UP government has issued directions to all principal secretaries, secretaries, heads of departments and offices, commissioners and district magistrates to ensure timely disposal of cases involving permission to prosecution of public servants after inquiry related to corruption charges against them.
In a circular issued by the Chief secretary alok Ranjan , the government said that unnecessary delay in prosecution of corrupt public servants after completion of inquiry often leads to witness turning hostile and dilution of evidence.
He said that delay in punishment of such persons adversely affected effective control over the corrupt practices. Chief Secretary said that periodic orders issued by the state government with regard to the grant of sanction of permission for the prosecution against delinquent public servants should be strictly complied with, so that investigating agencies could file charge sheet in the High Court timely within the required time frame
.In another circular the Chief Secretary directed all Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates to ensure availability of technically efficient personnel for the success of Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme (FMDCP). He has asked for better treatment of animals suffering from FMD to free them from disease. He has also said that necessary action should be taken for better management of the disease on priority to effectively control it.
He said that 18th phase of FMDCP had been started in third week of March 2016. He asked the officials to ensure that Chief Veterinary Officers and other veterinary officers are not deployed elsewhere. He directed the Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates to hold weekly review meetings with Additional Director,
Animal Husbandry and Chief Veterinary Officer to ensure success of the programme. He has said that Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates should make all efforts to expedite the programme.