Hyderabad, March 7: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday directed the state government to furnish the names of the IAS officers against whom the Anti Corruption Bureau had recommended action.
Justice N.V. Ramana, while dealing with a petition filed by the senior bureaucrat Shafiquzzaman, said the court would pass appropriate orders if the government failed to provide the details by Tuesday.
The court did not accept the plea of Mr. Krishna Murthy, counsel for the General Administration Department, that it needed two months to provide the details.
The judge said the Chief Information Commissioner had directed on September 29, 2007, that the government to furnish the information. "Already five and a half months have passed," he said. "Now again you are asking for two more months. It is not fair."
Justice Ramana asked how many IAS officers were in the State. Mr. Krishna Murthy replied that there were 319 IAS officers in the State. The judge asked as on today what's the information available with regard to IAS officers, against whom the ACB conducted inquiry.The judge said "you have not given a single piece of information. Even the court asked to provide available information to it. It seems you did not even make attempt to collect information". The court said it was not satisfied with the counter affidavit filed by the government.PV Krishnaiah alleged that the government had been dilly-dallying oversubmission of the list of IAS officers, against whom the ACB has recommended departmental action.
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