With the spotlight recently on Neera Yadav, the former chief secretary of UP who was removed at the directions of the Supreme Court due to alleged irregularities and charges of corruption, some officials in
“The CBI raids the officials and registers cases against them. These charges are hardly taken to their logical end – conviction – in a court of law,” said a senior official. He said that it would be difficult to remember if any senior IAS official was convicted of corruption charges in recent years. Citing the example of former Patna District Magistrate Gautam Goswami, he said that his troubles began after he resigned from the IAS. “Had he remained in the service, the lateral and vertical fraternity amongst the officials would have saved him,” he said.
The AGMUT cadre has several tainted officials. Cases of disproportionate assets (DA) were registered against them and some of them were even remanded to judicial custody (jail). They, however, continued to enjoy their service after being released and nothing happened to them.
The 1974 batch of AGMUT has three tainted officials – C.S. Khairwal, R.S. Sethi and G.P. Siwalia. Cases pertaining to disproportionate assets were registered against all three. While some cases are still in the courts, nothing came out in the remaining ones. Khairwal is the chief secretary of
Two other senior officers are in the list – Subhash Sharma and P.M. Singh. Both of them were allegedly involved in irregularities as chairperson of the NDMC. While Sharma is the Managing Director of Delhi Khadi Board, Singh is the Principal Secretary of PWD. Sharma is on the verge of retirement.
Giving reasons for the failure of the investigating agencies to convict the officials against whom DA cases are registered, the official said that one IAS succeeds the other in the post. “Lateral and vertical fraternity (this includes same cadre, same state of domicile, same batch) ensures that traces are wiped out and cases keep on lingering for decades. (2005)
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