(a) the number of corruption cases against the employees of the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. pending in the C.B.I. and its special courts;
(b) the number of corruption cases against the employees pending in the vigilance Department of the B.C.C.L.;
(c) the nature of these corruption cases;
(d) whether the employees accused of corruption are working in sensitive departments; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF COAL (SHRI KARIYA MUNDA)
(a) The number of corruption cases pending as on 31.12.2002, at the CBI, against the employees of BCCL is as under: -
Cases under investigation - 17 Cases in the Special Courts of CBI - 97.
Cases under investigation - 36 Cases under regular departmental action - 30
(c) The allegations in these cases relate to the following matters: -
(i) demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.
(ii) acquisition of property disproportionate to the known source of income.
(iii) malpractices in coal sale.
(iv) irregularities in sand and coal transportation.
(v) malpractices in purchase.
(vi) irregularities in civil construction and other contractual works.