Senior bureaucrat Sadakant, holding three important posts in the Government came under sharp criticism by a social activists over various corruption charges pending against him. She demanded that the officer must be immediately suspended and to constitute a high level enquiry against him.
Making the above request to the state government and also dispatching letters to President, Governor etc, Urvashi Sharma, a lucknow based social activist claim that in a reply to imformation sought by her under RTI from Union Government of India, she learnt that Sadakant, an IAS officer of 1983 batch presently posted as Principal Secretary of Housing & Urban Planning Department, Principal Secretary of information Department and also Principal Secretary of Bal Vikas & Pustahar Department in the State, was an accused in cases involving not only Corruption but Anti-National activities also. He was accused of leaking confidential information related to security of the nation to the private companies for his own vested interests.
Sharma claimed that Government of India prematurely repatriated Sadakant and put his services at the disposal of the State Government for his alleged involvement in Anti National activities and Corruption. She said that the IAS officer who was repatriated on May 20,2011 has been given many key positions in the State Government by previous and present Governments without any formal enquiry into the charges of his alleged involvement in Anti National activities ,Corruption cases and his using graft money for building a Hanuman temple in his home town.
She further said that in her RTI Central government had informed her that CBI enquiry is still against Sadakant. However, they refused to give other details claiming that it would impede the process of ongoing investigation against Sadakant. She said that this is ironical that the IAS officer , who is an accused of leaking confidential information related to security of the nation to theprivate companies for his own vested interests, has been given chargeof three key departments of the State. She claimed that as Sadakanthas an attitude of colluding with the private companies for his vestedinterests, he, as Principal Secretary of Housing & Urban Planning
Department can easily collude with land mafias and cause irreparableloss to the State. Similarly, the officer who is an accused of leaking confidential information , has been given charge of Principal Secretary of information Department. This simply means that all confidential information of Information departments of State Government is at stake.
She said that these are very sad state of affairs that state government is exuding confidence in that IAS against whom CBI is probing charges of corruption and antinationalism for the last two and a half years. She claimed to be having no hesitation to attribute the poor quality of mid day meals in schools to the corrupt attitude and vested interests of Sadakant who is also Principal Secretary of Bal Vikas & Pustahar Department. She said that as all charges leveled against Sadakant are of very serious nature, so state government should place him under suspension so he could not influence the probe. She also demanded a separate enquiry against Sadakant by the State government.