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The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has raised alarm implicit the “abnormal delays” successful the disposal of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases successful Telangana, informing that the prolonged pendency is emboldening corrupt officials and weakening nationalist spot successful the administration.
In a missive to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy connected Wednesday, the forum highlighted that dozens of cases, immoderate dating backmost much than a decade, stay unresolved contempt wide grounds of wrongdoing.
Citing the liquor scam unearthed successful 2010, the forum noted that 67 cases were registered against officers successful excise, gross and constabulary departments pursuing a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe. Yet, 13 years on, lone 2 cases person been finalised with further enactment dropped, and the remaining 65 are inactive stuck crossed assorted forums. Of these, 22 cases are pending earlier the Special Court, 15 earlier the Commissioner of Enquiry, 20 earlier the Tribunal for Disciplinary Proceedings and 10 astatine the departmental enquiry stage.
An RTI effect listing each these cases was besides attached with the letter.
FGG president M. Padmanabha Reddy said the concern had created an ambiance wherever officials nary longer fearfulness ACB raids, adjacent erstwhile properties worthy hundreds of crores are seized.
“The prevailing ambiance is that the cases volition beryllium dropped astatine aboriginal day oregon delayed precise severely starring to dilution of the case,” helium said, adding that vessel cervix for speedy disposal of cases is hold successful respective departments successful Secretariat.
In trap and disproportionate assets cases, accused serviceman should beryllium prosecuted wrong six months of registering the case.
The forum alleged that manipulations wrong the Secretariat often diverted cases distant from prosecution, with files routed alternatively to interior oregon departmental inquiries that paved the mode for closure. “This is not an isolated case, nary ACB lawsuit is finalised successful 10 years,” the practice stated, calling connected the Chief Minister to streamline procedures and guarantee that cases are resolved wrong 2 to 3 years.
According to the forum, the delays not lone derail accountability but besides nonstop incorrect signals to people, contributing to rampant corruption successful authorities departments.
