Thursday, September 03, 2015

No timeframe for vigilance depts probing graft plaints

Times of India: Ahmedabad: Thursday, 03 September 2015.
If you have been complaining to the vigilance departments of the state or even the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) regarding failure of officials to ensure quality civic services then you will surely hit a roadblock. In two recent RTI applications filed with the state vigilance commission and AMC's vigilance department the replies said that both these departments have no time limits to submit investigation reports of corruption and malpractice complaints against government officers.
An RTI application filed by Jivanlal Shah before the Gujarat Vigilance Commission (GVC) recently seeking to know the deadline for investigating cases and submitting reports revealed that the department does not work under any time frame.
Another RTI applicant, Pankaj Bhatt, a resident of Kalupur, got a similar reply from AMC's vigilance department.The civic body's probe wing has declared that they too do not adhere to any time limits.