192 departmental vigilance inquiries pending in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 28

With 192 departmental vigilance inquiries pending in the state, the Development and Panchayat Department has the dubious distinction of having a maximum of 31 vigilance cases.

The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and Urban Estate come second with 16 pending cases each, followed by Agriculture Department with 15.

To expedite inquiries into departmental cases and review their progress, the Chief Secretary has called a meeting of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) of departments concerned for September 11.

Sources said the meeting would review the progress of ongoing inquiries into cases pending with vigilance wings of the departments.

A total of 27 CVOs of various departments would join the meeting through video-conferencing in view of the pandemic, the sources asserted.

Pending cases with other departments include Cooperation (12), Power and Industries and Commerce (10 each), Public Works Department, Food and Supplies and Urban Local Bodies (9 each), Public Health Engineering (8), Environment and Climate Change, Transport, Town and Country Planning and Excise and Taxation (7 each) and Mines and Geology and Health (5 each).

School Education and Irrigation (4 each), Higher Education, Forest and Home (3 each), ITI and Revenue (2 each) and Local Audit, Political Department, General Administration and Social Justice and Empowerment (1 each) are the other departments whose pending vigilance cases would be reviewed.

Social activist Vijay Bansal urged the government to make inquiries into irregularities by officials time-bound.