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Patna,(BiharTimes): K Senthil Kumar, who shot into news for all the wrong reasons in February 2010, has been removed from the post of Director of Census Operation in Bihar.
Reports suggest that his service is likely to be returned to the Bihar cadre. The name of the 1996 batch IAS officer figured prominently among the 14 public servants made accused in a graft case lodged with the Vigilance Police Station in Patna. |
As per rule, the prosecution sanction has to be sought from the appointing authority and not from the department they are posted with. Senthil was posted as PMC Commissioner before moving on central deputation.
However, sources within the government question as to how he got clearance from the state government for the central deputation when such serious charges were pending against him when he was the PMC Commissioner. It is said that some efforts were made to save him, but the government succumbed following pressure from a section of media, which kept highlighting that Senthil is on central deputation still posted in Bihar.
Senthil has been charged with committing financial irregularities worth Rs 7.46 crore when he was posted as Commissioner of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) in 2009-10.
The Department of Personnel and Training has reportedly agreed in principle to go ahead with the prosecution sanction sought by the Vigilance Investigation Bureau against him. The Bureau had provided all the evidence gathered against Senthil to get him prosecuted in the case lodged under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
The Bureau would submit the chargesheet against the IAS officer and other accused in the case soon after getting the prosecution sanction against them.
Reports also said that the chargesheet against 13 other accused persons, including additional PMC Commissioner Vaidyanath Das and PMC Executive Engineer Brahmadeo Dubey, was also delayed because several departments were involved in the process.
Apart from the Prevention of Corruption Act the PMC officers have been booked under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy.
It needs to be recalled that a Vigilance team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) P N Mishra had conducted a raid and seized documents on February 24, 2010. Senthil, who was then in the PMC office near GPO roundabout, had sneaked out through the backdoor of the office.
The Vigilance investigation revealed that the then PMC Commissioner had connived with building developers and land mafias for personal gains.
The PMC incurred loss of Rs 7.46 crore because defaulters in 130 multi-storeyed buildings did not pay five-time penalty to it for contravening building rules such as exceeding construction.
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