10 more ‘corrupt’ IAS officers named

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 25: The state government on Tuesday submitted to the Andhra Pradesh High Court names of 10 IAS officers against whom the Anti-Corruption Bureau had recommended action. Mr K.G. Krishna Murthy, counsel for general administration, handed over the list to Justice N.V. Ramana. Earlier, the government had submitted a list containing the names of six IAS officers. The list was submitted on the basis of a directive issued by the HC which is hearing a petition by senior bureaucrat, Mr Shafiquzzaman.
However, the counsel for the petitioner, Mr P.V. Krishnaiah, said the government did not provide the details of the cases and charges against the IAS officers when the HC sought his reaction to the list. After submitting the fresh list, Mr Krishna Murthy said that the government had dropped action against the officers after initiating disciplinary proceedings against them.
The IAS officers in the list include the former tribal welfare commissioner, Mr Vinod Kumar Agrawal, the former settlement officer, Mr G. Narendranath, the former principal secretary (health), Mr S. Bhale Rao, the former commissioner of labour, Mr R.S. Goel, and the former managing director of the AP State Trading Corporation, Mr Priyadarshi Das.
Also in the list were the former director of employment and training, Mr B. Narasaiah, the former secretary of Board of Intermediate Education, Mr B Krupanandam, the former RDO of Tenali, Mr D. Varaprasad, and the former secretary of the AP Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions’ Society, Mr D.R. Garg, and the former additional commissioner of GHMC, Mr G.S.G. Ayyangar.
Mr Krishna Murthy told the court that the government issued show-cause notice to all the officers except Mr Krupanandam. He added that the government dropped action against them after perusing their replies, which it found to be satisfactory. “Is this the final list?” asked Justice Ramana and Mr Murthy replied in the affirmative. The judge then said he would close the case after seeking the reaction of the petitioner’s counsel.
Earlier the government submitted a list containing six names including that of the former managing director of AP Foods, Mr Sunil Khatri, the former commissioner of land administration, Mr B. Danam, former RDOs of Guntur, Mr C. Uma Malleswara Rao and Dr C. Satyanarayana, the former vice-chairman and managing director of the AP Housing Board, Mr A. Rama Lakshman and the former RDO of Tenali, Mr M.V. Satyanarayana. The HC had directed on March 7 that the government furnish the names of the IAS officers to the court within two weeks.