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Article By : VIDYA RANADE
15 top IAS officers fail to file annual returns in 07 and 08. Prominent names
include former PCMC chiefs Dilip Band and Aseem Kumar Gupta
Fifteen officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) are in a sticky
situation. A Right to Information Act (RTI) query revealed the names of IAS
officers who did not submit their annual returns (it includes movable and
immovable property taxes) to the general administration department as on
January 1, 2009. The RTI was filed by activist Vihar Durve.
Among the fifteen are two wellknown faces Dilip Band, the divisional
commissioner of Pune, also a former Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner ,
and Aseem Kumar S K Gupta, also a former municipal commissioner of Pimpri
Chinchwad . Every year, IAS officers are required to submit annual returns in
the month of January as per the All India Service (Conduct) Rules 1968 (Rule
16(1) and 16(2)) . Copies are required to be submitted in two sets, of which,
one is to be submitted to the General Administration Department and the other
is forwarded by the state government to Department of Personnel and Training
(DoPT), said Durve.
DoPT has issued circular number 11017/74/93-IAS (3), dated January 4, 1994
about disciplinary proceedings which shall be taken against defaulting IAS
officers. The government of Maharashtra has also issued circular numbers IAS -
4504/ Pr K 71/ 2004 /9 dtd 26 May 2004 and IAS 1507/1342/ Pr K 234/07/09 dated
October 31, 2007 that states that disciplinary proceedings will be taken
against defaulting IAS officers.
According to Article 311 of the Constitution of India , 311. a person of the
civil services under a Union or State could be dismissed, removed or reduced in
rank after the concerned person has been informed and an inquiry has been
initiated and charges against him are proved.
The RTI application was filed on April 6, 2009 in the general administration
department of the state government, seeking the names and total number of IAS
officers who have declared their returns, as well as those who havent filed
their property declarations.
The public information officer (PIO) didnt furnish the names of the officers
who flouted the rules, so Durve filed a first appeal. Subsequently, on July 3,
2009 the appellate authority directed the PIO to furnish the requested names
but not the property declaration returns .
Accordingly, PIO, R S Bhalekar furnished the information on July 16, 2009 in
which the following information was revealed
a) 9 defaulting IAS officers have not filed their returns for the year ending
2007.
b) 15 defaulting IAS officers have not filed their returns for the year ending
2008.
When this reporter contacted Aseem kumar S K Gupta, now in Nagpur , he replied,
If the government asks for the submission of annual returns, I will submit them
immediately. I havent filed my returns this year. But, as you have reminded me
of it, I will do that.
When this reporter spoke to Dilip Bund, he replied saying, I have submitted my
returns to the government both last year and this year. I dont know how my name
appears in the defaulters list.
Further, Durve had also filed applications seeking the property declaration of
Maharashtra IPS officers which was not furnished despite a period of thirty
days lapsing. Also, the appellate authority DoPT (letter no F No 11/3/2009/EO/
PR( Part File) 18th June 2009) denied revealing details of the property
declarations of central information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah,
information commisioner A Tiwari and election commissioner Gopalswami and Navin
Chawla, stating that this information is exempted under rule 8(i)( j) of the
RTI Act, 2005.
IN AN ANNUAL RETURN, BABUS MUST FILE...
returns on movable, immovable and valuable property. That is return of assets,
liabilities with details of property inherited or acquired, on lease or
mortgaged. It also includes shares, debentures, postal and bank deposits and
cash
BABUS WHO ARE ON DEFAULTERS LIST
J S Sahani K B Lavekar D B Band Asim kumar S K Gupta V M Patil P D Karvande
Harshadeep Kamble S R Hazare V J Bhosle P Velrasu D G Jadhav Abhishek Krushna
Dr Amit Saini Ashwani Mudgal Nirupama Dange
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