS, 1 HPS officers, 6 chief engineers, 6 superintending engineers, 45 executive engineers, 8 tehsildars, 7 naib tehsildars and 47 sub divisional officer, sub divisional engineers, mechanical engineers of other departments.
The complaints against them pertained to corruption, misappropriation of government funds and owning disproportionate assets, said an official spokesperson.
During this period, 276 enquiries were finalized on the basis of which, 49 criminal cases against 60 government officers (GOs) and 56 NGOs and 71others were recommended and departmental action recommended in 94 enquiries against delinquent officials. Out of theses, criminal cases and departmental action was recommended in 14 enquiries, said he.
The spokesman said that 482 criminal cases (including 389 trap cases) had been registered against various officers/officials. The HSVB conducted 389 raids in which 39 GO, 374 NGOs and 49 other persons were caught red-handed while accepting illegal gratification.
Criminal cases under Section 7/13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, have been registered against them in various police stations of the Bureau, said he.
During this period, 325 assessments were carried out by the technical wing of SVB headed by XEN level officers throughout the state. On the basis of the checking, the HSVB recommended action against 517 officers/officials of various departments along with recovery of more than Rs 11.1 crore which acted as a major deterrent against misutilisation of government funds, said the spokesman.