HALL OF SHAME

The Sunday Times Of India
Nov 21,2010

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Ministers have been forced to resign and military officials are facing a court of inquiry but the bureaucrats involved in two of the biggest scams of recent times are sitting pretty.

ADARSH HOUSING SOCIETY

At least 10 IAS officers,and other officials from the Defence Estates department and the state government directly or indirectly have apartments in the Adarsh Housing Society complex.Not a single one of these officers has given up their apartment so far;no administrative action has been initiated against any of them.The officials include:

Jairaj Phatak |

He was municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation till October 2009.He too was involved in several important decisions,which enabled the highrise to come up right next to military installations.He has an apartment in the name of his son.

Ramanand Tiwari |

Maharashtras Information Commissioner.He was with the Urban Development department between 2001 and 2008,when most of the approvals were given to the Adarsh society.He too has an apartment in the name of his son.

PV Deshmukh |

As deputy secretary in the urban development department of the Maharashtra government,Deshmukh cleared several important decisions that favoured Adarsh.He also misinterpreted a letter from the Union environment ministry and cleared construction work at the controversial site.

Pradeep Vyas |

He was collector of Mumbai when land was allotted to the controversial society in July 2004.One of the officials accused of misleading Parliament.He has an apartment in name of his wife.

2G SPECTRUM

The mega scam has already claimed the minister responsible for the telecom ministry but no action has been taken against former and current officials hand in glove with the tainted minister.Former TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal,former DoT secretary S Behuria,former PS to Raja RK Chandolia etc are among those who figure in various files of the controversial spectrum allocation.

AND OTHERS...



Rakesh Mohan |

A senior IAS officer,who was raided by the CBI in 2007,has been accused of taking Rs 3 crore to award a contract.Now back as education secretary in the Delhi government.

Randeep Sudan |

Some serious complaints have been filed against this IAS officer,including charges of sexual harassment.He still managed a coveted World Bank posting.

Arvind Joshi and his wife Tinu Joshi |

Suspension has been this senior Madhya Pradesh IAS couples only punishment so far even though the Income Tax department recovered crores from their home.

Subhash Sharma |

In 2003,the CBI conducted raids across Delhi to find out if the then DDA vice chairman took crores from DLF to favour the builder.Sharma spent sometime in jail and the CBI chargesheeted him,but he went on to retire at the rank of secretary.