Question : COMPLAINTS AGAINST IAS

(a) the number of IAS officers against whom complaints have been received during the last three years and the number of cases out of them in which investigation has been done alongwith the name of agencies which have conducted investigation;

(b) the name of the said officers and the time by which CBI or CVC sought permission to start prosecution and the time by when the permission was granted in this regard; and

(c) the cases for which the said permission has not been granted and the reasons therefor?

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a) to (c): Complaints against IAS officers are received by various authorities in the Central Government and State Governments/joint cadre authorities, besides the Central Vigilance Commission, Central Bureau of Investigation etc. No centralized data regarding number of such complaints in maintained. However, details of IAS officers in respect of whom sanction for prosecution was accorded/denied by the Central Government, during the last three years 2009 to 2011, indicating the date of receipt of proposal and date on which sanction for prosecution was granted/denied, are at Annexure-I. Details of such proposals on which final orders are to be issued based on decision of the competent authority are at Annexure-II. Sanction for prosecution was denied in a few cases based on merit of the proposal/legal opinion obtained, due to inadequate evidence to prima facie establish culpability of the offence.