Lok Sabha Question No. 523 (STARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Complaints against Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 523

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018)

## COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS

## †*523. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government/CVC/  CBI has received complaints against officers employed  in various public sector enterprises allegedly involved in financial irregularities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government/CVC/ CBI has received specific complaints about DDCA;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken by the Government/CVC/CBI thereon?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (e):    A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 523 FOR 04.04.2018.

(a) & (b):   Yes Madam, as per information received from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC),  the  CVC  receives  complaints  against  officers  of  the  Central  Government  and  its organizations  including  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)  /Public  Sector  Banks (PSBs)  /Financial  Institutions  (FIs)  /  Autonomous  Bodies/Local  Authorities  etc,  including those involved in financial irregularities. The details of number of complaints received by the Commission during last three years and the current year is as below:

| Year           |   No. of complaints received (incl. brought forward of previous year) |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015           |                                                                 32149 |
| 2016           |                                                                 51207 |
| 2017           |                                                                 26052 |
| Up to Feb 2018 |                                                                  7700 |

In addition, as per information provided by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), it has received complaints against officers employed in various public sector enterprises alleged to  be  involved in financial irregularities during the last three  years  (i.e.  2015 to 2018 upto 28.2.2018) as under:-

| Year                  |   No. of complaints |
|-----------------------|---------------------|
| 2015                  |                  45 |
| 2016                  |                  42 |
| 2017                  |                  34 |
| 2018 (upto 28.2.2018) |                  12 |

(c) to (e): DDCA (Delhi and District Cricket Association) is not a Public Sector Enterprise and  it  does  not  come  within  the  jurisdiction  of  CVC  in  terms  of  the  CVC  Act,  2003. However, the details of the complaint(s) received against DDCA in CBI along with the action taken are as follows:

|   Year | Complaint No and date of registration   | Name of suspect                                 | Allegation in brief                                                                                                                                                                                       | Present status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|--------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2015 | CO 0502015S0006 dated: 23.09.2015       | Unknown office bearers of DDCA & unknown others | Misuse of public funds, utilizing land of Ferozeshah Kotla Ground with expired lease, unauthorized construction, irregularities in purchase of items & non-observance of the provisions of Companies Act. | Converted into PE.4(S)/2015/SC-II. A PE was registered in SC-II branch on 23.10.2015 against unknown office bearers of Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) and unknown others, on the basis of the complaint of Shri Kirti Azad, MP (Lok Sabha). During the course of enquiry, various references/letters were received from the Complainant and all the information/inputs provided by him were looked into by this branch during the course of enquiry in the instant PE.4(S)/2015/SC-II. The PE was closed in December, 2016 with the approval of Competent Authority. |

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