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Transcript of ANNUAL REPORT - Central Vigilance Commission
ANNUAL REPORT1-1-1990 to 31-12-1990
CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSIONNEW DELHI
The Cent!?sl VLcl].ancelta Twenty-Eeventh Report relating;1990.
Comml.Esloner pregentgto the calendar yearf
(T. U, VI'AYASEKHARAN)Centrd Vigilance Com srissioner.
NEW DELHI - 110011New De]-hlDated, ti.t{ Ftay, 1991
ACKTO9ILEDGEIiEIIT
Th€ Commlsslon ls crateful to the Departmentof Personnel and Tra nlng for Lta a631stance.
The Commleelon thanks th€ Central Bureau ofInvestlga.tlon for 1ts contlnued cooperation.
The conmLsElon appreclates the prompt andlhelpf ul- respon€re of 311 the Chlef Vlgif,ance Of?!cer3.
IiI
Il
CONTENTS
SUBJECT
Jurlsdlct.lon, Ro-Le a.nd Funct lon s
Work done during 1990.
Review Meetlngs taken by the CentralV1gi]-ance Commissloner durlng 199O ..
Preventl.va V1gllance
csses of Non-'acceptsnce &nd Non-consu].tatlon etc
(a) Ex.amlnatlon of CLvll and other work6by the Chlef Technlea1 Examlnens I
organlaetlon.
(b) $erlous lrregulsrltles trotlced byCTEts Orgenlsatlon
Chl-ef Vigtl-ance Offlcers.
Neecl tr) cutdown d€:lays in vl-gl1ancematters
AT{I{EXURES
I.X Worl( done by Chief V1El1ance Officersdurlng the Perlod 1.1.199O to3t . 12. 199 0 x83
J-.
2.
4.
5.
8.
6.
PACTES
1-lt
5-?t
?2-26
27-UA
u5-60
6x - 138
65-70
139 - 160
161 - X8X
I.2 Llst of Ox'ganlsatlons whose fl-gur€scould not be Lnconpor:erted for want ofrecelpt,/rseconc il- 1atLon .
I.3 Pendency with ChJ.ef vlsllan.ce offlcers.
II. Llst of some 1mportBnt and largeorganisatLona where the post of Chiefvlgl-lence Offlcer ts vacant as on31 . 12. 90.
III. Llst of organlsatlons who dld nots€nd QPRg for two or more quarters
fV. Year-wtge break uP of cTErscomplalntg Bendlng for lnveetlgationwlth CVOg.
184 - x86
!87
188 - 189
190
191
LlEt of oraganlsatLons who hav€pendlng gor lnveEtlcatlon f,orthan flve years.
cag€gmore
792
t!
CTTAPTER 1
JURISDICTIOII. ROLE ATD FUilCTIOlfSi
1.L.3. The eentral VlSl].ance CommlgE.lon !^'as set upLn pursuance of the r'econtmendat l-on s of the Ss.nthanalllcommlttee on Ptreventlon of coi?ruption 1n t96ll to advlBethe Central Government ln respect of all matterspertalnlng to malntenance of lntegrlty irradmlnlstratiotl . Under the terms of, the Government ofIndla F,eso1utlon of 11th Februarst. tg64' the CommlsslonhsE been asElgined, inter e,Lla, the foltor^tlng three malnfuncltons:
(1) To have eomplalnts of mlsconduct or laek oflnteg?lty on the part of publlc EervantElooked lnto andl thereefter, 49 may beneceaasr:y, to advLse aa to the dlgal-pllnalryproceedLngs ol? gl^osecutlon tO be launched'Where dieclpllnary pr^ocee(ltngB are helCl' theCorintsls6lon alEo advlBes the dlaclpf,lnar'yauthor"lty about the penelty to be lmposed,based on 1ts lndependent and lnpsrtla].appreclgtlon of the outcome ofd1sclpllnarY Proceedlncs.
the
(1r)
(11r)
The Commlsslon has been gilven theresponElbl 11ty of exe?ctElng a Senersl checkafid Eupervlslon over vLgil"lance snd antt-eorruptlon work ln the Mlnl'stlrl-ee,/Depantment B
and Publlc Und€nteklngs etc. and forr thatpurpose lt rrecelves from sdmLnlstr&t1veauthorltLes PPog!:eEe reporta &nd statl.stlcalreturnE.
when lt appears th&t any procedure orpractlce ln adrtrlrtlstratlon afgords Bcope fo'.corruptlon or mlgconduct, the Comm{seion ma:r
sdvl-se that auch procedure or practj'ce ghouldbe approgt3Lste].v changad.
t, t.z Th€ Jurtsdl-ctlon of trre CommlsElon exterida to&11 empl'oyeee of the Central GoveFnment, centr &I Pub]-lcSector Unde?takLnas Bnct othen eor4porate bodleE'However, ordinarily the corunleslon advlseE ln lndlvldualdlsclpllnary casee onlv ln respect of gazetted Offlcersof the Central Governr enti the SHos of Delht Pollcei ttreBoand level appolntees 1n the publLc eectorunderteklngs, the offlcers ln Scale I1I and above lnpubllc sectorr banks, the off1cer's l"n the scsle of pay
the mlnlmum of whlch Le Rs.1Z60 (pre_revlsed) or aboveLn Port Truste.z'Dock Labouf Boards, tbe offLcetr€, 1n the6cs.Le of pay the mlnlmum otr whlch 1a FE. p25O (pne_?evl-sed) or above ln the Insul"ance Companles and thoaedrahTlnc bselc pay of Rs.LOOO p.m. and above (Re.AB25p.m. end above ln neepect of, tho6e wrro have :r,evleeit tfiepsy-acaLea of thelr employeee on the pettern of therecommendattons of 4th pay CommLssl,on and repo!,ted th1sfact to the Commiesion) in loce1 bodlea. CoopeFatlveSocletles and other SocJetles r.ecelvlng girants fronl theCentral Government, autonomouE end otfier slmlLar boCll€s.
X.1.3 The r,o1e of ttre Centr al Vl-gi1ance Comml€61on1s arlvlsory. but a.dvtsory in the eeme senge a6 that ofthe Unlon PubLlc Servlce CommlsBion. By par.a 4 of theResolutlon. the CommLsslon has been gilven. In theexenclse of lts powers and functlone, the same mea.auFeof lndependence and autono&r/ a6 th€ unlon punrtc ser^vlcecommlseLon. t'he lndepend€nt and sutonomous status ofthe Com&1asion. lts extenslve powers and Jurl-sdl.et1onantl the faet that it indl.eete6 ln Lte annualca6e' ln wtrlch the admlnlst,.atlve autbo*ltie. n*rr:"T:;\acceptecl lte advice melre the Commlg€l.on &n effectl.veLngtrument fot3 ensuri!1g that alL compLalnts ofcorruptlon o? I€.ck of lntegrlt}, on the part of publlcserovants aFe glven adequate ancl due attentl.on.1.1.4 Whlle the Comnl"seion exerclses lts generalcheck and supervl"slon over vl.glLanee and an t1_cor:rupt 1on!^rot'lr r the prlme!:y reaponsibl.].J"ty for the malntenance aflntegnit:z and efflclency 1n each organleatlon vesta 1nthe ficladg of the Deirartmente ete. snd they are aa8latedln thl8 task by an offLcer deaigneted as the cbl.efvlglLance off,icer. Every chr.ef vlglrance offlcer ie tobe eppo1nted Fitfr the BnLon agprova]. of the Central-v1gl1anee commlsslon and vigilance offlcere lnconeu]-tatlon wlth the Chlef VLgl].arrce Officere. Thework of the Chlef Vigllance Offlcer.s ls asseEBedanRua]-Iy by the Centr€"l Vigllance Commlse1oner anCt theassesEtnent Lg lneor^por&ted ln the eharacter rorLs of theofflcena. ?he Commlaslon organlses reg$.]-ar t"ri"j"*cour"se6 for the Chlef Vl.gllanee Ogfl-cere and a6sl.stedepa.rtments a.nd orgarrlsations in aonductlng such coursesfon th€l!, vlgllense funct1onarles.1.1.5 Tfie Conllnieslon rBey on lta ovnl dlrect theCen tr.a.I Bureau of Investlggtlon to investigiatecomplelnts and furn1sh reportg: the Ctepartments enCtItubll,c undertakl"ngs may also refer" complalntB to theC€ntraL. Bureau of Investlgetlon as pei? the guldell,neaLsl<t down by the covernment for the purpoB€. InrppPop,.lste c&se6' the commlesl0n r-e601ves dlfferenc€s
of oplnlon, if anV' between the C' B' t'departmentE concsrned'
and the
7a
a
1.1.6 A€ regards traXnlng of vlglf,ance ata.ff ' theComrtlseton organlses trainlllg courses goi" only the cblefvlglLsnce of f l.celrs' Durlng 1990' 4 eueh courges were
orgsnlBed .by the CvC and 71 CvOs were tral-ned' The
trelnlng courgeet fof other functlonarlea' auch aE
Vlgil,ance of f icert, Inqul-rv ogf,lcers ' Presentlngofflcers atc. ' 'ire organi6ed br' the Pub1lc Sector
Orltaniaat1onB or bv the AdmLn{stratl-ve l'tl.nletrl'ea'/Depsrtmen"t "o,t"""*"o'
The comnlesion alEo took up the
matter wlth the Instltute of SecPetalrlat Trarnlne and
Management and tne Rat lway Steff col1ege' Vedodara for6rggrnLslngi 6pecla.l coursea for tfre tralnlng of Insufyofflcerg &nd Presentlng Offlcera of Departmentsy'Publ I c
Sector UndePtaxLngis etc' These Inetltutlons ag}reed toconduet these oot.l*utt f,Ponr tf)F calendar yea? 199O
onwandS.
'".2 ORGANISATLON
1.2.I The Comrilsslon ls a one membet' Comm{eglon
headed bv Centra]" Vistlance Commlssloner'
L.2.2 Shrl C"€'somleh' folsmetr Centrs]- vla1lanceCommLselonen laid down of,fice on 26'3' 1990' on hlsaf,polnEment as Comptrol].er and AudLtorP Generat of Indla'Shr.l T. U. VlJeyasekbaran' took over as Central Vlgl].anceCommlgsloner r)n tt. 4. X99O.
L.2.3. The work of the CommiBelon Ie offlcer-orlented and is attended to by the Centnaf, V1gl]-encegonmisslon€r as6lsted by a Secret&r|y' fouP offic€L'5 of
tbe rank oS ofrector' one offlcer on Speci'a1 Duty' three
under. secretariea and offLce ataff' out of theae poBt6r
one post of O.s,D' r€malned vscant for ebout alx monttrs
durtng the Year.
L.1.U Ther.e are e]'even poEts of CommiEEloners f,or
Depa.rtmental Inqul-r:lea' out of the eatd posts' one poBt
ln the grade og Deputy secreta'ry remalned vacant fol9
about t 1^ro ttontris due to admlnlstl atlve !rea6on6'
L.2.5 on technLc&l Elde' there are two Chlaf
Technlcal Exarnlner:s of the Laank of chlef En8lneer ln
CPWD agsl.sted iv-tfef't TechnLceL Exsrnlnerg of the ranlt
of ExecutL.'" rr'*i"*L"' alx -Aseistant Techhlcal Examlrlerg
and other Etaff' of theBe' one post of TechnlealExsmlner remalned vacant for about 5 months'
t.
I
1. Z. O
number of31. 1_2 . X990
The
1s
g:roup-wlse eanctloned strensth and theoffl-cersy'offlc l ale ln posltlon as onGl-ven below: -
Group Gi3oup Group Group TotelABCD
ganetloned
In pos1tlon
Vacant Pos t6
32 60
32 q. ,l
6lr
5ll
57
56
21 a"
x93
9xoL 20
CAAPTER
aJ
woRK Dotfg DURItc 1990
2.t Thtt chsptelr 81vea an overall account of the$rorlt done by the CosrtnLeELon ln relatlon to casea
lnltlatecl' mlsconducte obae?ved' the nature of advlcetendered and the penaltl€s reconrmended to be lmpoeed on
de].Lnquent pub11c Eer:va'nts ' Desplte a large numbe? ofca.Bes recelved from Department s,/under"takln 8a,/ban}*s etc' t
i; le the constent endeavour of the conml'ssion to do a
tho:3ough examinatlon of ceses relatlng to conduct ofpublic s€rvarr;e. The princtple of punishment bei.ng
meted out to the guilty and proteetlon being extended tothe lnnocent aoiJ non"tt publlc serv&nt 1s unlformlyedopt€cl by the comml-sslon during scrutlny and tenderlngof, advlce to the organlsatlons ' crrltlca'l ena].yele og
the 8tatl6t1cs have been made ln tbl6 chapter so sa tobrlni! out the complexlty of the cases End the pfoeeEBeg
throulgh whlch they mature'
2.2. COTIPLAINTS:
Z.2.L Comp1a1nta constltute an important Boulrce ofLnfo?matlon Leading to d!Eeovery of nLsconduct and
lralpracticeE. The bulk of complaints at?e recelved ' by
the varlous alepartmentE a'nd pub1lc Bector underrtaki.nga
conc€rned 8nd dea].t FtLth tflere' The eomp1aints recelvedby the Cornmlsal"on are very often mePeltr/ coples of those
addreaEed to a numbe:l of other guarterg' elthough some
are excluslvely addre6Eed to the Comnlsalon'Irteespectlve of whether the colnpf,alntE alPe dlrectlvaddreased to the Corunmiaeion or notr esch - compl8l"ntnecel-ved by 1t 1s duty exalulned to decide whether {t lE
to be f ulsther Pul'sued'
2.2.2. The fotlowing graph indicatos the trend in regard tocomplaints in the Gommission during the last sev6n years.
the receipt of
u,F7 lsooJA=oolr_. 1000L'z
NO. OF COMPLATNTS RECEIVED
1985 1986 1987 1988 r98919841990
YEAR
IJ
2.".3 A mlxed trend has been notic€d ln the number
ofcomp].aintsrecglvedfrronlgSlttoxggo.Itwtl1beseen ftFors the above i;raph thst durl'nc !984' the nunlterof compl-a1nts lrecelved waE 1390' Thls went upto 1871 lnig8:. thuE lndicatLng an lncrease of 35'( overt. theftgureE for x984. It went up agal"n to ?!22 tn 1986 end
tber^eby l.ndlcating a fu?ther inc:rease of L3'4X over theflgure for 1"985; However, durlng 1987 and x988' thenumbetr of comPlelntE recelved ln the commlsglon
lndlcated a down*ualrd trend and wedt down to 1819 and
L511l re69ect1vely. Durlng 1989' howeverr 1t went up
asaln to L?2!, but agaln came down to 1406 in 1990'
2.2. tI lJIaJorl.ty Of anonymoua or pgeuctonvnoue
complalnta are baged ()n naLsconceptLon end
mlsundenat a.ndingi of tbe fectg and tend to 6po11 the
lnrage and r€putatl-on og the of flcere forr lrlte?lonroillt"" or vendetta. Ilowever, the Conmlsgl'on hae slEoobEerived that a number of s€rloua caaes of corruptlonandmlsdemea,nounerebroughttonotlcebyEuchcomp1alntE! because the eomplalnsnt€ prefer not todlsclose thelr ldentl'tv' The CommlsElon lts€lfexenelsee great cautlon ln scrutlnlglng euch comDlalntEreceived bl, lt. tt bas takex plioper effectlveco8rrleanc e at enonymouE/pseudonymous comBralnta whLch
contaln allegstl.ons on polnt6 whlch are of a verlflabl.e,,at,ro". lnvolvlng] serlous c&seg of, cori'uptl-on and
nl.gdemeanour.
2.2.5 out of 11106 complelnte Fecelved ln thecommLEsLon aurrns 1990, tt64 complalnts wene anonvmoug/Daeudonymoug in natu?e. Out of, 111L2 comg].aintE dl.sr}oaed
of, ln 1990, the Co$mLssl-on negueEteCl the cvoe and eBI tocause lnveEtlgatlons 1n 4oo cesee ' Th18 lncludes (1'e';o;; aE manv eE 138 aonptatnts taken up for foLrow up
actLon on anonymou€ ol3 pseudonymouE coeplalntE'
2..3 VIGILANCE gAEEg :
e. 3. I The DeFartnent6,/undertaklngs'/banks anCl othenorpganlaatl-onE are requlred to obtain e.'het 1E aelled theflret st&ge 6nd eee;nd ata8e advlce of trte Commlegion'On the rta.als of comp]'eint a at &ny other so*?ceLnf,ormetlon, after Lnvestlgationg are comBleted t'v thedeparteentB or bv th€ Central Bulreau of lnveetliBatLon'the Cotnml-sBlon has to be eonsulted aE to the f,ulrtheractlon to be tal{en on trretr. ThLs le termed ae the flrst6tage advlc€. In caBeg where the Penalty la to b€
lrnpoEed or caE es are to be d?opped on eompletlon ofinaJor pena].tv pnoceedl.nge bV the Ingullry of,ficerB' thecornnrleelon 18 regulred to glve eeeond Etage edvlce' The
Commleslon 1a a].so requLred to glve Eecond stage a,dv1cein urlnon penalty ea6eB, l.f rnlnor penaLty proceedl.ngswere lnltlated on the advice of the cotlmlsslon andl thed16c1p1inary authorl.ty pl3opoaea to e]'o6e the caae onexarilnatlon of the d€f€nce statenent. rs new facts a.ncrcl-t'cumstences come to the notlce of the Depaptm€nt6. thecontnlgelon nasa a1go tender advlce on r.econslderat ion.2.3.2 FIRSf STAGT ApvIcE GAS.SE:
The fot_Iowl,n8i table brlngs out the vanlousactlons recommended by the CotBnlsslon 1n lreapect off lrat-stagie advl.ce tendereCt by lt durLnG the penlodund€r neport;
Ifature (!f the CornrnLgeion I s fLrast-st.3ee adlvLcei
Nature ofadviee
On the cBlrs On the CVors ?ot&lInve6tlgatlon Inve6 t lg6't ionreportE repor ta
CP1.mlnel-PnoceedLnge
MaJ or: Pena1tyactl.on
lllnor Penal.tyectlon
31
x16
33
4
478
194
237
601|.
2X9
35
594
227
26tr
6ttT
231
Adml.nl-stratlve ATaetlon, Warnlng,Cautt on etc.
C]-oaure
Further 1nvestl- t2gatl'on or commentg
43
___::11-_ __:::_________11::_____--____1:::___
I{OTE : The Comrnlgelon dLd not tender any aclvlee onX39 CBI repo!3ts anct 7 CVOB r-eport€ as 1ts aclvlce wasnot necessaFy.
2.3.3 SEcot{D s"dcg ADVICE EAEF.^X I
The dl-sBos8l" of caees $v the Commieslon attfre Eecond stag€ lt reflected 1n the tabLe below:
Nqlure sl.f' cgmml'Elgl'-4ll:-E 6€r3ond-.g.t€'g-e edvicet--,J
l{ at ureof advlee
on the CDIs I
reportson the caaes Tot&1recelved fronthe Cvos
ImpoeLtlon of MaJor 267penalty
ImBosltlon of Mlnor 91penaltv
xo8
58
7
Lt7
59
72
a5
x1
380
150
180
83
18
Exoneratlon
Other ac t lon
Frrrth€r lngulry
Tota"l 6?1 284 815
2. 3. lr TOTAL ITUMBER A.ECoM!L[,-SSI_Q,N.:
cAsEg RECEIyED I.U IHE
The giraph below showa tbe tnend of the number3
o9 vigllence eaneg (tnctudins ca€es LnvolvlnS flrst'Becond 6tage actvice' reconElderatlon etc' ) receLved !nthe con|rnlsslon from 198rr to x99O. It would be obEeFved
that the numb€? of case€t hgg conslgtently lncreased fron26o0 in 1984 to 3953 1n Lgga - depLctlhs an lnereaee of52'- ln 1990 as comBareC to the flgure 1n 1984' There lFincnease of !-L. zgN of csse€t recelved ln 1990 aE eotlpareclto 1989. Thls ls perhaps lndlcatlve of lnprovedvlg|l].ance awarenesg ln the org;anleat lone/depantment6 'end bettef investigation of ca6es relat.tng to coFruptpract1ces, pursuant to the Commlsslon I E contlnued
otu3T'(, zmoILooz
emphasis to deal with corrupt slgmonts bsing brqJght homsto Cvos/D€partments
NO. OF CASES RECEIVED
r986
YEAF
1987 1988 198919851984 1990
:
!
2.3.5 The following graph indicates tho total number of casss disposed o{ by
th8 commission from 1984 io 1990:-
NO. OF CASES DISPOSED OF
3818
o|rlg 2ooo
'JILoC'2
1986
YEAR
1987 1990
2.3.6 -'* sTAcE ADvIcE olt INVESTIGATIoN.REPoRTSs
?he fo].]'owlngi stateraent glvea en analysls of,the aetlon a.dviaed by th€ Co$mlaalon dun'.ng the 1a.6t fev,yearg.
C. B. T. INVESTTIGATIOil REPORTS,( Number of cseeg )
Actlon lreco&mendedt wlththel? pereentage (X)
tenCletred
(A)
Year Totat.&dvlc€s l
Prose-cutlon
MaJ ot? Mlnorr .therepena].ty pena1typrocee- procee-dlngs dings
19811
1985
1986
L.987
1988
L98E
199{)
348
287
376
33?
393
315
262
22 x39 L,(6.3ax) (39.9426) {Le.g3%)
31 120 32(10.8rd) (41.81N) (LL.L'X'
38 185 29(1o.1xtd) (49,2%) (7.7LX)
37 L6tL 35(tL. Lt+*, ( &9. BX ) (t-s. 5t121)
tt2 201 51(10.69*) (51,14X) (12.98X)
37 134 43{LL.75r(' (rtz.5Ar4]' (13.65r)
31 x16 33(11:83X) (44.27X, (xz.6oX)
ttI2( 40. 8111)
..104( 36. ?lrx)
1,24rcz,98X'
96("8.92ra,
99(25, L9r1)
101(32. 06r()
8e( 31..30X)
"orAL 23x3 238 xo59 268(xgq$ to 1990) (10.29X) (LS.?gr6) (rr.5996y
7L8{ 32. 3rrx)
---:\.+----+
It would be ob5erved fron the above tabl-ethat btroadly, therie t6 an uperard tpend 1n tne percenta8eof cases ln srhlch the Commi.aalon hag aatvl'aed$prosecutlon whlch L€ l.ndlcatl've ,,of, the faet thsr theemphagl.s .l's g:lven on the gerloue J.rregular1tles.
t2
(B) C.V.Osr. It{vEsrlq/\Tloil BEeS&lg :(Nunben of casea )
Year TotalsdvJ ce6tendere4l
Actlon recomalended wlththelr percentage (X)
Prose-cutlon
MaJor Mlnor OtheieapensLtY PenaltYplrocee- proce€-dLhcE dlncs
1984
1985
r986
'-987
1988
1989
97 tt
1031
1698
1506
2073
1634
2(o.2x)
295 85( 30. 29td ) ( 8. 73r( )
3 35x 84rc.29'l, (3lr.o4x) (8.1'td)
592( 60. 78X)
,93(57.52X)
941I 638(o. [7X] (37.57X1 (6.srrx) 155.tt?ltl
11X
1990 1736
? ut? 1O3 979(o.46X) {27,6s%) (6.84td) (65' O1X)
3 554 zto 1306( o. 15s) (26.7ari) ( 10. 13x) (63' ogx)
2 3BB 139 t1o5(0.12N) {a3.7524) (8.51r) rcT '62',r)
I a78 194 1060(o.23rt) ("7.53ril (x1.18x) (61'O6t6)
ToTALT 10652 29 3L2L 926 6576(1984 ro 1990) rc.27?il (e9.3ord) (s'69*) (61'74X)
It would be obeerved from the above teblethat the com*la"iot n.. advLEed ttnra3 or pe!.a'lty ectlo,1t!ln only 29.3OX of caseg lrrvestl8ated bv the cvosr is$conrpared to 4r-?gt1 og caseB Lnveetlgatecl by the CBI'Furthen the evl.d€nce collected in ae many a's 6L'74frcaseE lnvestlgated bv the CvOs, sB a3aLnEt 32' 3t194 caBeB
lnvestlgeted by tbe CBI, dld not warrent even firnLnon
ponalty aettontr aB nay be Been from the column (Otttersrr'
iifr f" lndleatlve of, the fact that lnveetlSatlon gltllltn the depa.rtmentel viglLance agenclee raqutres to be
lmgroved furthelr.
13
qouaIssa c.Bggua.s.:(Number of caees )
IUYE FjtICAff9.U BEP9B.TS I(TabLes A + B)
Ye&r 1'o t e].advlc e I!*endered
Ac b lort recontmended wlththe-"ir.. peL'ceri bage (X )
ProEe-cutl.on
t4aJ (Jr." Minc'r Otheras,enaL tY E,ens.l" tytr'l3 ()e(:e- PJ'OCee-dingrs cllngis
1984 1322
1985 r31S
1986 zo7u
1987 1B3e
r988 21166
1989 1949
x99o 1998
"u(L.82-z'
34(e" 582,)
rr6("-.
""%)44
ta.39g)
45(1,.82}{)
39(2. oox)
35{r.Y5t6)
4sir( 3e. 83% )
47L{3' , 7 ttri)
823( 39. 68r( )
581( 31. 6.1rd )
755(30.6zrd)
522(26.79211
594(29.73%t
x30( 9, 83r( )
1.16(8.8c,%)
L40(6.7 5%)
138(7 . Strr)
e61(xo.589d)
182( 9.34r()
227( 11. 36X )
73'1(55.52)6>
697(52.88r()
1O65(5]..35z)
Lo75(58. U9r6)
14o5(56.9816)
L206(61.98%)
tt42(57, x62r)
1ll
2.3.7 PUNII1VE ACTION Rf,^COTTfVTETDEN AT. gECAUD STACE:
In sdvlel-na lmposltlon of penalt1eE orexoneratl.orr of de].lnguent ogftclals. the Cofilrlaalonkeepa in vlew v&rlous factorg 6uct! asr gravlty ofmisconduct, nature oe eyldehce and other ettendl'ngclreunrBtancea. The tablb be]-oet Ehorts the 9ensl.t1esrecomnenCled for l.mPosltl-orii -
cor}rrnLssLon | 6 &ggQnlBenilgljlgn SL aecond-ateee!
Impoeltlon of, Impoal.tlon ofYear MaJon penalty ltlnon penalty others Totel
198|t
1985
1986
L987
1988
x989
199(}
2U5(51.80X)
291-(57 ,632t)
282(5tt.9721)
2L5(1r4.98X)
27 tl(49.1grc)
247(38.37%)
384( tL? . L2r1)
,3( 11. eOrS )
54( 10. 69i)
67( 13. 06r)
46( 9. 62r{ )
83( 1tr. gord )
148( 19. 79rd )
x50( 18. 40X )
!75 L73( 37. oor)
160(31.6.8.r)
164( 31. 97X )
2L7( Il5. 40X )
200
505
513
478
55?(35.9Xrd)
748313(4x.84X)
281 815(34.48rC)
Thesecomnendatl0natable ai3e glven
detellE ofat second stsge
ln the fo]'lowlnc
the connlsalonr aI'ndl-cated ln the abovatwo tables (A) & (B):-
15
(l) CDI REpORTS! (S€cond Stage advlce)
Y€srl TotaIedlvlcestendenecl
Actlon reconnendecl hriththelr perrcenta8le (NJ
ImposLtl'on of Inpoaltlon of,MaJop penalty Mlnor penalty Others
x984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
386
391
354
365
423
540
531
22fJ( 56. 99X)
246(62.92?()
2t7( 6x. 3X)
177(rr8.49r)
22L( 52 . 2L21)
222( ttt. ttr()
267( 90 . 28t1)
31(8. o3t)
37(9.46X'
39(11. o2X)
25( 6. 85r)
57( 13. 48t)
98(18. x5r()
9X(77 . xttr)
135(3u.98X'
108G7.62N)
98(27 .68X)
x63(44.66X)
145(3L.28X)
220( 40.7 LXl
t73(32.58X)
x6.
(B) REFORTS QE II{OTLTRY OFFICERS AE DEPAETMEIITS
igcf.rVf.' THRouGH cvoe ! ($econd Etage advlce )
Vea? Totaladvlcestendered
Actl-on rrecommended wlththelr perceritage ( rC )
Iml)oaltlon of Impogltlon of$taj o!. penalty Mlnor penaltv Othere
x984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
87
11,4
159
1X3
134
208
2AIT
25{28,73?t)
Ir5(39. t17r4)
65{40.88rS)
38( 33. 63* )
53rcg.55r.)
6513x.2526t
tt7(u]-.zax>
22(25.2.9%)
L7{ LtL . 9t%)
28{17.61r()
2ti 19.5816)
"61 19. IroX )
50(24.o4N)
59(20 .77%)
40( 45. 98N )
52{ur.62i,l)
66( 41. 5lX )
54(tt7 ,79N'
55( rl1. o5r)
93(lr4.71r()
1()8( 38. o3r )
2.3.8 Durlng 1990, naJor genaltl'ea of the hlcheronden nasrely dLEm186a1 r removal and compulEoryretl.?ement, have been lnpo6eal on 58 offlcer6 es agalnst60 offlcers Ln x988 and ll9 offlcers 1n 1989' Inaddltlon to that. penaLty of cut In penelon was ltbposedon 14 off,lcenB and servLceg of two off,Icere etere
terrttlnatect. Thls LE lFeflectect Ln the followlng tab].e:
------:---TYPE OF PUNISHT4ENT
Dl6mlsted Renoved Compul6orlly Ternlnetlon Cut ln TotelRetlred of senvlceE Pens1on
14 7t{
L7
2.3.9 Of the sbove off,lcerg, a G.n€rtl llanager of apubl1c sector undertaklnS r,ras d16m16ged ftrom eervlce.the servlcee of a Gleneral Maneger belong1ng to anotherpubllc e€ctor undetitaklng w€re termlhatett and aControl1en of Sefety under the Mlnlgtry of Defence wascompulaor1].y tiettrred. In additlon to thls. the pay of aCha'.rman-cun-Manag1ng Di?ector of an InsuI.ance cobpany Ia Genere.I ManaSier of a pub1Lc aector undentakLng anit theDlnector of Prlntlng; under the Mlnlgtry of UrlrgnDevelopnent was reduced.
?.3.10 The foLlowl.ng tab].e lndl.cateE the Etatua o?the pendencV' of ca,sea wlth the Corrmleel.on at the end of199o!
Conp].atnts CaF€g
Inv. Inq.Repo?t6 Rpt. &
mlnor"pens]-tyeEeeg
Other Totalter'orta,/caSeaeueh aBreconel-deratl-onetc.
B,/f f,rorl theprevl.ousyetrr!
Recel.veddurl.ngthe ye€.rr:
14()6 226A 855
82
838
498
3953
36 349 67
TotaJ'
D''6poEedof
144e
L4r"2
26o-9
21 44
922
8x5
92o
855
4tr5r
3814
Pendtng 30 tt65 LO7 65 637
2.3. tt Out of 637 caeeer ahown a6 pendlng ln theabove tab1e. 393 caeee were actua1Ly pendl.ng exannl.nat1onLn comnlgsl.on. out of remelni.ng 244 caEee, 166 caBeawere pendlns for want of certaln c].arlflcatlonE from theconcerned depar?tnents. end Z8 CBI repopta erer€ pendlngiconstderatlon for trant Of comnentg"..of the negpectlwedlaclp].lnary authorltlee.
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2.3.L2 The total' number of cesea recelved I'n theConmls'Floa .hae LncPeased grom 3643 ln 1989 to 3953 1n1990 thus lndicating an lncnease of 31O eeaeB'Slmllarty, the tota]- nunober of caaea dlspo8ed of ln theconmlsglon has lncneased from 3552 Ln 1989 to 3814 I'n1990 thua indicatlng an lncreaae of 262 ceees'
2.4 InclCtence g.f vicl.fance gAae,g ln Puh].lc seatot'' vie:g:lLl-& Governrflent DeleEtge[tE!
2.5 DETAILS llE PUITIISHMENTS II{.P!E.ED I
Durlng 199O, the dleclpllnarv authorl-tieBunder varlous Ml.nl stlri€s,/Depertmente,/Publ lc SectorUndertaklnas./Nat lona]' l'8ed Bankg €tc' have LEsuedganctl-on for the pl'ogecution of suapeated pub]1cservsnta Ln nlne cases snd have ltBposed major genaltiegtn
"37 ceses and mlnon penaltl-e3 l.n 323 caseE ln reapect
of ca8es whePe Corrmlgelonre advLce was nequlned'Dcpalrtnen t-wlse break-up of, theBe caseE' lncludlnc thepub].Lc eector underltaklnge and autonomoue bodles under3
theitr act01n16tratlve control 1E glven ln the folloldLn8tab]'e ! -
As on 31Et Dccember' 1990' lt86 o:rgan teEt-tona/DepartmentE have been covered undet the Jurlaqlettlon ' ofthe Centraf Vlgllance Cortmleslon. An anaLy6l'g o? thecaa€s showE that out- og 22oL freah casea l-nl-tlalted 1nthe commlaBlon durl-ng the year x99o. 1376 casespertaln€d to goverrnment departments. Out og nenaaLning828 case8. 35Il case6 geLtaLnecl to banks. 2Il5 caaeagertained to publlc E€ctoP undenteklngs. 73 cea€spertalned to lnsunance companies and 156'caEea pertelnedto autonomous end other sl.ml.l.ar bodleB. In fact PecauBeof the 1ar3er economi.c and comnerclal role pla,yed by thepubll-c aector, the nature and typea of mlBconductdetected Ln relatlon to It. pantlcul"erly' in bankg'lneurrance companl"eE etc. the need f('r greater vi8:l].aneeln these orrganlsatlone le felt.
L9
DEPAlRTIIENT-WISE1QoO lU RESPECT&EQIJI8'ED :
DETAILS QE PUil.TSHMEtrfTS TMPOSED DURING9.9. CAstS tIIIERE COMrtrISSIoN I E ADvIcE wAs
S. NO. DgPARTIIENT PROSE- .MAJORCUTION PENAL?Y
MIIIOR ADMINIST-PENALTY RATIVE
ACTIOI{
1. AGRICULTURE ANDCOOPERATIO}IATOMIC ENENGYB.ANKSCTIEMICAI,S AND PETRO-CIIEII4ICALS
?r
1o1 5
2.3.4.
-x-1- 106
5. CIVIL AVIATIOT{6. cIvIL SUPPLIES7. COAL8. CoMMERCE9. C. S.I. F..10. CAG OF INDIAXl.. CUSTOMS & CET{TRAL
EXCISEL2. DEFEITCE13. DELI{I ADIVIINISTRATI,OI{14. EXTERNAL AFFATRS15. FERTILIZER CORPN.
1221
OI.' INDTA16. .FOoD1-7. FOOD PROCESSING
Ii{DUSTRIES -
t-1
18. HUMAN RESOURCESDEVELOPMENT _ X
19. HOME AFFAIRS _ 1 ..A20. INCOUE TAX 3 g2L. INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT - 122. INFORMATION AND
BROADCASTING-3*1zZ. rNsuRANcE - 3 g _zIL, IRRIGATION - 225. LABoUR I -26. tuINEs - L27. N.D.M.C. - Z 6 328. NON_CONVENTAONAL
ENERGY RESOURCES - 129. PETROLEUIVI AND
T{ATURAL GAS - 130. POSTS&TELEGRAPHS - 8 8 143x.POWER - z x 1.
1i:-lllll:-:11:T:llll___:_-____-: ': -
-1-41--ux,_..2-1-243-3-2-5
796
9676
2A
g, T{O. DEPARTMEilT PROSE- MAJOR MINOR ADMINIST-CUTION PENALTY PEIIIAL1Y RATIVE
ACTIOI'I
33. RAIL}]AYS3lr. scIENcE AltlD
IECHIIIOLOGY35. SUPPLY36. SURFACE TRANSPORT3?. TEXTILES38. UNION fERRI.TORIES39. uRBAItf DEVSLOPIIENT
30
zx2
L2
14
139
7
a11
69
L5
;1
26
TOTAL ! 237 323 165
2t
BY
CITAPTER 3
RCVIE9I IIEETTI{€S TAKETITdg CEHTRAL VIOILAIICE COIIIIISEIOT|ER
DUBIIIG 1990$**rlr;*
As part of the atrategy to 8,ctllvste vLgllance3.1functlona ln the ongalll.sat.lonE a'nd wl.th. 8. vl.el^, torllal.ntal.n close 1laison ertth the vlgl]'ance ancl otherpersonneJ- of varl.ous or.ganlaa.tlong, the Centra,l.Vigllanee cornmLesioner nevlewed the v1g1lance s.ctlvltleaof a number of o:rganlgatlone durlng the year. Theneetln88 were h€1d eLthef eector-wlae .or1 LndLvldusrrytrlth the or.C&nLeatlona. The outcome of these meetln8elB brlefly lndlcated below : -3.2 MEEAIRG WITH CMDg Ar{p CvOs AE
IIIA?IOITIALISED BAIIKS Q[ 13r q. 1AqO.so+rE
, The taeet''ng taken by the Cent?aL Vl.gLlenceComniseioner waa attended by cltD6 and CVO8 of' ZOnat1ona.ll.sed banks includlng repreaentatlveg of, ReserveBsnk of fndla and State gank of Indiai Secretary,Def'artment of, pe*sonnel snd Tralnl.ngt i Addltl.onalsecpetary, Deperiteent of Bank{ng; and represeirtatlveE ofthe CAI . The VJ.gl.1ance Comrnlsgl.oner exp,reseed lrlsconcern about the lncreasln8i lrl3egularltleg connectedvrlth blg advences r lnvolv1ng folrelgn exclrange. gtaantedto parttes and s].ao enrphaelaed the need for bsnk1nsgector to concentrate lts- efforts on bank fnaudglncludlng comput€p f,L.auda. He embhasLBect the need fontak.lnC pneventlve nreaEufea. The CVC aLso observed thatbarr1ng a couple <'g bankE, the ].evel of vlcila,neeect1vttles in aost of the b&nks wag on a vert/ ].ow key.The cona€nE u6 whlcfr emetgged a6 a ltesult of thaall€rcuBBl.on8 Bay be. euttrmed up aE unde!?:
(e) CVOg should be frorn outslde the bank as far .aa.poEal.b]-€ and preferably frorir another.bank or RBI.
(b) All banks should have a grovtston gl-nl.Lan to Fn56(J) fo:? prenature ?etl.renent of emp].oyees.
(e) The bank€ dhould have s. provl"elon fon vrLthho1dlngof gratultV whea.e RDA proeeedlngs have beenlnstltu_tag- bef,ore the r€tl.re&ent of the off,icenand such E,roceedLnga ahould be posgLb]-e to becar.rled beyond th€ dste of retlren€nt.
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I
I
(cl) The questlon of havl.ng lnter-bank transfers ofoffic€rs at the leve1 of DGM and above mav bFexamlned bv Department of benklns wlth a vlew toensure Sreater rflobll.lty, ?er:uce veEted tnter€gtaend to take out banks out ()f thelr tradltlonel/neg;Lonal bLas due to hlatorLcal L'easons'
(e) In order to expedlte the RDA procercdlngg gendLngwLth bankB, Department of Banklng could issuesult;b].e culde1ines for empl"oyment of retlredJudgee or offlcelrs and sone other selected
- categiorrles aB Inguiry offlcers on s fLxedhononarlunr (whlch lncludee eeparate fronol'aPiutt for6ec?etarl.a1 a.BaLBtance ) . Thla ma{l regulreanendnrent to the conduct end Dlselpllne Rules ofvarloue benk6.
(f) The lnvegtlgatl.ng machlnerv Ehould tnva'rlablv beundcl' tlre d!.nect and pet'qonal contr()l of CVO ofeach bank. Department of Banklng may l"h. addLtionexahrLne as to whether] audit and lngpectlonfunctione can rllEo be put undeL|lte contro]. ofcvo.
(g) A .aysten. tras to be devlaed fon engurrlng: Sreateraeeountabl-11ty regardlng stlckv acccuntE Ln!'espect of loans and advarrces sanctioned for btalndu6trlal unl te
REvIEld UEEI-ING WITII II{SUzu\NCE SECTOR:3.3
3.3.X The CVC helat e meetLng o^ '22' 10'90 wlth thecMDs of General Insurgnee Conponatlon, Orlehtsllnauratlce Comp&ny. New Indla As8unance coftpany, ItlatlonalInsurance Company, and unLted Indla Insutrttnce company.wlren cvos encl E! or0e senior executlve of InauraanceconpanLes an<t the senlor oggLcers of MlnLstry of. Flnance(Insurance Dlvlslon) ancl CBI r^telre a16o present ' The Cvcobgerved thet whereae the vlgl.lanee load of all the fourlnaur&nc€ compenl,ee was morre 'or lesg tbe 66mer theatatLctLcal returng of the fout? lneurance conpanl-eegerrer:aL].v irrdicated a Low vigl.lance prof116' The cvcmentlonad bhBt the promlnent rnalprsctlces noticetlrelated to a largie number og fraudulent motor elal"urs lnwhj-ch heavy losse5 !.retre betnS gugtalned by the LnarJl'ances€cton. serlous and wldespresd fr&ullulent neportlnglndulgedinbrrsurveyors,fr.audsJ'ncattl-elnguFaneeendSrgnt og netrr^o€tpectlvG lnsur:anee covers' He, therrefone'desLred that gPeat€r attentton 18 Fequlred to be paldfr('m the preventlve vlgllance polnt of vler,t lrr reganrd toth€ above susceptlble atreaa. Be also stated that thene
23
rrraB a tendency on the petrt of co?trupt publl'c Belrvents tolnduLa€ Ln lncneeeed coryu9t pnactlceB on the velr8e ofthel.r netl.nernent and, thc?efore. there was a need forlhavlng a provLelon for pena1 actlon by way ogwlthholdlngi of retl'liement beneflt6 even ef,ter retLrenentlnd for pnedature r€t Lrr€nent og the offlcers .on thep.ttFrn of FR 56(J). CVC sl'so eDphaElBed that the wholelnetitutlon of, Sunveyoras and thel.r f,unetl.ons neecle to berevLewed keeplng ln vlew the LnternatlonB]. pnactlaea .Inthat behalf, IF wa6 also congl.dened neceE6atry toatandandl.se the foi.E of lnspectlon Eo aa to onlejnt 1ttowardE vlglLanc€ l.nBpeetlonB and to cover l-n l.tepeclfl.calty all naJotr Eensltlve lteme to be checked bythe Lngpectlng offla€r,/tcam. The cvc a16o su8iSeatedtbat the
'.nEurunee courpanleg Bat/ Deke Eerlous effortE to
en116t eerviceE of outEide offLcerB. includlna netlradDer'sonnel, !,rLth good rFeput et 1 olr- of l.nteglrlty. eff,LcLencyand Lrnpart La1i ty to functlon as Inqul.ny Offlcen, so esto reduce the Dencl'na lnqul'l'lr. caaca.
3.3.2 ,CVC also took a'n€etlng on 23.1O.9O wlth theClral,rnaa. LIC and hlG office?Bd when the Joint,Becretary. Xnguranee DLvi,slsn, "!{ini.etpy .of, Flnance endthe Jolnt DllFector. CBI erere rlBo prreEent. Narrnatln3-th€ va?loue a;Epecta of prreventlve rneaBup€E that ean' lre
' undertaken by the LIc. cvc obBefved that the Byatem ofnstntalnlng ppoperty neturns of, the eErDloyeeB and havtnga pnovLgLon f,or takLna cctlon aEalngt employeeg aft€raretlrenent ney b€ .coneldereat for belnc Lnttroduced. ItIrad a1eo ob8erved that there had b€en conal.delr6bledeleys Ln cornp:Letlng v'.etlance lnveatl8atlons on thelnipection repo?t6 of, the CTg and herdly any ef fectr.veaction, punttlv€ otr ce:.aectl.ve, $raB telr.€b by the.orpgenisatlon. CVC a16o sugGeBted thet the LIC shoulduake an analyEte of deleyE tn paynent of cLalne, perrlod-w1ae. of cases of lngurance covar taken wlthl.n tsto yea?gof death and wLth l?€ferenee to nan-wortan ratlo.
3.4 WITIT IIIDIVIDI'AL
.rne Centrel Vl8r'llencennvLewed vlSlIanc€ actlvtrtLeEorrcenlsatl.one wlth the Eeada,/Chlefconc6!'n.ed genLo? exbcutl.veE' onB8ia1n8t then :
Connlgsloner alsoof the f,ollor"rlnti
Executlvae and thel.rlth€ tletea nentloned
?ll
s. NO. TIAME OF THE ORGANISATTOI| DATE OFI WHICHilsETrt{G wAsflELD
1. litUfIeIPAL coRPoRATIOil Of, DELSI2. NEW DELIII !{UHICIPAL CODII{ITTEE3. DELHI, ADIIITISTRATIONII . DSLHI DSVELOPMENT AUTHORITY5. ilATlOI{AL TEXTILE CORPORATTON6. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA7. STEEL AUT'IORITY OF II{DIE LTD.8. IIATIOIIAL THERMAL POWER CORPN.LID.9. BHARAT
'I8AVY EI,ECTRTCALS L?D.
1(). DEPARTMEI{T OF TELECOMMUTTCATIONS11. IilTERNATIOTITAL AIRPORTS AUT}IORITY OF
IIIDIA12. BAARAT PETROLET'}I CORPORATIOI{ LTD.13. CENTRAL BOARD OF SXCISE & CUSTOI'IS
some of the obaervetionE that energed durln8t hef€ nleetlngs are as under : -
(o) V!31lance actlvttles ln moet of the organlsatlonetere at & low ebb. cvc suggeated to the.orgsnl-eatlons to gtrength€n theLr vlgllance Bet*up. He al.Eo sugeiegted that to Epeed up dl'apoealof c&€!eg retLred of,ftcePB could be appolnted aaInqulPv offlcere ln lndlvliluel ea6€s, ()]1 . paymentof suttable alnount of honorar"Lum and thst theen8:J.neer-ing organlsat1ons should have an offl.celsi.tlth englneerlnB b&cksround at bachecl to thevi8l"Ie.nee unl t;
(b) The powera of th€ dlaclPllnarv authorlty lnt'espect of offlcer8 of tfie !'tCD veet Ln a Commltteeof tne elected bodv whlch had dlsregardedComtnLeslon|s advl-ce in a number of caEea e.rlthoutreco:rding adequate reas<,nst' comtnlssion suggegt€clthat tne 6tdel'e pasaed by tlr€ dL6c1911naFyauthorlty ln theae caE€s may be revLewed by the
. rcvlewln8 authoFltY:
(c) In rega?cl to De].hl Admnletratlon, cVC observedthat Lt le neeec Et 4!1:/ to avoid delays lrrlnvestigatlon of cases ll't respect (}f complaLnts onwhLah Commlsslon has ca11ed for reportg ' that thevl3llance organlBat1an of Admlnlstratlon mey aleoLndepend€ntly scnutlnlEe cases befor€ they eresent to the Conmleslon for advi-c.e and thet noreeffeatlve vlgLlance orrlented lnEpectlong are
7. 5. 907 .5.90x1.5.902(). 8. 902X.8.9022.8.9a23. 8. 9024. 8. 905.9,9026. 9. 90
28.9,9024. 10 " 9023.1x.90
?5
requlred to b€ tttade;
(-d) CVC suBgeEted thet nn onganls&tion, llke DDA.havlng large-eeale publlc dea].lnge, should bultdlup lte lrrage by prompt]'y reepondlng to l}ubllagral,evancea and thst responaeE fnon DDA ln ?est'ectof CTE8 lnapeatlona reports have been congldet^a'b.l'yde]-ayedi
(e) The property !'etunns submlttad L'r/ the offleeresppear'lngl on [Agneecl Llstfr and ?rt,let of offLceraof doubtful. Lntesrlty?r should be serutlnlsedc].oE€Iy;
CVC la.Ld emphagle on preventlve vLgllance andnarranted Grone og tlre eBpects of pl.eventl.vevisi].ance as ldentlf,lcatl"on of vu1nerabLe at essand pet?eonnel, I)repaipatLon of, xA8lreed Ll_stfr sndrrLlet of offlcers of doubtful integrltyrr.perlodlcat notatlon of stagg on aensLtlve poatsieodi.f lcetlon/ updatinc of the Usnualsi revlew o?the syste$Br p!.a.etlce6 and procedunea grevsLl.tngln bhe or8enlaatlon: surpnlee checks on pub]'te-deallng polnte etc. i
A number of lnspectlond brere bclng conductetl butthe ca6€6 em€r gl-ng out of ln8pect{ong we-re veryfew. whlch lndlcated that the .tnsepctl'on wereroutlne in natulre. CVC stn€Beed that lnEpectlonabelng conducted should be vigj l.ance-orlented, anctE urposef,u]. i
Many publJ"c €ector undei?taklngs did not have theplroviBton for contl'nuinB proceedlngs afterlretlrenierrt of thc offlcer wlth a' vLew toe.tt thhoLdl"ns rfgratultyfr. CVC deglned that PSUgshouLd lncorpon4te such a provlslon Eo that Lf anofflaep ls found gul.lty of, gl"ave ml.Econduet, ep(}ftlon of hls gratulty could be heLd ea pena].aatLoni an<l
CVC alro sugigiested th€^t publlc Bector undertekln{isehouLd expetllte ae tlon fon incorpolratlon of aprovleion. aiml.].an to FR 56(J ) ln Governnent6ectof. wl.th a vlew to weed1ng out !.neffLclent endmr-,d1ca11!. unfl.t employeeB and a].ao thoae havlngdoubtful lnteArlty.
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(h)
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CIIAPTER 4
PREVEIITIVE VISILAIICE
[. X As preventlon ls better than cure' the
ConrmiseLon lrsE been attaching conELclerable initFortance to
preventlve vtgfrance' whlch' lf, psopePlv concelved &ncl
it6plem€nteo """ui"s-prugstn g wes]v.'/vtr lnerable areaE ancl
also ensbles *"cuotit"- t't melBrsctlces' Pneventive
vlgll'anee hBE aecgumed lmpot?t eir.ce th the context of the
pogltlon tnat covli"t""" have undertsken a ]'arge' nurrrber
of soclo-economfe 'noogo**tta for the betterrrent of
peof)l€! for r^thich -tl"""Uft lnvgstmentg have been made 1n
the publle ""t"lil--*ne neeg' for eontlnued empha813
belns slven t" iii" rrera wai' atso'' brougiht home to the
chlef vlgXlance ogslt"ll thtpuah !r'elnlng Brog!'as$res
orsenized soo tn"i*ii-rn "n" b"ttr"*''*tetlrtse taken bv
iil-"""""al vlsl:.ance commLsslqner'
lL.2 The activlties in.retratlon io the preventlve
vl.gllence woulct *tl"t" fall tn thR'foLl"owtr$si areas :
(a) Exa.stnatlon of, t'u]'e?: "l3llttl-onB' procedureg and
avat€ns pi"t"f rfogfd" tnt orgsnieatlon Bo 'is to
pluc the t"ion"i""' iV tttv' whlch courd glve scope
fotr conruptlgnilas 1n tl.e orga+lzatlon
(b) To ldentlfy vulnerable erl t.endersEUCh as 38lesr pul'crtaEe€r €ith€P througl'l
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on otb€T wi;;-oispos&l of scrAp' .recrultment"-'etc'n consu]-tatlon wltn tfte'
(c) To prepare iragreed rl'rttr! 1r
cBI i
(d) To Btrepare the rtlgt of t af tL6etg of
intesrLtYt'I
(e) Perlodicsl rotation of staff posted inare&s;
doubtf,ul
eensltlve
Pu!rctras€
(f) cLose scrutlnv of the &nnual proBerty retunnb
gubnLtted by th€ offlcers -appearlng on the agrree'l
1let,/].tBt o? ossLcers og doubtfuL inteBrltvi
(g) To weed out l-nef f tclent ' medically unflt and tbose
enJoyl.ng bad reputetlon' t"tao* the pt'ovlElons of
s.R 16( J I ln Lo.r.lrrr**tt :e4:?r or analosou€
pio.,l*f<>tt ln other organi zst lons i
(h) godLf tcatloh of v&rLous l'4anual6 such as
Uanua]" . Worlrs tilanuaI eta' i
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( t ) Regu1ar snd iurrpr,lse 1nEpe,etions coverln$ atl.lrnportant activi.tlee &nd oI}eratLone of theorganj.zatlon. wlth a vlew to unearthj.ns theirr.egularl t les t? aity;(J) Vlslts to publ.lc contdct polntg at rush hout3s.such as rallway booklngi eounterg. bank counteFs,munlcipaL offlees. incone_tax offlceB. cuatomscLeapance countepe at al.|rpor"te etc- 'gor
thepurpose of keepLng a check on of f l"cla.LE indutgl.ngln mslpnaetLce8 or causl,ng herasernent to. pub]-te.4.3 SUGGESTIoNS FOR IMFRpVEMTqNT eE pROCEDURESI
Du?lng the yeaF, the Commlslon lra.de somesuggeatl.ons to tbe Department of pereonne.l and iratnlngregiarding: lmprovement of pFocedures and ru1eg. gom€ oftheee ar,e. brlef1y, lndl.cated below : _
(ai PRoMoTIoil g.E "HE
GoVER!I!4ENT sERv^luT AGAII{S?Y,'HOM DISCIPLINAFY,/ GOURT PNOCEETIINES AREIJENDII{G AA WHOSE CONDUCT -I.|E UI{DERf NVESTI,GATION :
fn Eupersesslon of all the earlier instFuetlonE onthe above tnentLoned subJect, the Department og pereonnel.and Tr:aLnlng Lssued freBh set of LnEtnuctrons inJanuary, t98g. whlch pnovjded, lnter all.a, that ;; t;;tlne of conside*ati-on of ttre eaae of Government rrervantfor trromotion" ctetails of Glovennment aetivsntsr 1tl thecot'l6i'dera'tl'on zoner agalna.t wh()rt an I'nve6tl"getl-on onse?lous allesatlona of, corcuptLon, brlberr. <lt' Elm{lsrgross rnLsconduit is i$ pr,ogresB sttould. a].ao be brougihtto the notLce of th€ DeFartnental prromotion Comml.ttee..wtro aha'r- &sse.s the sultabillty of euch €overnrrents€t've.nte at.onsl^rith otber €ltat_bte candrd;;;;, ;;;' wourdheep lta Ers$essment Ln r3eepect o {j auch offlce?s ln asealed cover.
The exper'lence ln the comnrleel.on, hor,rever, reve&la:hat fa].se comp].sints ar:,€ often recelvect agalnat thefroneat of f l cerg . pr.oba,bl:/ eent by the lntel3eetedpal.tles, at a. tlne Brhen they aFe ctue. or are ].lkely tobe coneldel'ed, fo:r ppomotlon Eo as to thwart oil- o"f.vtheLr p*omoriori- The cornmle.lon.
"nur i""r.-;
";;* thatth€ atlov€ mentloned provJsipn !.rhl.ch wae inco:rporateit forthe first tl.lne l.tr the lnatLuctlonE i8aued 1; January.X988 worrLd ten(t to gl've encoure8enrent to suchm1sehlevous eonplaLnanta ther€by exposlng. honeatoff1cers to ser,lous rlek to thelr ].egltlmate ae?vl.ceLnt€rest. if rhe complaj.nsnt make{, hi. ;ii;;;;i""; tookadequateLy ge?lorrc o? ltrrave. ?he Commleelon a.Lrro
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observed that the above mentloned provLElon a]'ao -- aLveal-nhenent 'poh?elre l.n fo'Il.or.rlng! the BeaLed cover procedure,to competent authorlty, !trhl.ch coulCl harm the offlcer. bytakLng e €enioua/ctsve vlew on an al-legatlon' r'rthethensuct! vLew Ls Justlfled or not. Furtlreri, tfre veriy ldeaof eubJectlrig a pub1Lc €rer3vant to sea].ed Goverprooedure,. when even lnveetlSstlons have not yet sterted&ppeates to be repugnant to JuEtlce and faLr p].ay. TheCoun|ieglon has therefore eugS€sted to the Gove]Pnaent torevlew the lnstr"uctlons wl.th a vlsw to deletlng theabovc pnovl'alon so that eea].ed cover procedur.e tafo1lo!.red on].y lf some dtepartnental,/enlmlnal pPoceedLnssare pendlng aCalnst the offLcer or if such plroceedlngsare contemplated, i'e' tf the ctlgelpllnarv authorlty haanacte. up lta elnct to lnltiate such proceedlngE.natter le under con6l.deratloh of the Government '
The
(b) II{TIMATION RECIAROII{G PURCHASE Af, EEA,BES UilDNR
aHs conpucr RULES !
su]-e 18(3) of the ccs(conduct) Ru1es, 1964reeulreg that every Government servant enterl.ns lnto ,,tranEact1on Ln r€3pect of Bovabl€ property. eltber lnhlE oern naloe or ln the n arne of 'rnember of hls femlly'r,eould repotat the I ase to the competent authonlty' wlthlnone &onth of the date of such tPanaactlon, lf the valueof, euctt pfopetrty exceecls Rs.1OOOO ln case of aGovernrflent dePvant holdinc any Group A or. B post orRB.5oOo ln caae of a Govelrnment Eervant holdlna 'a'nyGroup C ot? Group D poet.
The Consllelon observed that there could bel.netancee when an enployee mlsht purchaae sh&r€s orl altonthly brsie. eaeh tlme the a$ount bel.ng ]"eaB thsn thetrequlred folr Lntimatl-on to the eonpetent author1tieg.In' such cases. af,thougih ttr€ eulrulatlve aBount of theeharree purehased ln a year could be qul-te hlslh, theeDrployee cannot be cher8ed for not lnforrtlng theconpetent authonLty about thege tlransaetlonB beeause hehaB been carefuL not to exceed the prescrlbed llBLt eechtl.me the shaneg were Burchasecl. Tlre Commlsalan ha6.therefore EugS€gted to the Depa:rtrnent of Pe?6onne1 6nalTrpalnl.ng and e16o to the Banking DlvleLon to exenLne the{geue ao aa to provlde ttrat lf the face vslue of thegharca rlurchaEed,/agl-d Ln a cslender year exeeeclg theIlDlt pneEcrlbed ln RuJ.e 18(3). the .tranEactlon shou]'dbe tr€ported to the comEetent authonity.
Thlathe Government .
matter lr alao. under conBlderstlon og
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PREVENTIVE 8g!.g PLAYEDEXAMINER'S IldII :
Asstt. Engineei to teat checkmeagurenentE.
CalculatlonB of theoretl.calDepantmenta1 materl.ale to beblt.l.
THE qHrEg TrcEtrIS:Ar
atleaat ZOX of the
regulreBentB ofat.ta(lhed to ,each
EX
As a reEult of teehnlee]. exanlnatlon of work8 bythe CTEfe UnLt gnd the lrrecularLtl.es and deflclencieablaought out l'n the inBpectl.on reBortE, nanyorg:an1zatlons have l'sEued cl.Fcu1ar.s sad lnatruetlong fopirrforrnation and guidance of thel.lp Englneerins Unlts togrevent guch LrregularttLea anct deflelenclea l.n future.Issue of such lnstructLong and cLncu]'ers contrl.buteaconsl.denatlly to Frrevent eal-pnactlceB and Xs an LnDo!'fiantaspect of frpreventtve vl.gil.ancerr. Some of the gubJeetccovered by the t8aue of auch cl"reulara are lndl,cat€d'beLow :
(A) AI"R crvll. wl'itc:
X. Part ra.tes to be eorrect]"y anelyged.
The trate peysbLe for Seeutred Advance shouldl notexce€d the coBt cotrrI)oneht 1n the guoted. r8te 'foathe flnl.shed lten.
?.
(B)
1.
Z.
3.
(c)
1.
2.
5.
EHARAT ELECTROI{ICS:
Preparlng e6t1nate6 baEeit on llank€t Rate Analyaef'.
to Detell'edAccor-dLng TeehnLca]. Sanctl.onEatl.matea.
All neaaurerrenta shou]-d connence wLth entrlegelvtng the fuLl parpttcutarB of, th€ v.rork.
CALCIITT-a POFT TRUST!
Supervlsor to recorpd neasu?ementgMeasuretnent Bool<a.
ln the
4.
9.
In ceEe of execlrtlon of, excesg guantltleg ?eaE<lna.to b€ cl€erly recotrded.
Orlg:lna]. AgreeBents to be k€I)t ln th€ custody ofthe Accounts Offl.eer.
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b€be
th€be
6.
7.
?.
3.
[.
(D)
1.
?he guantity of cement for whlch recov€ry is tonede ln each Runnlng Account BtlI Ehou1d notlesr3 than the actual consumptlott'
where an item l'e not done aecordlng toaDeclflcatlons. a Reduced Rate Statenent Bhouldprepared.
CANARA EA,UK:
If volunetrle Mlxes are to be u6ed' Volu[etr'Lelllxee shou1d be speeLfLed and not DeEl8n Mtrx
concrete.
Itleasureme ts to be fecolPcled I'n Mea8urenent Sooks'
Speclf,lcatLone to be clear End €xplLclt'.
Thlcl{neaE of eement plaster on expoEe't RCC etorkshould not exc€eit 6 nm.
Spaelng of Jolntr ln cC f.loorl'ns should not €xcesda netres .
COAI. INDIA LIMITED:
Extra. ltems to be girouped together sepaltatelv lnth€ bl-11s.
A rieeord of cenent gon6urbed ln each fLle to bensinta{ned.
$eaBuFenent6 of concealed l.tcltg to be checked lOO,(
by the Executlva gntlneer.
cenent Gotlotrns and Reglgtere Ea be checked by theExccutLve EnglneerrE
Aa Red Lead Priiler i9 veLy costly' Yellow Zlncchnorrate PaLnt atrould be adopted'
Cilaulatlone of, theorctlcal requlrenentE to befurnl-Ehed hrlth each Runnlnei B11I'
cearent snd steel to be lEsu€d agialtrst 'a
Guarante€.Bank
Iasu€E of Cesent to be contnolled accordlng toglte requLrementE.
5.
(E)
1.
z.
3.
L.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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9. of theoritl.cel negulrementa ofrnateflats to acco,llpany each Runn!.ng
C. P.W.D- I
TechnLcaL senetl,on ehould invsrLabtl, be aeeor?dedbefor€ llreps!3aglon of the TenCen Doc.ument.
Th€ eost eLenent of the materlal l'n the tenateredrat€ €houlcl be checked before tne rate fori Secu?edAdvanceB 1e apprtoved.
The Estl,mated aoet should be lncreas€d by th€dlffe*ence ln costs of Departmental Eaterr.arsbaeed on the leBue Rates ""d ;;;;;uled Rate6.
ca1.cuf'atlonaDepantmenta].8111.
SpecLal_1sed, egencl.eeEnillneerr and a llstappended to the Tendeil
Actual quantlty of cenGntbe pecord€d.
l[alntensnce ofZone.
(F)
1.
3.
(G)
1.
2.
3.
It.
5.
DEI.III DEVEI.OPMEIT? AI,TITORTTY:
to be &pppoved by theof auch sgencl-eaDocunent
chl'efto be
DeBth of p!.1e to be checked with the tengtb o:f theauger gnd extenelon roda uaed sub$"c"""ii"1 --
cotrBultred ln each plle to
,?ecopds of l{a!3ket RateB' by eech
6,.
Benton1te to be teateit and speclflc gr8,vl ty of thesl.ur?y to b€ t€stett.
Recove'y Ratc' forp dsmag€ or Dlause of matenlarelaeucd by the Deptt. to be "tfn"i"*"a.
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Place of dellveov ?1 .Depantrnental tl&tertala ahoulctbe cxpLlcl.t]-y apsetfled. --- ------l
Offer to be taken 1n a clear end unamblguoug forcnbefone the acceptanee fe fEe";;.Tender3 docunents ahou].d not. be l)repalect wl.thoutfl'rat accord{ng Technlcal sancilon.Coarse aand to be t€€te6 for the enadl.nS Zone tndnot the Fl.ncneee llodulua.
7.
8.
9.
LO.
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a
11.
le.
13.
14.
15.
(ff)
1.
2.
3.
a.
(x)
1.
2.
3.
?lte mandator3y ml.nlmun period of publl,'cl'tyepeelfled ghould be etrietly adhered to,
F.D.R8. 6hou1d not be &aceDtecl ag Earnest ltloney.
Contractorpe reglgtereal erLth Stat€ P.$1. Ds atre notel"lAlbl.e to tender for DDA tarork6.
AIl requLrements speclflect In C].auae 12A should beconplied e.rlth e,rhen devlatlons are antlclDeted.
FLOOD DEPARTI"IEI|T, DELHI ADMN.3
Blank pagi€s (]f Tend€n Docun€nta to ba so mapk€d.
Numbe? of correctlons, overwrltlngg, eddltlonE endonl.sglonE to be neconded.
Precagt Llnte].g shoirld be castplatfornta and not on aand beda.
Certl.fl.cete negardlng nurnb€rlfenderr Documentg to b€ app€nded.
on Emooth concret€
of ?ages l'n the
be
Bnlcttg of CD 35 shoulct not be ueed Ln foundatl.oneand structura]. memb'ep!.
FOOD CORPORATIOITI Q.g IilDIA!
Mandatolry the CPTID
4.
,.
6.
apsclfl.catlons should b€ cer.riecl outi
Ral'.l' El.de dral.nagie aystel[ to bc nodlfl.ed and nedelno?e gcgnoral.cal and rubbera Bheet6 behLnd I en8lelron fendertc ornl.ttec.
Fotr Antl-ternrlte and Peint lnS-. tneatrrent, . Re$lst€rrsof ReceLpte and l8sue of Aldrln rnd palnts to bemel-ntal.ned.
Premeasurement of bond atonea to be J?ecorded.
Ovenlaps Ln netnforcenent to be BtetBgiered.
teEts BDeclqled ln
After paynent the relevant rreagurenents shou].dcroNsad Ln Red tnk.
7. Tl'eo?etl'aal' regulrement caleulatLona ofDepar3tmentat. Deterl.a1B and Test Check atat€Ucnt toaccoBpany each Runnl'ngi Account 81.11.
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8. Adctltlonal co6t of dtevelopment to be woirked outaE)E)roxLmatet.y at the tl.ne of selectl'on of ]-snal.
The a.pproveCl Dra&ft Teder Document to be ce}'efullypr"egerveal.
Llnean den61t1€B for rebars Ehoulcl be aB BpecifledLn IS '1785-1985
Gfas8 Etrlps Bhould be cLearly vLelbl.e afterg1eorlng 18 lald.
28 dalr test ahou].d be engured Lf,test 1a not eatLef,aetory.
Co:r:reetlons at:d ovenwrltlngg to beNIT and Agnee6ent
Approved Dtraft Tenden DocuDent tocanefu].ly Dreaenved,
Ll-st og materl'al.s to be l.esued Ehou].d beatLpulated l.n the Tender Docusent,
Hlndnence Regtat€lp Ehould be malntalned.
Cement shouLd be etacked ln the speclfled manner.
Prlce Esce].atlor| Clauae to be a'r'ended to cove!. theco8t og materle].s and labouP.
Antl-teamlte treatmerrt to be alone on].y when therele concrete evldenee of termLte lnfeatatlon.
Storage chargeE f,or DeXreptnental materLa].s tostlpu]-ated.
Recovery lrete to be speclfled for da^nage or theftor nleuee of, depatrtnental mate?!.e.l .
H.S.C.L.:
ALl A8laeenentB to be cealed and nuBtb€? of l|ageacert LfLed.
25* tesl chect< of neasur.ements by ttre next sen1otlEnglneer.
A]-l bl'].1.6 to be accotnpan.led by ca.].culat1ona of,theoretlcal_ nequl:.€sent of nraterlaLs sup9]-ted.
9.
10.
t2"
13.
1lt.
15.
16.
L7.
!8.
19.
20.
21.
(r)1.
2.
3.
the 7 clay eube
atteEted ln. the
b€ eealed and
be
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4.
5-
ccment Regl s terf,ormat.
to be ma1ntalned ln the proper
Mln1munr qual1ficatlons to becontl,actors to be clea,rly 6pelt OutInvitlnrt Tenders.
HIIIDUJS'I'AN ZI.OLC -LI.D.- :
cement ReglBter wl.th trumbered pageB
Meagureme t to be recorded dLrectlythe EequeRce of executlon.
to be adopted.
l-n the M.B. ln
satl,sfl-ed byl-n the Notlc€
>(K)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(L)
1,
rnsurance cover to be taken bef()re Faynent of a'
Secup€d advance for" fragile materLals.
Mandatory tests to b€ carrl"ed <)ut on materlala.
A ml-nimrrm of three cubes Ehould constttute eachaal|rp1e (}f Cement c<)ncrrete.
4.
Ia3" D" q-:
Draft Tender Document to be apE'roved by theeompetent &uthorl tY.
Lncome Tax Clesrance gertificate to ba: ver'lfled.
Acceptsnc€ letter. should be clear anduncondltlonel.
or,lglnal Tender Documents to f or"m part ()f theAgPeement.
Blonlr pagies Ehould be nurBttelPed and $o m&rked.
Or'lsj.naf Agreement ghould be see1ed attd kept 1nth€: custody of a respo'l€lbfe offJeer'.
Estimated quantltles of mat€rrla]-n etlpul&ted fol'lsgue to be lnr:iceted ln the Tender Document.
SpeclfLcatlons should be clear and c'xpliclt sndnot v&gue.
9 . l4andstory Tests and specl f,led in the cf'WDspeclflcatl.ons should be csffJ.ed out.
2"
3.
5.
6,
8.
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1,
(N)
t.
KANDLA EQ&f TRUST:
Melntenane€ of a Regl.Ete!' of Bank Guarantee.
LrFE II{SURANCE CORPORATIOI| !
Irlere r,61lance on the Manufactuo.o-{&3 festCertLflcat€ ts not ado<luete. Thc ltaterla]- .. 6hou1dfre cot test€d independentty.
MADBAE PORT TRUSTT
Wherever stack nteaaurenenta ere tak€h deducttonehou1d be made for loosetreeE in stacklngi.C].earr and detelled Epeclflcatlone shoul.d be BLvenLn Tender Documents.
I{erket Rate Estlnsteg. Ehould be pr€I)ared to aaaesBthe reaaonablenesE of rgtes pnopoEect fot!acceptance.
M.C.D.!
If there 6re maJor devlatlons from the sanctlonsaccordcd by the MLnlgtny of Sunface Tranapotrt, tiCDshoul.d obtain prlor approva]' fpom MOST.
{o)
1.
3.
(P)
1.
2. The Munl^clpal Commigslonet shouldnechanl.Em fot3 concurrent rnonltorjng andof Rosd $torks done bl, the MeD.
€votve acheckl.ng
(a)
1.
2.
(R)
1.
2.
N.B_C.C_:
Mandatory TeetE a6 per CFWD speclfl.catlons tocarrt ed out.
Speciflcatlon6 to be stlpulated sccoi?dlng1ocelly avall.able m&terLals.
n. D. Irt- c. !
Correetl.one andt e'dd1tlons Ln the Agireement toattested by both the partiea.
for diaposal of eanth the ltode ofbe specl-fLed and a recor3d heptnunbera and the place of dLaposa.l"
be
to
be
measurenent toof, the trucli
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3.
4.
5.
Vague and uncertein eondltlons ahould not beatlpulated 1n Tendet" Docunentg.
Abnorma]-Ly h13h snd 1ow rated ltema to betdentlf{ed snd watched.
trrft€:n m&terlala are pnopoBed to be lssue'l by theDepartment. onl-y ltgndllng ehatrgeE at 2 s'nd y/zx oetfte coat s}.ou].d be provided ln Estlmetea'
.N,,3-CJ--!
StirrupE ancl blnders should be bent to therequl.red ElzeE so that the gpeclfl-ed eover to thesaln rel nforcement 18 aehieved.
Each aample of conclaete should conslst of st'xcubr!8 snd thr'ee cubeB arre to be teated at 7 daya'If the 7 dav test ia lesa than aDecLfledr tlrecubes shou].d be testcd et 28 daYs-
P3A crvll/ t{I[g:
Guarantee Boncl6 Bholrtd be taken f,or speclallgedJobs.
l{eat cenent p?unning over Terrace 61ab notregul-red.
ThlckneEa of renderlng on RCC wgrk Ehould notexceed 6 mm.
Llntets ahould have adequate €-1(I beerlngg'
Sulef&ces of t^tooden granr€a ln contact wLth naaonryto b€ pal.nted stlth coe]. ter.
CouBllng g€ctlons and transome bars to be pl'ovldedln compoGlte wlndows.
Water sea]. fotr f ].ootr traps should not b€t leBs than5o nm.
Flugh doors to te teeted before use'
$thl.te g].azed tllee and Terrazzo tlles to be tegtedbef otae uae.
Mark{rtRateEst1matesshou]'dbepnepalPedtoaEgeasthe reaEonab]-ene€ts of, rateE proposed to bessg61lted.
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(U) gUNJAR NA?IOI{AL BATTK:
1. Cal_culatlon6 of theor etLcal' reguLrement of cementand steel- to be att&ched to each Rurrning A111.2. Merket Rate EstLmateg should be l)repareat toLdentlf,y AbnormsL].y HLgh and Low Rated lteme,3. LiEts of appnov€d makes of mat€pr,a].s to beattached to Tender Docunent s.tt. Reg1etere of coneurnptl,on of coet]-y mater.ial_s 11keAldrin, Bltumen, white cedtent. lead, palnt etc.should be Batntalned.
( v) prtp. polrlprcHERRy!
1" Mirtiket Rate gBtlmate to be prepared to a.ssee6r4ea€ronnblenes s of tendere.?. P&rt:lcu1er spec1.flcat1<rns to b<r att€retred when thespecl-f l_catl"ons dlf fer fr^om the CPWDef,'eciflc€'tlone.
3. AbnormaLLy Hish and Loe, Rates to be lclentifled.4. MErn,latony tests to be cat'!?l-e,Cl out g.s perspec,l f .lcatLone.
(W) RAILWAYS,
1" .Lssiues of cenent to be comnoensurate r^rith theElrogl'ess of the work.
2. Recovery should be effected for exceaS cementcotlEumed st double the mat,ket rate F,lus freLght.3. p1ace from whi.eh ear.th ls to be excavated andt!:an6ported to the sl.te ehoul<t be clea$].yClem&rceted on the plen.
ll . For" ar,rard of contracts to IRCON r"rlthout cal]. oftenders. the rates ahould be crit1aally ana}yEedto ensure that the contpact l.e aerardect atre&sonab.le r*8'tes.
(X) E.EEEtsVE EAtrK
1. Psrt Fates to beEt&tr3ments.
9I r$DIA!
snalysed and shown in part rate
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2. Draft Terlder Doeuments tocompetent sutho!1ity.
Quantum of test checksMeasurernent Books.
Speclfleatlons for m&LerialB t<r b€]-ocal]-y ava"1leb.Le m€tel'l.als.
Bas€d on
Ful1 paym€nt for waterprsofing to be released onlyE.fter obtatnlng & Guarantee Bond'
Theol'etlc&l regrriPement of, cement to be calculatedon the basis of CPWD speciflcatlons'
Ftevised formet for etnparlelment of contlractors tobe adopted.
Specif 1c:rti ons shou]-d be obJectJve andcomgnehens lve.
Cement liegilsters to be ehecked and countergl"gnedby the Executl.ve Englneers perlocll'cally'
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Ite$l-wl 9e guantlties to be estlmated'
Invl.ttns tender^s wlthout drawlngs and suantltle6Ehou]-d be dl scourageal.
The Ehl.rty veal' o].Cl HSL Schedule of Rates shoul-dbe updated.
E6tLmate6 to be b€lsecl on l't,srket Rate Analyses'
Tende.ns havlirg condl.tlons whl-eh are vague an'luncentaln and whlch cannot t'e evalueled are 11abl€to be reJ ee ted.
A-t]. conclltlons sltouf d be Loeded wh1le preparlngithe Compargtlve Statement.
rf the lowest r&t€s &re wlthln 1O9c of tho€6 t l-mat€d ngt€s , the contract c&n be awaFtledstralght&wai/ "
In ca6e of negotlati.ons. al]' the tenderer6 sboutdbe lnvl.ted anct revlsed off,ers obtalned on a f,lxeddate &nd a flxed tlme.
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9. When eentaLn changes ln the terme and condltlong.aFe corntenplated, al]. the partlea EhouLd b€ calted&nd Elsked to Eubrnlt revlsed of,ferg.
(z) sJ&rE BAr{K QE trtrP-IAr
1. Approved lDakes of materlals and eguLphenta toatlpulatecl 1n Telld{rr Docunent6.
(AA) EIALE TRALrr{g CoR,PoRAfIO[, :
Correctlona and addjtlons to be attested by boththe pantles.
Nuuber of DaB€a ln the &grpe€ment to be certlfled.
SUOCESTIOIIB FOR ITIPROVEINETfIS:
0.5.1 Apapt from lnEpectlng wor.ks and brinBtnB
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t. Ut-t ll.Eatlo n ofovetarconte alelayaftemB.
a DevlstLon Llml'talue to Abnormal].y
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outmal(egt hel r,
the
C]. €ru se toHLgtr Rated
be rgroutedlnEtead e:E
deficlenc lee and lrr"egu].sri tles. the CTE Unlt alsoeug€egtLons t() va?1ou6 organlratlons to improvetechnlcal. syEterns and grDoceatures. Sorne ogsuggeatl.ons mad€ by the CTg untt af(r glven Erelow :
(A) BUREATI QE TIIDIAN STAT{DARDS:
1. The clLmen8lonc of cupboarcl lockE as dessrLbed l-ntl-e Epecl f Lc*rtl.ons and ln the &ttached f l"gurea arecontradletory.
?. The gap behlnd Etone vcneer?lng shouldwlth mlcroconcnete 1r X anct t,/Z t gcement Bror:rt ar l- ! ,l .
CleologlcAl and rbeo].ogil ca.l tes ts for:elaseLfLeatlon of tllarbl€s should be apeclfLed.
The n&ture of RCC worl( to be lreaaured under RCCfl.ng, RSCC ln walls and RCC l.n slsba shou!.ddefl.ned.
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The n&tut'e of ttCC $tor'k to be meaaured under RCC t'nelabs and RcC l.n shelves should tre d€f'lned'
MGrlntenance ofcpec lfled.
a Lead Regleten should be
The Bpecifl.cetlone shc}uld lnrllcabe whether ot' nots seal coat le requl-v'ed over Pr:eml'x cerpets'
To fal]. ln line with the IS speciflcatlons whlchEpeclfles the use of R€d Oxl{:e ?lnc Clrl'omatePrlmen -lnstea-d of Yellow Zinc chrolrate Pnlmer 8ath€ former le mor'€ economlcal and sel'ves thepurpose clqrrallY wef,.l .
Due to the lar^8e number ot ma].pr:sctlcea lnconneetlon wlth purchase of Aldrrln, lt woul d bebetter to 8et f,he Antlterrrlte treatment done byneputed epecia].l"gts l-n Antl-termJ-te treatment'
The depth end welght of lesd ln leed Joints sh<)u].dbe spec l fled.
The PrLce EEaalatlon elau6e bs6ed on the MJ nltoumvtage LE faultv and resultB tn hugie undue benegltBto be eontfactor. It shu]-d be based c)n theconaunler Pnlce Lndex aa orgLnally envlsaged '
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Redesl8n of under reamed Plle foundationg onbsslE of lnl-tiaJ' tests to ach-leve econom:/'
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lnterect free sdrranees and l()ans not coveL':d urd€rithe condltLone of eontract ahoutd n<)t be g'.ven'
paynent of tronus t{) A.rchlt€ct6 snd c(}ntraetol'sBhould not be nade wlrett not. adrnlsglble trnden theeont.ract.
Cfrenses ln ap{:cLficstlons s}tou1d not b€ reEorteclto whl.eh Pesult ln uDdtre b(rneflt to thecontractor.
Issue Rates f on m&terl al.5 end equlpment ttgtstl.pulated fot? l!,sue to €()ntrectoPs Bhotlld not b:lowetr tha,n the Marl4et Ratc. or the cost (r'Ietr€nt ofthe lnput ln the flnallsed rate for the ltel|l'
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5. Corrtnact retes Bhould not be enhanc€d unle*€, tbeaeare covered by a plllce Eaca].g,tl()n C].ause ln thecontract.
6. BPE GuldeJ.Lnes for appointlDantghould be fo]. lowed.of Con6u]. tants
7. ?end€rs not accompanLed by E&r,nest Money shou].clnot be consldered unless a 6pec{a]. 9./a1v€r of therule 1g obtal.n€d fr()m ttr€" goard of DLrectorr.
€hou1d be pr epal.ect to asgessttre loweet t endelr.
exl-sting prlce Eeealat.l.onlarFe unclue benefit to the
8. Merket Rate Es t lmatesthe reesonabteness of
9. ModtflcatLons of theclause whlctr givee acorr ttr&ctor.
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HI]IDUSTAN PETROLEUII,C,QBEABdIICIN :
Vlbr.of lot stone columnri a"le n(tt eul.tsbte forMar'lne clru/ depoa, ts. The adoElti.on of suah stonecolunrns by the BpeL at Ur,an ln BomtraJr' r,€6ulted incatastrophlc fal.lure of 6ome Lp€ Horton Gpheres.
II{DJLAU AIRLI$ES:
Inrport ance of, naf-nt ainl ng Reglst<lrs f,o1, del lyconsurrptl"otr <Jf cem€trt. Aldr^ln, Bltumen, LAed,Floor hardener. f,aj ntG etc.Clau$e to be edded regaPdlnB forfeiture of lO% ofthe Frrrn€)st Uoney 1f the contracton wi"ttrilr,aws r]rmoctl-f1es hLs offeF so a8 to make l_t un,sccept&bleto the Cor,Iior&tion.
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{c) ,TU.L!{N (ILL CORPQBATION:
1. Itlarket Rate Estim.gte5 should be trrepared to assessthe r.easonabl€ne6s c|f rates LircpoFr€d fc'r3ac(.€gta,nce.
(H) f.4;LSL$IEl cE S{IRFACE I8.Atr5t1Q&t:
1. Ps:/men tj Schedu]"e f or C()n5ult:rntr* f aul't:/ aspaymentG sne related to s tltne f L^ann.: and hot tothe, actual qu&ntun of wot:lr done by th€, Consu1tant.
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tr. 6 OTHER IMPQRTANT €ANIIE:
Oth€tP lmportsnt casea of preventive vlBilanceactlon tahen as a resul.t of lnEpe'ctlon of r'ecoLdg andwot'ks by the CTE Unlt ane gLven below i
1r.6.1 MALPRACTICES J,I[ WATER PROOFING TREATUEN'f !
l,teny contract8 alle belng awarded byconstructl.on .Ag€ncles forr Acnyllc based watel' prooflngtraeatruent. In one such caser a sample of the waterpnoof,ins compounct was collected by thls Unlt and sottested for the presence of Acrvlic contpounds' The teEtreport showed that the 6anp1e dtct not contaln anvAcryllc comgound. The mejor Englneerlng Departmentshave be€n seked to Siet BannFles og the watelr pnooflngcornpound teated for the preaenee of Acnyllc eompoundswheneveP the flrma concerned c].alm that thelr waterprooflng treeatment ls Acrylle ba6ed'
,r.6.2 Uat EEASLIC"EE ttt ANTI-4.EBULII LREIl:tllE&t!
The procedure general-]-y goLlowed at pLrestent
by Construeti.on ABeneies Lts to purchase the antL-termltectrenlcalandtogetltspPay€dbydepartmentallaboul..It waa feft thet wlth thls svst€m the gua11tv of ther{or.k could be ensuPed.
lloweven, ln the caEe of one Department' aaatnple of Aldr'ln collected by the CTErs Unlt waa foundto contaln a conc€ntfatlon of only 3% as aEslnst a
minlmum of 28.5X sqecl-f !€d ln th€ IS etandard-obvlousrv. eub-standsrd and spur:lous materlaL trad beenpupchaaed and estiefactory trest reBults LJere manag:ed bythe suppl Ler and other persons concellned"
f,n a s€eonct case, a samp1e of A].drl.ncollected from the sl.te of & r^tork done by anotherD€partment lndlcated a zero eoncentr"atlon of A1drln sa
conpared to a mlnloum of ?8.5J4. In other i^rords' thecontaLn€r contslned <>rdlnary etatel"
These cases have been brought tq:' the noticeofth€CPWDaothetth€PuIeBregar:dtlrg'ant1-te!'mitetr"(Jatmen t could b€'- modif Led to el lnlnste suchmalprs.ctlcea.
[.6.3 WASTEFUL EXPENDI.IUAE O.I[ A POWER IIOUSE:
The R€lJghat Povlel' House j s alt'r:ated iri a
rentote locat.Lon €!}ta:, Pronl. pub1lc vLew' The best type ofc].addl.nc for eucl) e Power Hguse would be a brick tl&6onry
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wal1 hrlth an RCC frame work whlah would prov+de thenecegs&ry tnsul.etlon snd proteetLon 8,galnst th€ l.reath€rp.fhe coat of such a b]:.lck ltasonry cladding wou]'d be eboutRB.3OO p€r sq. mettre.
LnEtead of the abov€ economlcsl_ alternatlve,DESU and BHgL actoptetl a very costl.y Luxa],on claddH.ngcost'.ng about R,s.95O pe? Eq. lretre. Luxalon 16 anlmportecl ]-uxuny mEterlal used f,or d€coratlve celLlnge l-npoah commenciaL eetabllshrrente on a llrnlted scsle. Itle aleo made of thln elumlnlum str.1p6 a.nd lts durabllltyast external cl"adcling ia doubtfu]., Ineplte of the6edr'g$rbaeks, DESU and BHEL a.dopt€d this extr.enelyexpenstve a]'ternatlve e?hleh lreeuIt€d Ln €' lo6s of aboutR6. one cpore to the publle exchequeP. AE a quld ptro{luor l.{/ s Luxclon al1egedly gave a free trlp to .oneEnginenn aach from BHEL and DESU to ltollsnd to rfwltneeethe procesg of rnelnuf actuLee?f . Othelp lncentlvee glvenarn€ not on recot'd.
4.6.rt !tasjl[: QE FoRErcN gxggat{cE:
pergorated Luxalon 8A-C. ,. elrt f,npoptednat€Flat, ls belng extenBlvely uaed fon fa].se ee1|.4ng aeer€.L l as wall cl€.ddlng by B.ll.E. L,,/N. T.F.C" etc. Ln manyof thel-r works. Mueh cheaper LndLcenouB subatltutes areevaLLsble 1n the co\rntry. Also, the r:xpendL.t,ure onLuxalon fon celltngs ahd claddtns of lrower houaee couldb€ avold€d s.e the cost ls vory hlgh.
The matter wsE. lnit.fal.Ly taken uF wtth theControl ler of Imt)orts ahd Exporte for bannln8 Buctlt||tportB but, ag no responge r^tag recetved. the matter wagrreferred to the CBf for lnveetlgatlon. Now ln hlslett€r No. L/3lt/9o-vts/38, dated 8.t.go, the Jolnt ch{efControlLer of Imports and gxpor3ts has l.ntlmated thatAlumlnlum RoIled p\^oducts. BtreetBr etrlpBr cl"r.c1ee anda]"uga whlch wene ear.ller a] l.orred f{)r l.mport ltndeJp O.G.L.have alnce been cl€leted from the O.c. L. list endtncluded in tbe llmlteal penmlselbl"e ]-1et 1n the .tnportPoltey 1990-93.
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oA!81 ol loil-aoc:grAlct Aill nor-ooraot't^trol tlc'
5.1 In th16 cha9ter' the factE of those cesea
nrr.rated whlgh falt. und€? the folloetLna SrguPB l -
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The clsct ln whlch d€Dsntnentt havc notieoaDtGd tha counlaglonre advice lFe ncntLoned b€109f I
- Ce8ea where the depantnents hav€not accePtcd the advlce t€ntt€?e'tby the Cornolaeionl
- CrabE where th€ dGP'retrilsnt6 d1dnot consult the Connlealon asnequl'rodt
- Colc6 where the dcD.rtncntt hev€not eccG9ted the Co|![lcglon I tedvlce ln view of the IIPSCrgcdvLc€t and
- Ceecl not 6calt wlth gnoparlY'
ilOil.ACEEPTAilCE t
EAIEI.US D.ITIS;L9IT 'f,nvcstLsatlons uade by CBI r€veal€d thet
durltta 1980' th€ offlol't:trta ilaneSor of the Srlhrgr!8?rnch of Clners Banlt Purch86'd foPalan bill! of e nect
'90?tyr gn tha or.l tnstlsqctlona of ths R€sul'a? lLreSeri(rrho viras on trefnfnS at Delhl), elhor ln turn' obtaln€tt'thi oralpenntse tsti oi tft" D€puty g€nGra]. 'l{sntger'. Dol'hi
Ct.!cle. who latln ot U"o"t" Chaltrdan of the Bent( ' Thc
btl.lE putPcha.sd erGrfia not coveied bv Lc'/Ecac cover and
the . purehate waa ln vloletlon of the bcnkt a not!&s
.nuttlnl th€ b8rt*t6-f,und6 to t€o9lrdy' RBI' wh:Lch H€nt
lnto the [dtefr gDined thet sthen orat lntt?uctlonl htcro
reeclvad. lt r'taa ii" o""oonElbllltv of th€ ActLna Brench
tirnocc? to ensuPe tttat tlre necesaa?y tlocuncnt6 were
;;;; end th€ otirE $t€re cov€:red bv Lc'/gdBc cover beforedlrcounting the D1118' Fu!'thc!P' the RBIra vleet wa6 thatth€lr€ tr.s tto """"ia
to thow that the DeDutv G€ncraltfanagei walwed LC/g;CaC eover whlle conveylng 6ral,trnct{or}. fr,
"ar"- c"mlaelonr'e vlet'r ' though the\ galnary
rpcEponelbll1ty 'l'n th16 ceee wag that of the ActtncBraneh }|anlgctr et\o 'houlcl
have ensured the aval]-abllltyof the rgquln'ed d\ocunenta t lt ws? algo neceadsfy for theofflean! a''vt.ng "".i-p"*{gglon'
to emphaglae about th€
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regu,'nod aa:fe8u6rrd6 to be tek€n whl16 SlVin3 r]uchpe.nleel0n to th€ subon<tlnate off lcerr. The DagutyCleneral Mang'8er (who lrten bec.rne Chal.t.man of CanariEgnk) wlthout ev€n enau?l.ng the cvallab{llty of LC/ECGCcoven for the bl].ls. otrclly authorleed the Dunchsse ofthe blLle, fon whlch. th€pe bras nerlly no ungeney.Taklng lnto account the BBI|E vlews and a].so duc. to .L6ckof avldenee rasardtlna nslcfldea, tha Conni'el,bn advl.cod.,,the Banklng DlvLaion to eonvey the dlePleq.aut e of, ifr"'-Governmont to the above off,Lean. wiyoce ,trtck otl ,due catroand cautlon before glvlnC Dilrmlseionr !€EUlted ln hcevy.Ios6 to th6 benk. The Blnkt ngi Dlvlelon. hor.r€v€Pldl'rp€Sarded the com[iser.on r a advice even for conv€ylngth€ Oovonnnentte dlepleeeurc to h1o.
DSI.II.;L ELECTRTC gUPPLY III|DERTAKITG 1(b)
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The Conorlarlon. t,nten slli, advlred.lnl,tl.atLon of nalor D.nelty Droeoodtnga rgaLnrt t&ro.Asslatont Enaineene o! DESU forp atl.Scatly[1€aDprogrl.t{ns €r€ct?Lcrt ||rrtorlals d|rrwn by th€u onthc besta of, for.g€d docunentr. Eubraquentlyr on thebarlr of. facts blroucht out durinS tnquiny, thoconnldgion rdvlaqd tnno.ltloh of a Dlnon pentity onth€m. How€veF, DESU lntooned tha Connttalon on21. 4. 1g8g, thet tha D€lhl. E,L€ctrla guDgly corultt.r{DEsc}, ths rDDo{ntln3 autho|llty ln r.!p.ct o? tha twootf,lclalF. had msolv.d thrt th.y nay bc crutlonad.. Itwr. por.ntad out to th. DESU ttrrt Lnltlrtlon of oelon9enalty p:iroa€€dltn8, crnnot €nd in Lsrue of r c.utlonx.stt€r. subs€qu.ntry. DESU Lnfonm€d ths conmlrr!,on thrtths appolntl,ng autho!'Lty hrd €rton€aet.at both theofflolalg. Thansforc. lt ts .€€r| that desplte thc frotthet the Con$iaslon tdvl,r€dt Lnporltlon of .r lrlnan9Gnrrtv on both th€ offl.cLrls cnd do.plte thG frct thatthe chans€s wene serir.ou. 6nou3h to na;tt rrJ""iir"n or r,m'inon penrlty on ttraar DES}U h.v€ cr(snalrot.d thaofftclsJ.a bV not lsDl.|lcntln8 the Cotullrrlonre rdvlcr lnth€ cae6.
U'JI.I EIATEgoR?onATroill
IilDUgTRIAL DEVELOPTTEil1r
On th€ bul,e ot a CBI rcportr a].:.calns th.t rt.lr€ fi.n'o h.d boon .l.trorr.d to lrrka r,tron8ful gein, nrJorPenaltv pnoccrdl.nS. wcn. lnltlrted r3c!.n.t 4 offtclrlaof DSIDC. thcBG LncludGd I Oll, rn Ertrtr MsnaS€rr r Dy.Itlrnesctr end an Atslstrnt u.nrsrr. Bsrcct on tha rnqullyOfflco!'re r,sport tn th3 Grtlr tha CoilBlsrlon rdtvtradlnpocltlon of, c nsJon 9€nrlty on thG glt .nal th. D.nrltyof &ouovel flnon ..r.vicc fon th€ othcr th"aa. DErDclhor.ravan' polnted out thrt thelr' ?ur€! dld not .rlow
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r{enovel f,roD service .snd aouSht neconlLdefatlon of th€coortgglonrr advLce ln resp€ct of the thnee offLclale;The coEnrleslon rp€lterated Lte earl l.e!r advlce. butel.arlfl€tt et th€ 's€ilP tl'tr€ that DstrDc eould lnDoee thqgcna1ty of dl6ntE3al fron eerivlce on .thc thr:'ea. lf t h€ltwarG Etll,l Llt .doubt.
On,::i thc barls ott thiE advl.ce. DSLDC lDDo.ed'the p€nelty of ctlanlssal t't|loa earvloe oh thq EEt't'€Ilansgcr teal the Asllltsnt llancSer. Howevor. on r'rrD€'l ith€ DSitDg DrloDoEaO to Bo{l'fv tho uajoF ganetrtv lnto rrtno? pcnrtty by l'poglnl'the ponclty of ttoDpea' of slx.dnsrenicnts t.||lth euoulatrvc off€ct on ttl€m.. and nef,srnedthc nettnl t6 th. Conulasion for edvlce. Slnce thcDEIDC hDd not Sivon a6y llsp gfound fon chrnal'ng thaDanelty, th€ OonlasXon r.ltcrltcd tts st|n4 fq!'lntllaltlon of naJon Dalt.Itv. Thc DgIDcr howqv"fnodlftccl. tha Duntrhrent'of di.[l.arl to that of .toDDas.ot rtx incrcucnt.. whlch 'lt c nlnon Prn.lty.
(d) DIEAEIf,TXT.9!' BOgJfg I
On th. bralr of rn lnvrrtl8lt,lonr Ittrp$l{trndant. ot Pott Offle.a vtla DrlD. fc6lc toundsuilty ot urny inn'r:ul'enl'tl.ar ln thl a.trotl'on of Junlorlaval rtrtf. In tho €lt. of r.l€atlon ol 'xtrlD.p$tt!.ntrl Pottrl ottlclrlt' whL1. ht lsnon'd thrctllnr o! locrl vl'!'la3cr!r I ocndLdltG trolr out'ld' th'9o3trl vtll,r8e ltlt talactadf Khl'ah wll raainst th'Rao?ur.tuant nul.a. 'Ha slro dld not wllt [email protected] lonr f!.oE th€ EtlPloyt!.nt Exch3baa.gt[ttarly, lh tha carq of relactlon tor OrouD rrprr' goltfrlrc d+d not Slve th. ntqutrrd 3 nontht' notlce froa thadat. oC nittlfl.crtlon fon holdlns the cxt'ulnltlon,lrnlDulrt.C th:.; nuDb.r o! veouclea by trkl'nlrntlctprtcct vigtnalat lnto .ooount' .nd n'nlDullt€d th'vrq.|lolrt rc..uvrd fon lch.dul.d arttt asndldltat by,hor{tn8 tniu. il, unnrrcrvrld vlclncl'a;, .nq rllowod tcaadtctrta .xtrt tl[a to ooo9l.t. th. 9r9alf. At no.vtd.nc. at nrl.tlda ltlt.ntlenr cruc lorth ton vlolrttnsth. d.Dgtr.nt.l lnrt?uctlontr colularl'on a6vlr'dtnLtLrtton o! nlnor Dtnrltv gtroo.cdln8l ecli'nrt th'oftlaat. Hoetcvanr on flnrlllatlon of thr 9lrocaadlnSrrtha DaP.Pturnt lrru.d r rl'n9Ia wrnnlns to th' oftlo.F'Thutr not ,only aarlout vtolettonr ot lnltnuctlonrlerdlng to lr|ra8ulrpltlre l,n nronultuant hlva blen d'lltwlth l.nt.ntty' but thc Dc9r|9tacntrf rctlon t't lllolnncSulur ln 'thrt on fln.tl.rtlon oc D.prDtr.ntllgroe..dtba. only on€ of th3 st.tutolty p.nrltt.r orn b.lopor.d on r oherS.d otflq.! rnd ln tht l oLt rlugl'wanntnr 1r not on. o? thor. tt.tutoly D'nrltl'raD.clftaal und€a RriLe tl of CCA(OCA) Bultt, 1965.
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In M.tpch. t987,. th€ oonnrleeLon advlaedlnltlatlon of najon penaLty Drloceedllngg agrlnst anExecutlv€ Englneen of p$tD, Clovt. of ApunAdhal ppad€Eh.for groae lnne8u]'anltles l"n tenders relatln8 to purahareof stora mater.ial.g and a16o honl,neted on€ of, th€CoBml8s{onera fol3 Depat?tmenta!, Inqulnies to be aDpolntedsg Inqul.r:y Off1cer th the caa€. The Department bras alBoadvl6ed to exaslne the DoEa{bLllty otr pros€cutlngi theotrfLclal ln e Court of Law slnee the chan8iee a8+tnet hl.nerere aerlous ln nature. The urgency of thc cee? wcaalso etnegsed upon Ln vLew of .the fact that the o.ffl.e{,r,Iwa8 due to retl":re in llerch, 1989.
Afte!. tr^ro ycslrg, ln ApnLl. 1999. theDegartment Lnforned thG ConnLealon thet they haat"lnatltuted dspsrtnantal paoa€€dln8B eglrlnrt th€ offlcl,aland e*oner4ateal hlD on thc bagl6 of the enqu{ry neport lssubat8ntl&L evldenc€ ln th€ qaos r.rar ]'aelrl,n8. TheCol|rtnleelon 6ought clarlflcatlon fFom thc DeDentnent .sto erhy the ComrnLlelonrg edvLcc'Ln th€ clras waa notlmplehentedt. No ctarlfleatlone/s.easons rrG?e futrnlEh€dby the DepeFtr ent ln thl.g roCrrpd and nQlth€n w€r. thacorEplete docuE€nta 1n th€ caE€ fonwarded to th€Comnrleslon €ro ae to agce!.tatn the conplet€ facta of thacase. The Departaent elBo did not leek concurnence olthe Conrnlcelon to Lnatttutc an tn-houee lnqu.lny l.n thec66e. erhen the Co!|!r16slon had 8t|r€ady noELnatGd e CDI tob€ eppol.nted ss Inqu{ry Officcrr. ThuE. C}ovennuent ofA:runachal Praderh heve not couDlled wlth the advtcetond€ned by the conrnicelon .nd cven €xbn€rst€d thclsuapect offj.cer lrlthout Juetlfl.eatl.on an{t r,rl thputconsultLna th6 Corurlecion. and devtsted fron Comnl,Ee!,orlt eaclvlce wLthout Juetlflcatlon.(f) IIIf,ISTRY 9E coI$r,lERcE !
Ba6ad on CEf lnv€stl8ltion report, thGconnl'Eslon advlsed rueJop pene].ty proeeedln&g agalngt agenlor Of fl,cer of HlnduEten Cogpetr Ltd. on chrnge a?acgulBltl.o!1 of dlepropontlonate a8seta. Subsequ€ntlyithe offlcer brae Executlve Dlrecton Ln State TlpedlnaCoDDorstlon. The Hlnlstqy of Co@en ce lnl'tlated r|ejor.pena],ty proce€rt1nalg agial.net the officcr. Durtng theLngullry, th€ fnqul:ry Officer accept€d the chargedtoffi.cerrs aontentl.on Ln reegcct of vsrloug l,tems oflneone anal exgendltu3c and gave hlm ben€fit of a€trta1nLtene on mer1t3 and dl.Ct not Eil.va beneftt ln a.o[e. otherlteue. Based on the In_guLry neDort. the Comiadlonadvl"sed. lnposltlon of p€nal.ty of neoova.l' fron 'rervLc€.on
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th€ offlcer as the extent dlEprogort lonate aBBetEeetabllehed r,{aa about Rs.91ooo. The Departnentspp:roachedt the Conuleel,on for reconaldenatlon ltith apropoet]. to exonerate the ehsnged offlcen' Theconmlaglon on feconrLd€nrtion advlaed to lmpose e naJc|Fpen<y whtch may not neceeEarlly cf,iount to raentoval froneenvLce. Thls advlee wsa siven havlng regard to thestatue of the of.f lcer, thG natur€ of evLdence ln thelnqulr.y proceedlnga, and the extent og dl apropontlonateasseta. S,Lnce' the Mlntstny of Comnerce dld not Lntendto acceErt the" Consl.lelon r I advlcer they consulted theDel}ertncnt of Per"sontlel & TlrBining as per the pnocedureprgegcrlbed ln that beha]'f. The Department of Peraonneland Tralnl.ns alco aupgottt€d th€ ConurLssionrs advl-ce' ThaUtnlstry of ColrnQrce, howeveia. dlalregardecl thecorrurLselon| E advi.oe as e.te1l as that of Depeftment otPersonnel ar|d" TreLnlng end excvnerated the offlellfr eventhouefi tlr€ oft1c€r d€Eerved to be awanded th€ penelty onthe eBtabllEhed cherge of dlrDroDortlonete assetE.
(g) ur,irsrnv Q,E |.ilvrEot[uENT. FoRESTS & wrr.Dl-rtt!
An Offlcerr of the ltatlorre]' Zooto8lcBl Pe!'k.De1.h1 r.tho weB. then Cunatorr hsd glven a certlflcete tha't2L palne of ehoee gelzed Ln a nald wene ned€ of thesklnE of, oval lizard. whlp ena'lre and cobra, whlch 8r:'ebanned itena. He, however' resLl€d f,nonr hlB statld lnthe coulrt of Addltlone]' chlef lletropolltsn llagl"Btnet€.l,Yhene the 'f l rcrn wae fag!.ng groaecutl-on. raylngi that nerev1sua,l exalninatloD w88 not eufflclent for gl.vlnii such acertLf,ldate and that the 6lter1sl waE requLlr€d to besubJected to laboratory teata. The Court upheld theprosecutLon poLnt on ths b4618 of dtetement of another3expe?t ln the court. The flrn then went ln appesl tothe senslons eourt. vilhll.e ul}holdlna the lower courtrsJudgenent. th€ Honr ble SeBBlonB Judge obseFved that thecurator had trled to shleld the gulltv partv. on theIrllnletn},Is reference the Comml6alon advlsed lnltlatlonof neJor penalty Drroceedl-n3s agslnat hlln. The Ulnlst!'ycg.me u9 fon :reconsiatelrrtlon of the advlce on the ground.Lnt€r a1lr. that the offleer $raa on].v cautloue in htsgtatement ln iourt rs he was undelP oath. and that aE tbefl-tin hacl gone ln eppeal e8:alnst the Seegl.one CourtJudGernent. lnltlrtl,ng any proceedlngg at thlB stegiewould be premature. ConrnLaElon advlsed the Mlnlstrythat the fact of the offlcer shLftLng hls €tand wa6undleputed. However, 86 no evLdence of nalaflde wtg&vaL1able Lt advlsed nlnon penaltv pnoceedlnBe esalnstthe offlcet . The conmlaELon nettenated thls sdvl'ce ontwo more occas1ong. Tbe tell'nl-gtry, however. cl'oged thecsge after l66ue of warnLng to the offl-cer' Tho
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Cornrnlsslon observee that sueh lenlentJuetlgled on the part of the Mr.nlstry.
attltude wes not
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NQII:SQilEIIITIAiTIOtr I
Some of the ceaeE! ln whlch departnentgconeult the Cornsl.sal.on ane mentloned bel.ow I
AITDHRA EAtrE :
Ttre lnveatlgat1ona Daate by thc Bant( t?evealedthst a Braneh lllenagiep dLsburs€d a ].oan of Bs. Z5OOOcorrtpavenlns the ternc of san6ti'on d.ie.,lTe fal.leat toobtaln encunbetrance eetrtLflcate snd h€ f dl.led tp obtal.nthe legel oplnlon on cof.tate?al aecutrlty of feFed r'.Fy theboprow€r. The Branch Manager thereby exr'oEed ,ttye bankrsfunds to the tune of R..32,O49.30 (preaent ll*bl.flty) torlak. Thc Comnrl.eeton, th€n€fotre. ln rrcneenint r.rlth theban&. e'dvlB€d inltlatlo4 of nlnor' ' penalty gnoeecdlngEsgat.nBt tbe MaFraer. The Bank, Latetr cloEed 'the cese oncongLde!.ln9 the llanager r I explanstlon, r,flthoutconaultlng th€ Co trL6a1onp:r'ocedunee.
ae L.equlred under the
(b) COAL INDIA .I.I.D :
In a csee relatt.ng to falae LTC c]'a1ns of anEx- Ciltl of the $feate!'n Coel.fl.€l'd8 Ltd., Colst:Larlonadvlsed. 1n 198tt. lnl"tlet1on of ma1or penaltyDt!.oceedl-ngs e8irlnst th€ of f lcer and non!.natgd aCodnl6Bloner for Deptrttrentsl Inquiflea to holdl thclnqulry. On exenrinatl,on of the InquLry OffLecr'fa!eFor.t. lt rraa fel.t that the Inquiry Offlcer had notgilven fulL opportunlty to the prosecutlon-alde toDneEent the case ancl to g?oduce come retrevant netert.CtwitneeseE. ComnlsBlon thus advl.aed the Coel Inatla Ltit.to renrlt the case to the BsFe Ingulry Offlcer for de-novo lnqulry. Th€ Coa]' Indla Ltd. tB Ordetr for de-Rovolngulry dld not lndlcate re.6ona fop the srnre end Lt waaquaBhed by the Hotr I b1e lllah Court of Jabelpun. ?he[onrb].e Court. however, dlrected that the earllerlnqulr-y may contlnu€ wlth a view to cxemLnlnj theronalnlngi fourr wJ.tnessea. An Inquiry Offlaer3 frotr Coa].aector! l.ra6 appolnt€d. tro3 th€ gurpose. The coa]. Ind1aLtd. . .later, l.nfonrfed tl'e ComlEELon that the caae hadended tn exonenstton ae ttre pno6scutlon fal],ed to provethe char8eg beyond doubt. The Commlgelon r.rag requlrcdto be aonaulted before taki'ng a declslon on InquiryOfflcerra llepor:t but thle wag not done.
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(c) coAJ. anID_IA Lrp :
Irl Nov€lrlber, 1993, tbe Coldqligsl"on sent acomE>la{-nt agalnet I General Managier and proJect Offl.cerof Centr€.l Coal"f 1€i_ds LtC!" to CoaL lndla LtCt. forilnvestl.gatlon. 'The aJ_Iegattons w€re sbout wrongf ulcL€.lm of unclergr'ound 6'r-]-owance by the px'oJect offlceF.awo'rd og cbntl^aeta to the r"elatl,ves og a.n employee ogthe Centr3&} Coe'r f leLds Ltd. , ml saDplroprLa.b 1on of funatsand matel'j-al_" ancl unauthortseCl encpo8chment on thePp()Jeet Land. After r"eninde::e r the Coe} Indle, LtCt.tnf,ormed the Commlgelon Ln FebruaFVr 19gO, that theynrive cLosed the ca6e, though aJ-1egatLonE af lrregu].ar&r^r€.pd of eont.'a,cts to th€ r,eletlvee of the employees a?the Centra1 Coalf,le.tds Ltd. were eatabll'ahett l.nl-nvestLg:atlor:. f t ie not eL€ar aB to wbether therem&lning: &llegations were looked Lnto at &Ll_. TbuB thecaGe w€ra el_ea€d wlthout maklng worthwhlle LnveetLgetLonand &'rlthout coneultlng the cotBmlssion whlch had carledfor a report "
(d) coAL 3$rp1A tLD :
CBL h&d on lnvest1gatlon of alleg:ed sub_ete'nd&t3d conetruict{on of steff qua,r,tera of the BharratCoklng5 C(}al Ltd" found that the materl-al uEed dLd notme€t tlxe pr€Ger.'lbed eBecLficat{ona for3 examl)le. Ieasthen the la.Ld down quantl ty of eement wa6 ulredt.Comml-selc'no ther"efope, as per. reconmendatlons of theCBI" *"hLeh weF6 agreed to by the Coa!. IndLa Ltat.,&dvl-ee{:. intt.l at!';n of m&Jcr p€na1t:/ proceedlng8 eEalnEtsl.x cfflcers $f t:he SCCL (one of them had Binc€ !!,e6Lgnedend Jol,ned V j"6al{hapatnam Stee]. pr:oject), who6e ].aclr ofeupervtr-slon or connlvance wlth the contrector heclr'eeulted lrr l-(}ee to the organl.eatl"on. Comrnl-sglorr waBrhowever, lnfo!.,med by Vlsakhapatnanu Steet proJect thattlrey had dropped the pl-oceedinge &g&{nst the ogfl.eer inthelr enpLoym€nt. eB the CoaL lndla LtCl. haat c1ogecl thecase s.Gs.ine L &l'L th€ officers. Ae the Commiesion ha<tnot be€:n conEul.ted by the CoaL lndia Ltd. befor€ takln3tbe ssld actl.on, Commlsslon pequested for ae ]-e.3.191-catl-on from them, After 3 t/eers the Coa]- IndiaLtd. lnformed th&t the Comnisslon t s advice w&a notl"€qul]3ed 1n terrns of Dopra o.M- wo. trg./6,/92 -AvD. r ctated5.3.82 ea none of the offLcers was drawlng the pay 1nthe sce].€ the ml_nlmum of whlcb lg Rs.l.BOO oir above, andtarat as there waB r|o concluaive proof of, lact{ of$ Lr:]ev,,vi s I {:i'} on the part of the officerg, there washar*diy &n:y, polnt ln pPoceedlng wLth the lnqulFiee. Thes-Land. og Coe.I. Indle Ltat. er&s hrrong on m&ny sounts.Flii.'tst1y, elnee the Commission had tendeped advLc€ ln thec8s4n, eltlng lnstructlons ()f, 5.3.g2 1s not relevant
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Furthet?. the Coal Lndla Ltd. themse.lvea hadCBI lreconmendat 1ons and no fresh grounClE fof1n thel,r stand lrePe gjven.
The actlon of Bherat Cokl.na Coalthe cage wlthout JuatLfLcatlon and wlthoutthe Commission wae lncor?eet and lrregu1ar.
accepted thea revlsion
ln c].osingconeultlng
5,4 CASES WHERE THE DEPARTMEI{TS HAVE NOT ACCEP?ED,TIIE gQI|DULESror{rs ApvrCE Itr yIEW Af UpsCrSADYIgE :
Accor.ding to the Government of IndirrsBesol.utl-on dated 11.2.1964 by whlch the Comml.eslon wsset uF, the cerrtral" Vlgi].ence. ComnrLsslon trag the E&memeasure of Lndependence and autonofly as the Unlon FubllcServlce Commieslon. In cases Ln 1.rhlch the preEi(tent l-ethe dlsclpllnsry authorlty, consultatlon le neceasaryboth wJth the UPSC (ln te?ms of Artlc1e 323 of theConstltutlon) and the CVC (Ln terns of psna A(xlv) ofthe covernment Resolutlon dated 1,1 .2.1964). Durlna theperiod under report, there have been two occaslons wtrertettre}e wa6 a dlfference of opinl-on between the UPSC anclthe CVC aa to the actlon to be_ taken Ln a partlcularcese. Both these careB related to Incone TaxDeps.rtnrent. Whepeag the Central Vlgl1ance ComIrl,sel.on}tanted pena1 actlon to be teken sgalnst the Clellnquentemployees, the dlscl-Itl.tnaFy authorltl-eE exonerrated theoff,lcers wlth refet?ence to UpSC ailvice. Deteils of suchcgge6
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aFe glven belor,r t -
AECEPTIN€i FALSE/INADHISSIBLE CLAIMS III.ASSESSMEIII?S :
fn pursuance of the ComulsElon ! e sctvlce,maJor penelty pnoceedinBa hrere lnstltuted ag:sinst anLncome T&x Officer on the cberg€ tha€ he completeda€rsesemente Ln four' geparate ea6eg. acieptlng the falae/lnadmisslble c].alms sade by ttte aE6e6EeeBf cl'aiBlng]-arge amounts og tneome a6 exempt fnom ineome tax unde?Sect1on 10 (a7) of I.T.Act. and that. Ln the proce€rg.cauaed unlahtful gaLn to the ealil asseE6eea andcorrespond1ng 1066 to the department. Con8e<luent on theogPlcer denylng the eha!.ge. the ca6e was entrueted tothe Inqulrl' Of fj-cer. who was a CommJeEloner fatDepartmental Inqulnlee of the Comrnisglon. In hi6report, the IO hel.d the cher8ie as Droyed asalnst theofflcer. Enrlofslng the IOf E f indlngia the Conrmlselonadvl-red lBF,cs1tl"on of s major pena1ty on the officer.The lr)come Tax D(-'partment acceE'tedt th€ ComtrrLseiotl r sadvlc.e, provl-eiona].1y. snd took up the csse with UPSC
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fo:r tbe latterrE advlce, :recornmendlng withho].d!"nc of,entke penelon and gratutty of th€ offLc€r' 8s' he hadretlr.ed f,r('r| Eer:vlee by then. The UPSC' howeverrldlsagreed wlth the flnding:s of the Io end aclvlEeddropplng of the proceeding:s agalnst the offlcer' TheDepartment accepteil the uPscrs aalvlce and exonerated theofflcer.
(b) gRAilTTI'IG APPROVAL 19 ?HE DSFECTIVEASSIIESMEI{TS UAD.E EI. THE ITQ HAVIilG trCT
JURISDTCTION !
'Agreelng wltlt the recotrlrnendat 1on of theIncone Tax Depautmentr th€ Cofinlgalon gdvl-aed mlnorgpenalty pnoceecllnga agalnst an InsBectlng A8E18tantcon nlsslaner (rAc) of lncone Tax on the charge thet treirnegularly gr'anted approvala u,/s 14lt-B or Incone TexAct to c€rrtetn asaes8tnents nade hurrLed].y and wlthoutapplicatlon of mlnd by an Income Tax offlcer (I?o).knohrtngi w€LI that the a81d lTO hed no Jurledlctlon overthe caBes 1n gueatlon. The d€partmentrg case aSiBlnrtthe IAC btaa tbat the asse6amenta rhade by th€ ITo we r^e
defectlvc and faulty in many le8pects end that. despltesuch inglr.mltles, he gn€.nted approval to the ITOrsptroposals end had. ln the procetg' vlolatect d€partnenta1ln8tructLone ].ayLnSt down that IAcs exeL-cLgl-ng poweng u,/exA[-A shou]-d sc].utlnlBe the recorde 1n depth and 6hou1dLesue nece6sarey dl-rectLons gor the Su1dance of the lToe'It waa obEervect by the connmlselon that the clepartrnent rs
caee sglalnet the IAC waB based on a 6trong: footLng andthat the offlcial hard]-v hadt any proper defence lnregsrd to the :.aps€s on h1e Part.
Pursuant to tbe Commlselon r s e'!vlce' theofflceF etea Eerved r.'lth a t|rlnor Penalty charSle aheet 'Af,ter conElderlng hig n'ep1y to the cha'rges r thedeDartrn€nt declded, pnovlelona].ly, to lnrpose a mlnorpenalty on hlm end had, accordLnglv. eought the UPSCTE
advlce,/concufrrence ln th€ rilstte?. The UPSC' troweverradvlsed dropplng of the proceedl-nga 4galnst the offlcer'The d€par:tnerlt flnally exonerated the ogglcer' scceptlngthe uPScrE aclvlce.
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s.5 EASEA TO? DEALT 9{ITIT PR,OPEBLY :
SorB€ of the cages hrhlchIlr<)pe]3Ly deerlt wl.th by the departnentg
heve not beena?e glven beLow :
PROSECUTING A.U OFFICER WITI{OUT SANC?IONCO}{PETEIYT AUTHORITY THUS CAqSING TIARNSHIPFIARASSMEI{" IQ TITE OF'FICER :
fn January, 1994, the CBI regLater.ed a caseagia1nst an AaalBt&nt CommlasLone:: of Income ?a.x who waaworklns; aa Of f,l_cer on Sp€clal Duty ln the offLce of theCustodlan of Enemtr propert5/, et Ca],cutt&, under theFtlnlstFy of, cornmerce dunLngl 19gz_g3, as .f*o ag8'lnsteertaln prlvate Lndivlduel.s" on the €rLlegiatlon that theyhacl entered into a conepLracy with a vlerr, to helFlng theaeLd lndlviiluaLa to clelm, fraudu].ent].yr ex_gra,tl.apaylnenta ln respect of prop€l4ti€s Furported]-y 10st l.nerstwhile East palrl.st&n. Aftel|' comp].etlnglnvesttgat{on, the CBI f ilect a charg€ she€t aga1nst thesald oftrlcer and othetrs 1n the Collrt of the SpeclalJudgie, Calcutta. But the CBI Cp. it not obt&ln th€Ganctlon of the colnpetent e.uthorlty nor d1d they obta1nCornnleslon t B advlce b€f,ore ].aunchLng prasecutl_on ag&r.nstthe offlcep. Even the paFent depa?tnent of the offlce!3(1. e. Incom€ Tax Depaptment) war not taken lntoconfldence by the CgI . predlctabLy, thereforer theleerned Judge d'-smlceed the pto€€cut1on case f1].€it bythe qBI agslnst the of,flcer for lrant of sanetl-on of thecompet€nt autborlty u,/s !g7 (r) or gr pc. The cour't&lao paEsed etrlcturee on the CBI for thle ].apse onthel-p pa!'t. Thereafter. the cgr novecr the caleutta Htahcoupt cha1leng:l-ng the t:rla]. court rs deelslon. However.the Hlgh Cour:t aleo upheld the tr.iaL Courtrs obJectlonand dlsrnlgsect the CBI!8. appes'l,. ft was &t thls Juncturethat the CB.I d€clded to approach the Mlnletr:r ofCornrrerce aeeklng aanctlon bl/ the appolntl"ng authorltyfo!. proeceutl-on of ttte of,flcer. Conseguently, the CBDTobtalned a.nd examined the comnentg of the Minlstry ofeomlneJlce ln the case and refertred it to the Comml"eslonf ot' 1t3 s.dvlce.
?he Centtrat Vlglfanee Commlesion obseFvedthat the officer waa the comnon Cfretl^man of elghtdlfferent panels of other o?flclala aet up by thealepartment for proceesl_ng c]-aims for ex_gratla. psynentsprefe:?r'edy'bel ng preferreal Fy peopLe rdhose X)!:opertl_ea hailbeen selzed, purpol'ted].y". in Bang].adesh, l. e. theerstwhlle Eaet pakl_stan. It waB on roecord that therehtere more th&n 5Z0OO clalms pendtng to be ppocess€Ct .er:dth&t the .sccused (}fficer had dlspoEed of about gOOo such
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c].sime j-n e, period of 3 year6 that he eras in offlce"Now, the CBIee char6e agalnGt thie off;l,eer !i{{!-s ti.-ieri I::fouF such alalms he fall-ecl tc mBke ln-deptf! exansir *t:r-,::,:of docunlents g)3:oduced by ttie clelrnente {n sup:?oJtt og:,l.al"nce pFef e.r"r"*.1 by thern end th&,t thls emouni;ed to l-.,:i e:-.r ir]l.ng he,fldr erith those c.laLffiangF wtlo etteinpted toerle6.t tfie Go\'::x'rment. I}1 ?he CcEt.drlEf,,lonre vLewo 1t w.&sn,3U nscesser}/ to resca".t to Elrc'seo!.rt1e..? agi&ln6t s esnloroffj-cer on sr.r.ch grounda. fh16 was a1ao, lncidentel.ly.the unsnlnous vlew taken by the Mlnletry of Comnellce.tfre eustodl-an (}f EnerBy Froper.ty and the CBDT Actlon ofCBL to go ln for" prosecutlon was l-Il advl-eed.
Aa 3?egardE CEII not beeking and obt&1nLngGovernment t 6 sanctl-on s/e 197 oE CL.. PC. for proeecutl-rrgthe officer, the clanlflcailon A'dduced by the CBI w6.6that they di.d not conelder l-t necessery gor tfre :,e8.s{)}lthat the sf l-eged qtoffencegrf were not conrnitted, in thelrv{ew, ln thee ceurse of di,scharge of .ihe .*f,f Lcl8,t dr.ltlesof the accuEed. This, however wa.s not e. core€ct vlew aeth€ prosecutll'n 1sunched without ee.!r:ctlon ltd bee!.rturned down bv the tr.La3 court &a {:-..i- E c b3/ the Herxr bleHlg;h Courat " irr the Cornrnl-seLon o e vle!,+ thl-s wse & caser^thl.ch ln tl:€ f,lrEt lnetance d1d n.c'i i*r6,r:r.ant,r'uerL iEll'osecutl.on otl the cfflcer" but" des?ite t;1e 6eB!e! CBIhad lsunche* pros€cutlorr e,gslnst th€ accused wl,thoutcor'lslt1tlng the department, the Cantro].llnE Minietry andthe CoBimlasi$n. Undue her,d-sh1p end ha.L^aasmente !.!ssbeen c&used t'o the offleer. The C()rnnl-sslon" therefoc'e"wtrl].e a.dv1s{ng c1o6ur.e of the cs::e asalnet the offlecr3requeeted the CBI a.s &leo to tire ;€l}a,3tnent of perecrinelto tl€lve a re-]-oot'< lnto th{ *as€ i...ii th e vJ.ear ta :f .,,r.:: j. n:;respotlslbillt$, on the CBI aff:i.c{aLs wtrs hraC r4i€;::and-,edthe c{r6e. While the Depax,t ent of Pet:sctlne-r, l-!a-e notreapo!'lded" 'i;he CBI authorltiee h&.!'e t&i.ie:: a stand 5hstthel.I' officj.aLs had &cted ir: S,roC ja J..:t!:, n;:_y a'nd thattherefor"€ t:rere was no qu4rst j"rn ,'::i: j-,j.enttfy{ng theer:"ing o€f l-e la]-s oF of takl-r'lg -r:-r eiii t.J task. A1 tfloughthe Comml"sslon refuted the a-r'su:nsnLr ;:.nd r.}ntent{ons . ofthe CBI 1n thls reg&ri! t'epested j-;}r eclci ir.ls:!.sted on takingectlo$ eg:al-lxst CBI ! s of f icia]-e " i:he Cel &uthorltleswere reluctsnt to do so.
(b) PREVENTII{G AI'I.EA& AqiqS$S?. IJffJIJE"TFIEQ RffFUND.OE EXCISE .LU:LY AMoUNT.II{G Eg E€.-14 L.AKHS :
In Jul}r. 1990, the .]ent?-ai BasrC of Exclseand Cuetoms (CBEC) referred a ea6e agsl-net a senlor.offlceIe to the go..isslarr fsr. its advice. Thes]-.l,€ga.'tl.on sgainst the of f 1aep. l_n br"l_ef " wn6 thet hehed a1]-or^red, wlthout Justlf lcelion" r"ef und of exclseduty amountLng to over Re.19 l&khe. to a r)rlvate firn.
9fhen thls eras detected by .n offl(]er of the Trlbunal LndAppea]- UnLt of the Department, he lnnediately Eu8ge€tedtfr&t an appea]- may be prefei?ed agialnst the r.efundall-owed by the above offlcer. Hordever, the f'1.1econtal-nlng thL8 propoaal waa unjuatlflabLy detai.ned bythe name offlc€n for^ over: 4 nonthB thougih as perstatutory prov16rlon6 an appe{r]. agialnst the order lnqueattron wae requt red to be pnegcrrred wlthln 3 nontha.Thua. by de]'aylng the fi].e ltse1f by four nronthe. theofflcer hsd.foneclooed the optlon of fLlLng any appeg,!.in the m&tten. l{ot on].y that. he a}Bo atldl rfot p1ace thematt€r b€folle hlg supeFl-ot3 offlcer r.rho alone waa theconpetent author1ty to take s. declglon ae to whethcrapperl- was to be fl].ed J.n the ca6e or not. Apparently,and as conceded by the CBEC itself. the offlcer hacl noexl)lanatLon to offsr etther for r"etslnLnC the eoncernedflle fon oven 4 monthB, otr for not puttlng uB the &atterto the conpetent authortty. In ths depantmentrs oplnl_onthls w&e a ca8e of neg].l.gence/care].esEne6g only andlthey, therrefore, reconuoenated mlnor penalty pnoceedlnggaea1nst the offlcer. Howeverr ln the Connlaslonre vlew.thla r^raa a typical caee havl.ng, prlna fsele, ell thecfiaract€F1stl.ca and att:rLbutes of a case ln whl.ch theintegnity antl bona f ltles of the offLcer ererae call.ed t.oqueEtlon. The go!}miseion had. therefo?€. no hegltatlonln advlel.na maJor Denalty I'roceedl.nge a'Aal.r,Bt theoffl-cer. Furtherr a ecrutlny of the pape?6 on recolrdhas €howrl that lmpu8ned orden pa3aod by the offlcerdeteal back to 1983, but the Col].ectolr concerned hadrepotrt€d the nrtter to the CBEC ln Septenber, 1986.Stll,L. ho!'rever. lt was on].y Ln Ju].y. 199O tha.t the CBSCreferrect the caae to the Connl6B1on. It ls thus clearthat the cEEc took an {lncuty lon8 tl-me 1n theprOceee ln g/ecnutLny og the ca6e. ft w&s also obaetrved bythe Commlaslon that d.esplte the pendency of thia coEr€r.the of,flcer had been &lv€n vlgl.Iance clearanc€ Fy theCBEC for the purpoa€ of hLE p?oDotlon. To cap lt a].]..th€ officer eraa poated ln the mean$rhL].e (when the caaewas under pqocesB ln the CBEC), l:ronlcally. ln theVlgl1ance Dtvlslon of the CBEC ltsclf, rl-Aht undel' theChlef Vtgl].ence Offlcer.
(c) ROUTINE HANDLING AC IASE 10 I.ET THE ACTIONGETTIilG TIME-EARRED :
In Uay, 1989, a reference wa6 neeelved fnonthe Central Boarcl otr ExeLse & Customa (CBEC) eeekl.ng theConmlseLon ra advlce 1n a caee Lnvolvlng an AsslatantCollector of Customs. The ba6lc chargie aaalnEt theoffLcer waa that he had lssued a Licenee to a. privat€party, l-n vio1atlon of Rulee. bV naklng uEre of whleh theDerty 1mported a eonelginnent of heavy nachlnery and
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accessorles valued at over R9.1.5 eroneg. The offlceral].owed clearance of the gal.d conglgnnent exempting l.tfnour duty involvlng Rs.1.5 crores. ft waa seenaubseguently that lt $rag wrong on the pa!:t of theofflcer f,lrgt].y to lssue the llcense 1n que6tlon ancl,Becond].y, to allo9,r .the Lmport of dtachtnery frree of duty,and hence the case ags!.nBt hlm.
As per the &EE€BEnent of the depsrtnent, thecaae wrs LndLcatLve of neg;l igence,/non-app1lcat ion ognJ.nd ete. by the Asalstant Col]-ector? lrrtd th€t?e was noevldence of malafideg,/ulterlor Botlvea on h16 part andthat the ofglcer hlnBe].f rea].lEed hls hl.stakeaubgequently and had lnltl-&ted actl.on to cornect theEam€. The Depant[rent had, therefore, reconmended thatml.nor pena1ty ectlon agatngt the off1cer would Beet theende of J uetlce.
When the case FaE exarnl.ned by the Connrigglon,l-t wag Eeen that the conduct of the offtcen in the erholetrangection we€r guslrect ar}d thet the facts endcl-rcunEtances of the case were c1ear]-y tndlcatlve. pi"Lmefacl-e. of m&.Iaf J clea on hLs part. It was af,ao foundf,actua}ly lncorrect that the offLcen hlmBe].f heddetected the Lrregularlty. The Conlrleelon ytasrthereforer unabl€ to endorse the etand taken by the CVO,that the caee lnvolved only 'negligence I etc. on thepart of th€ off,icer. On the oth€tr hand, the ConmlssLonwaE of the vlee.r that the ce8e had many a gugpiclougfeature and the Lnt.gplty of the offlcer r^rsa doubtful.After calll.ng fo,|' end Dereuelng the orl8iinst flle endconcerineal t?ecorde, the ConmisBlon had aalvtsed I on22.8.89. lnltl-stlon of tnaJo? E)ena1t:/ proceedlngE egainstthe of f lcera.
fhe Deperttncnt. however. dld not take sctlonto charge Bhect the off icet? ancl subaequent]-y he tret1re(lon Euperannuatlon on 28.2.90. Thla was reported to theCorunl.ggLon ln lrtarch, 1990 wh€n the Delrar.tlnent calne upfo:r a recong lderrat 1on of, the Commlsslonfs sdv1ce,propoBing clo8u?e of th€ cs.Ee. ThlE pnopo6sl of thedepartment gras baged on certaln Eubsequent developmentawhLch reeulted 1n a clecl-alon' obtalnecl llth the approvalof th€ F.lnance Mlnleten'. uaklng the DrachinePy 1nquestlon ellglble got3 Cluty exeDrptlon. Accorrdln8 to thedel)an3t|trent ln vlew of th1c (g1nce el1eib111tv of€xemptLon for th€ mechlnery v.tas the crux of the natter:').the case agalnat the offlcer bad no lege to atqnal uponsnd henee the propoaal fon dropplng the actLon ngalnatthe suEpect of,f 1cere.
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:ti .r.!:e Cornrnlastonts vlew, the stend taken bytbe -.i r-. i) e.:..I'i:,*:', ti s.rae not Juatlf Led ag the deelsion takenby t3:* d':p6.1":;n1ss,t r)$ e Eubsequent date (aftex. the event )ea.nno: .ritsalve the of f Lcer of the L*egul,anltlesccarml tte.i i-1i' h rl':r l:'l-1 .;3al-].y"
?iru€. the Commisslon was of th€ view that no1e*+.er:g;y ;r.a-i cal_ied f,.,r, in *ega::.d to the rni-seond.uct onthe p&rt cf, the of f ic.er. Iiovrevey,r there r,re6 the f acttbst tr::) *f i,, ti..-.d-:r h r.L.l ,sl,reedy re.f;l"red from selrvl-ce sndthe ci-i,:l.e i--eii:'..:rst I.r3r! h&d beeome t1rBe_b&rred f or3d:Lsci!).L.j.'n,a1*3' 5c'$tron, Aa sL0ch, l"t was 6tated thet therer{s.6 :1.3 ij]-; t}:.r..i *.?: _3. we f.efi 1n th€ mattez, but to drop. thecs.se .:ge.:-ns? tile ef f,lee*. Obvl-ously, thl_s sLtuatl-on wasthe evee':isn a.f the cepar'taent who hsndled the c&se ln enoutlne fa.shlln, ldhen the LmpendS-ng retin.ement of theofflcer ?.?ss .s knoer!.I fact<f,r:. as a1sc the fact that thecase lita.' to become tlme_ba'r,ed agalnst the ogflceraf ter h"!s re":lr,ernent" the minluum that the departmentshoul.d !'!,eve dons was to charge sheet the offlcer. 1nter}nof .;he Conr$rleslon r s advl ce dsted ZZ "
g. gg . bef ore|rls z'et irenlelt sc that the oEltlons r^rere l{ept o&)en ena!tfte ca.B€ l"*:rrjewed, 1f necessa.r,)r'" subsequently on theb6.sls . e,f any extenuating f act016. Unf ortuna'teLl,r.howeves'. olx &*count of the routlne handlLng of the caseby the s€:peptmentr especla].ly on account og theln=-t*iii;r.'; i:c e::t [!pon the ComnLsslon I g a.dvlce fo:r aboutf31R nj."}r!t.lsr, -the case waa ali$wed tc| dle anct ln theprzocesr;- th€ a€:1 ice.* who was prir,r*. fecle gul].ty ofser3l-ous frilsdemeanour. almed at cauel-ngi unLntendedbenefit6 of eubstantl-al nature to & pr-l_vs,te F,arty atpublLe cost rArsr s e,l1owed to gro scot f,ree.
{di i*il],ri A-F' P.LER.TNESS FRUSjIRATES ACTION!
Cts:f xrlvestleatlon revealeCl that negligence onthe p&r"t of a Srrh-DivlsionaL Offlcer (Telecorr. ) reeulted1n the 'p-j.:if ena,ge of rneterla.L e.rorth iacs of rupeea" Themater1rnl r,tas lylrrg: ln unguarded durnpg due to temporaryst.pEage oil r.?$ ?.{ " ThLs was brought to hlE notlce and heI"te.s r.€teaie{:1r" }equested by hls eubordLnates to provr,dechowhidss'ri" 'I::rs offjcer gai].ed to take &ny ection.Comm.{sstoEii a.ivj.sed lnLtlatlon og major pen<yproeeeciin&;s ag,eln€t hlIl" Though the Cor|ir{selon I s advicehs.d beeln r,seel-v€d 1n th€ department on 3.3.1989. anCt thedeps.rtment irepo* er4&re thst the ogtrlcer was crue forsretlrenerrt s::r 30,6" 199O" yet the fLl.e remalnedunettendeg ln the departBrent for a ].ong peni.od" A6 aresult " 'i: h 'g frel€lg'inrent f s1].ed to eet ve a crrarge sheet onh1m bef ev"€ 'Lh+ *gflce:: supersnrlusted. Lack of ar.ertnesson the p61ti cii tfie department t:as thus fr.ustrated ar,!yac'tlon .3Eeit]*t "th.e oftrlcep"
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(e) ACCEPTAilCE O.E RESIGNATION hIHETf SERIOUSAI"I.EG&LLQIS WERE UNpER IXyEEjLtgA.LtQU :
In AuguEt. 1989. the commlEsion requested theMl-nlstry of Cormerce to lnqulne l-nto a]-legatl"ons agalnstthe Chairmen of a. Publle Sector EnterE,lilse aboutAtnaesl-ng of d l sproport lonate asaets and havLng r€cel"vedfavours from a dlamond merchant for hls sonrg educgtionl.n UsA etc. The , Irllnistrv hobtever lnformed theComrll.s.slon that whlIe 1t was collectlng J nformstlon. theofficer had reslEned f r.om hl€ Eost snd hls resiSnattonwas accepted wLth lrfinedlate effeet. Commlseion obsenveethat the actlon of the MinLstrv l-n acceptitlg hl.sreslgnatlon and alLowlng him to go when se:rlousalleeiail^or1E aclalnst hlnn were pendlng lnveBtlgatlon &ndwhen the Coanoisslon had ca11ed f,or a neport on the aamerwas not propen.
(f) TIASS-SCALE REGULAP.TSATIOil A.E EAI.S,E L?E CtAIfiSIjt rUruNrcrpAl. CABPOBAIjIIA 9E DELEI !
The Connl.ssion, on the baeis of a con9la1ntrecelved by tt. cal].ed for a rreport from the Munl-cl-EalCorporatLon of Del-hi (MCD) reletlng to fal.ee LTC clalnrby the Heatl Master of I MunLcipal Prlmarv School. Thel{CD repor3tect to the Commlsslon that the Heed Msster haddrawn the LTC clsLm fi?audulent-Iy whlch he later refundedto the Corporatlon and that he was lgsued a recordablewa:r'nlng as per the polLcv of, the Col'tr'olratlon.Subgequently, et the CorflmLsglon ! e lnstance. the t'tCD
reponted that bogus LTC clatns were belng made by &
number af emEloyees and that as per the policy of theCorporatlon. an enployee Btho ?efuhds the LTc amountdrrawn fraudu1ently wlthin the stipulated tlme ls awardedonly a recorded warnlnE. On the commieElon I s askl-ng gordetal]e of case6 5o declded and the bssls of suchdeclslon, the Corporatlon reported ln september' 1989thet ln a Large number of cases such lenlent vlew hasbcen tsken wlth neference to the ResolutLon gsased byttre ' corporatlon. The aglenda note5 for the relevantReaolutLon reveals that thouiltr mleuse of LTC btas on snorganlsed basls, the MCD had virtua1ly let off a].].employees on a mags scale malnly on the sround thatemployees refunded the anounts. The Commlsslon vlewsthat such an approach ia strong Ln any organisatlon andlt puts e stastp of aPprovsf on eenlouE ,mlBconductslnvolv1ng lntealrLty, nrafaf ldes and fraudulerlt conduct 'An avoLdable coup:romlslrtg attltude etas adoptecl by theCorporatlon whlch Ls lLke].v to encourage lndulgence Ln'corrul)t prraetlces. The connlselon ls unabfe to Eee anycompe]-llng reason€t for. such nses scale PeSu laltltlsstlonof uiEconduct.
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(e) LACKADAISICAL APPROACH EY ITIATTONAL THERMAI
POWER CORFORATION III HANDI..IUq A CASE :
on 15.9.1986, the Connieelon edviEedl-nltletlon of rnajor penaltv proceedLnBs agalnat al,lanager &nct a Senlor M&nager of Na.tionsl TherrnB1 PowerCor.por"atlon L,td. (NTPC) for incurrr'lng substantial los6to ttre und€rtaklng by making utldue paym€nta to econtrector. The c(]mrnLselon ale(' norrlneted on€ of LteCommlssioners for Departmental fnqulr'l.es to be appolntedas Inqulr:y Offleer l.n the caae. After about two yesrslNTPC tnf ormeal th€ c(}mrRl es l-on that they had conc1uded thedepartmentel p!.'oceedLngs agalnst the lttanager by lrnposlnga minor penalty of wJ.thholdlng of increment for one veafon hlm and that th€ depaPtmental proceedings agiaLnet theSr.Managel were etllL pendl-ngl. NTPC aoueht to JuetLfVthls actlon ln not conEultl"ng the CommlesLon befonef inallel.ng the pr'oceedinge agalnet the Ua.nager on thetra613 of BPEts clrcu]-an l-ssued on 27.Lo.1986'restrictlng the Cornrnisslon I s Jurie.dlction to Board LevelAppointeee ln Publtc Seetor UndePtakLnge. They atatedthat eirrce the offlcla].s were below board ]'eve].appolntees. they had lmposed the Fena1ty wLthout eeekl.ngithe Commlssion's Eeeond stage advl'ce ln the case.
whl1e not dlsputlng the fact that they werebelow board 1eve1 afll'olntee6, 1t le geen ttrat thLg casewas pe.l-ot' to the lssue of, BPEra clrcul.ar. In that case'Lt was nece"sEsr.r/ on the part of the NTPC to hsve Eoughtthe seeond etege advlce of the Commleslon especl"al].y agthe comrnlssl.or! tr&d tenderecl l.te flrat atage sclv1ce 19the case at a tlme whelr the eact of excluslon of be]-owboard leve1 appo1nteeg also Ctld not applS/ Ln the carte.It the NTP{I had reasons,/gPounds to dlffer wlth theCorrmise 1on r e advice ln the cese. they could have Eoughtrecon 6ld€r'at lon of th€ Comruissl.on ! S edvlce r^thl.ch a1sowas not done. NTPC alao itld not aeek the Cornmleelonre&pproval to apBol.nt thelr own offlceu ss Inqulrv offieer1n tbe c&se. Thj-s. c()upled wlth the fsct that the caseagalnst the gr',Manager ie st1l1 pend.1ng' only lrolnte tothe lackadalsical appr()ach of the NTPC to the entlrecsse,
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CIIAPTER 6
EXAIIINATIOII OF SIVIL AND OfNER flORKS BY
, TECITT{ICAL EXATTIIIER I S ORGAT| ISATtOf,{. rlr:} rr{c *
THE CNIET
oRclAltIsalLq[. :
6.1 The chlef Technlcar Examlnenre orgenlsatlonwas orl-gi-nalrv set uEt ln tg57 In trre then ll1nlstrv ofWopl{s, Hous.lng end Supply for technlcal examinatLon ofthe wcjl.ks done by ths: CPhlD. Si'lbaequently' In pursuanceof trre recontmendatlons of the Santhansrtr conmittee on
Preventlon of Col3ruptlon' the organl-sation waE
ta'ansferued under the Admlnletratlve contsol of thecentral. vlgiLance commlssLon wlth effect from 1'11'1964'Even ao th15 Organlsatlon continues t(f, conduct an
lndependent technl-csl €xamlnatlon of works of the
CentPaI Publlc Worl'(s Department ' In 1979' a QualltyControl and Tecrtnlcel Audl-t gllng; was crested ln CPWD'
Tlrereafter, the CTEts grssnleation contlnues ltself to
the examlnatl-on of cPwDiworke mslnly from the vl8illanc€anc:le. IntenElve vl e11 dnce-orlented lnspectlon of worl<E
done by other CentraL GoveFrlment DeBartmente'/Organl-sat lons/Undert aki ngs was al6o talren uF by the
CTErs Orrganlsatlon gnd thls Ls still a{)ntinulng' The
Or&snlsation is pr€Eent lyF-lnanned by tr^'o chlef, Techr'lcs1Examlnens wlth el-ght teenis of Technlca]. Examltret's'
For hlstoricel reasons ' the emphasls l-n theCTE Unlt haa l-reen ltl the Clvl-t Englneerlns fLeld'Keepl.ng ln vl.eet the new flelds o! engineerlng ancl
technotrogy that hltve been opened ln the recetrt f'sst and
the functlons &nd &reas of specl-&l.-l sat 1on of some Publlc
Sector Utrdertak1ngs, l-t is proElosed t() wtden the b&se of
the CTE Unlt to lnelude the Electronl c and MechanlcalEngLneenlng flelds also' This l''ilL ma}(e lt possible for
the cTE unlt to make an lmpact in &reas l{ke
t€lecommunlcat lons, oiL e:<ploratlon &nd dt'lI.lins etc'
JURISDI.CTIOI :
6.2 Th(: Jurl6dlctlon of this orgatlJ satl on is co-
termlnoug wl th that of the Central Vlgllance Commlsslon'Cc}nEitructlon r^torka of a].]. departments of the Government
of lndla. aI 1 UnLon Terrltorles and a]'l publla eector
undel'taklngs ancl Benks and Flnanclsl Instltutlons of the
Cerrtral Gover'nment end the Unlon TeFrltorles aPe belng
exadLned by thls Orgsnisatlort' The CTEgt Organlsationaleo contluctE t€ehnical exam!'natlor1 of grorkg of those
Cerrtl'f,l]. ",r"o.,o*ot's ooates whi ch ha"e accepted the
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JufirdlctLon og the Conan{se ion.SERVIEFS RENDERED :
6.3 The &aln funetloh of thls OrBanl.setlon ir toea.tPl?y out v18ilI'ance ol^lented l.nspectlons og erofkeunde/taken by the varlous oreganl.setlonB mentlon€d abovernd to offer teehnlcal. advLce and advlc€ on proceduralmattenB as [attera of preventive action to be taken.The o?eranlaatlon eleo glvee advlee to the commteelon ontechnleel natterB 1n viclranee ca8ea. The o'aanlastlonc&n alao be consulted by the Ccntra]. Bulreau ofInvestlaatlon and the €hlef Vlailance Offlcer6 fopg1v1ng teshttlcal oplnion on vlglla,nce caees ,,n eel€etlveba61r undep lnveetlg:atLon by them.
In addLtlon to lnapeetlon of reeordE anatr.o*ka. the C?E Unlt rL6o prepanea Va1uat1on ReportE 6?pt'op€ntlea scqulrecl by publle gervantg who ane auepeetedof havlng acqulreit aaBets d Lcpropo?tionate to thelrlncone.In the t?alntnei Dtroglrar|rneE ol,Banlaed by theConnteslon for Chl€f Vtfttlance Offlc€?a end al8o Ln thetr€.lnlng frlro8rrrnrrEre onSanlsed by the Chl.ef Vlgl.la.nceOff{eera of varLoua onga.nlgattone, the Chl_ef TechnLca1Examlnera pertlclpate by glvlng talkE on the comonl'rue8u].arLtl"ee and defLclencles notlced ln th€ syEtems.pl3ocedure6 and quallty of r.rotPkg.
6.4 PROCEDURE FOR INSPEC?IOT :
works are aelected fon lnepectlon genenallvf?om the euarter]'y progreaa Repotrts (apR) r.eceived froDth€ Departnen ta,/t:!n6e?takl.nas, dependlna on the netureand magnltudF of erorka. the suggeetlons of the CVOa, theconplalnta and other lnfo?lratlon rteceived ft ottr van,l,ougsourcee. Inspectlon le Senenal1y covera b.oth,Lnspectl.on of, necordB rel'atlng to the vanLoua approval€,fieLd t?ecords nel.ntalned at erork E1t€8. etc. and thelngpectl-on of worit(. Sa[rptea ere taken, grhelreverconelclered neceEsat3yr for furthelP testlng. TheLnBlrect1on report 1r eent to the Depantaent,/UndertaklnAft>r 1t6 rer']-tealcoments.
The reg]'lea are exeqined and brhenever p!1nafacLe lapaeg and 1rreguJ.arl'tl.es arc obseFved fron avlgl].ance tngle. th€se are epeclflcaLly refe]3tred to thechl'af vigl.lsnce Off{c€r forr detallecl vlg''J.ancelnvestigatlona. Whcrever overDaynentg and unttue?lnaneLal b€nefLtB arc obaerv€d. appnopnlate recove?legar€ su88este6 and Du?aued. rm3rrovenentE l.n 8!16 tena enclptPoe€Clurea are a1eo suggeeted front a prreventlve
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PERFORIIIAITCE DURII{G IEE YEAR i
The tota]" numben of lnspectlon reirorteI EubnrLtted by the OrganlsatLon durl-ng 1990 was p93" In
reapect of 11O ca8es. the Chlef vLgJ.Iance Off{ier6 rrelreL.eque6ted to eonduct vlgillance lnveatigatLorlB ancl toBend thelr lnveEtlgetlon neportE to the Comnlsslon forgLnat E taa;e advlce. In addLtton, 2o4 cases neferried bythe llead Offlce of the Cornn{selon, CBI and ChlefVLgllance off lcerE of various Organieat1on3 er'elpe€xanLned from the technLcal angile anal reports werefurn1shed to the concerned Orgianleatlons.
6.5,2 The breek up of the lnspectlon reporetasubnrltted durlnal the year le aE glven beloet :
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6.5.3 Ar tn the prevlous years, the orrganlsationhae been glvlnc prlorlty to blgser contracts fonlngpectlon. 741( of th€ clvll. lnepectlon repolotB stere lnrcEpect of tbe erorks coetl"ng uore than Rg.5O le|(ha. Onthe eJ'eetrlcal glde. about 4ON o? the treports were for.contrpactB coBttng notte than Ra.2o l.akh8.
6.l.tf ADproxlnately, 8oX of the lnspection reportalsaued are ln tpeegeet og publlc und€rtaking8 lneludlnai'all.waya ancl the balance la for Govtrrnnent Depat?tn€nt66uch aa cPi{D. PoEtal & Teleginaphs, A1} Indla Rad1o andalso DalhL Developrnent Authorlty, HunicLpal corporationof De].hl. and Hew De1hl llunlclpal Comnlttee l.tho foLloetnrolre or I'eae BtmLlar contlaact pr:ocedurea.
6.6 I|IPACT QE CTE II{SPECTIOTS !
Evetpy ye{rp about- 2oO worke are taken up forlnal|ectlon by the cTE unlt. Fl.on 1981 onetards about 495ca8es have been rcfe:pred to the CVOg of vaS1ougorganlsatLone for pr"e9ar.lng Detalled Investl8atlonRepo?t. In 1990. 8x. :uch Inveatlgatlon Reporta ste?cr:ecelved. Ir 3e cases the ]-aps€e werc found to be of igerloue naturpe for whlch appropnLate dLecLpl.lnary ectlonwae advLse(l by the Connlesion aiielnat the defau]'tlngoffl'ct.a].r.
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Durlna inepectl.on of wofks and records. caseEof, overpaynr€nts and undue flnanclsl ben€fLta tocont?actors and acceDtance of sub-Etandernd works l"lthouteo6t adjustmentB are often notlced. The onganleatlonpursuea cuch lnatanees r,tlth the Department,/Undertaklnsfox, makLng appnoprlgte recoverleE and taklnC renedlal.actlon 1n futu!3e. Such recoverles made forr whichconflrmatlone wene neo6lvedlfron different Depantnents,/Underptaklngs durlng ttle catencler yeeL X99O. artountecl toRc.1.475 cr3ores. Such reeovenleg have been nade aftenthe comBetent &uthorlty ln the onganleetlon ha8satleflect ltaelf about the overpavn0enta and g{venapDroval to ef f ect *covenlee. Such recovenlegFepfes€nt posltlve eavLnge to th€ oPgianlsationeconcerned and ane credlted ln theLr accountg.
Thes€ rrecoverles would not have been eff€ctedbut fon checka conducted bv the CTE Wl-ng of theConnlesl.on. As aSial'nst the above 'recovery of Re.1lt7.5lakhs. the ennual expendlture on pay and allohtances of,the cTE Unit worke out to Rs' 23 lacs approxtrBatelv.
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OUARTERLY PROCIRESS EE.P9&[S :
Tbe CorrBtgslon has been vested wlth poweFa tocall f,or Peports. netutrnn and Etetenenta f,rom eIIIrtlnistrlea/De9ertfrents/Cdtporate Central. Undertal(lngg aoaa to enable lt to exerclae a genersl check andeupervlsion over the vtallenc€ and antl-corruPtlon work.In punau8nce of thl-a. the Conol-daion ealIs fo? quart€rlyDrocneas repotrte (enn1. ln the preecrlbed Proforma to beeent by 15th JanuaPy etc., ln t.eEpect of the clvll.E1ectrlca]. and Fortteulture works in progreaB.Unfortunately, theae report6 aDe not recelved re8ul.arrlyfrom many Depar:'tmentE4tndela'tckln86. Some do not evenrend the report6; lla!|e6 of, EoBe of the orS,snleatLongwho have not su6nittect QPRg arre 8lven ln Annexurre III.
6.7," In order to avold aendina bu].ky r€portE andk,eeplng 1n vlew the gieneral cost esca]'atlonr theConrnlEeton hlB ralaed the flnencLal ll.nlte of lndivl'dualcontrects to .be ?epor.ted Ln QPR8 to Ra.lto lakhe foreivll r.rorl{3, R,t.3 lakh6 folr electt?lcal' wolke andRs. goooo f,o? hortlauf.tural wortra. Eubject to reportln8ai leaat trro of the l.orPgest wori(8 ln each dlaclpllne.
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6.8 SERfOUS IRRECIULARITIES :
6.8.1 rilvrrAtro[ oF TELDERS :
In the pubtl-c tendering syatem' elBost aI1organlsatlons' wr)ether Government DepatrtmentB orotherwl6e. foLlov? either or' both of the folloe'ingprocedureE : -
(a) Reglstratl-on of contractot36 1n dlfferentcategol.les and l-nvLtlnS tendere fr'om contractotrs of6peclfied cetegorl.es.
(b) Precuali fL cat 1on of t€nd€rers and l-nvltlnstendera gnly fron 6uch pat tles' Such prre-gual l'f lcatl'onnay be done elther aeparately or af,onBwlth th€ $rlce bldLn the two env€loPe system.
In both the above proceduree' the surr'erorrltyog a coRtlaactor for the pantlculalP worrk ls aseeEsed and
declded before openlng the prlce bld' In other r'tords 'thesul-tablll.tyBbou]-dnotbedecldedafter.t(now'.ngitherelatlve poaltlons of va:rlous tenderiers'
In. the case of the Rallr"sys' however' thepr.ocedure foflowed l.n most of thc! caeee ls to Lnvlteop€n tendeP€t for^ works cogtlng n0ore then Rs'20 lakhE'
rn thls Eystem' any 9a' '- lrneepectlve ofl-te technlca'l and fLn4nelal goutldness and expertise lEa]-loweal to submlt tenderE ' After the tendera &reopened. th€ €u.ttrlttl].Lty of the contractol3s LE decldecl'
A cliff,erent Frocedure ls followed 1n e orre ofthe m&Jot' worKs. tnostly of a Irer,etl-tlve type (forexarrllle. resLdential accommodatlon)' ln Stee1 Planta'Her:e, sgter openlng tenders, the eapaclty of, vePlouscontractors as asaesaed and wortts are a1lotted ta th€l[accordlng to the assessed eapacltv but at theln'r€Epectlve guoted r&t{:6. In tbls caBe' fot ldentl'ealr"rorks, dLf ferrent rates are allowed to dlfferentcontractors.
rn both the above pr'actlcee' the suitabl]'ltvof a tencter€tr and,/or hls capaclty are asfressed af,ter thetenclera are openedt enct the pricea 8a r"et1 ag th:relative pogitlong of the tendererg are known' As auch
1t 18 11ke1v that the relative poaltion na:/ lnfluenceth€ asEe6sment of capec 1ty'leult abi r l tv ' slnae 6uchs6gessments - arie Eubjeetlve ln netur-€' lt ls alaoposElble tlrat manlpulatlons nalt be done and unduebenef,lts glveln t(} celPt&ln garties' Such prsctlces 3l've
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conal-dereb1e scope for favounltlgn and therefore heve tobe avolded. The matter haa been taken up erl.th theRallway Soatpd aE wel1 aa r*L th th6 Steel Autho?Lty ofIndl.a.
6.8.2 ACCEPTAITCE QE TENDERS! :
The moat connon irregulrnlty observed., laace€ptanco of tenalcna r^rlthout adeguate Juatl.flcatl.ong.In most of the care6r Juetlflcatlon giLven forr a,ceeptlnEa partLcu1ar teniler. ie elt.her that it l.a the lor^reattender or that 1t Lr *rl.thl.h the eEtlmated coat. TheloweBt trender need not alw&ys be e reagoneble tender.Rea6onablenesa oE a tender car be Judacd only byconparlng wl,th the pr"evallLng markc t rates. TheI)rnactlce ln the Ral.f'ways l'a nostLy to coruI)are thetendcrs wl'th the laat accepted rrates. Such coalparteonecan only be a gulde but not a decl.dlnS factor lnacceptlng tender.s. Very often, lt ney not be poaalbleto ltlentLfy a slmi],ar wotplr done ln the paEt underalnllar condltlons and ln the 6ame area. Any conl)arL8onof rate8 w1thout takl'ng lnto account the DrevaLll-nacondltLone lncludlng th€ alte condltlon8 cannot be dsatl.sf,aator:/ comparlson. In one caae. ratea obtaj'ned lna bulldlng tender bretre cotnpaned wtth Lates obtalned in abrlilge terrder. In another ca8e, :tateg for a brldAe r,{erecotttpared wlth rateg r:eceLved fou!3 yearrt eanlLerr. TheRall.way Board I e lnstlructlone lssued a,s ear1y ag Ln ! g?2,plrovLde trrat wh1]-e evalua,tlna the tendetre. tenderdocume ts Bhould be car€fu].!.y ecrutlnleed. particu].ar].y,to ensure that the ratee quoted for lndLvldual items arerea11at1c and arpe not unreasonable Ln respect of anyltern of 9rotrk. However, Ln al.most a1]- the worLElnspeated by thle onganlsatl-on. no aueh ecrutlny wagobaerved..
Some of the workE entrpusted by th€ RailwayeIo.-'IRCON hrere ciot done by IRCOT{ fnon prelvate contractorBrt a rruch 1ess cost end IRCOfl earned ln the proe€aeprofte of 25rC to 3Oti. ?hL€ cI€a?Iy ahows that th€contractE r^rere ayrarded by the Ral lwal/a to IRCOT{ at veryhlgh ratee.
The Connlaelon would, ther€fore. ltlre tore{terate that nrerel.y accept1ng the ].owe6t tendetr '.E
notsuffl.alent. The tender acceDtlng authorrity ahouLdsetlsfy Ltaelf that the tender Le Justlfled andreasonable wh€n conpared to the prevsl.llng nart(et rateE.
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6.8.3 AWARD Q.E RAII+WAY COTT"RACTS Ig IE9QU :
Contracts are uBuel.].y awarded by Rallr,,aya toIRCOII on thc 8lh31e tender basls. i'€' I tender 1s'obtaLned ont.y fron IRCON &nd no other p,arty 16 invl.tedtotendar.Suchtendersareaward€dtoIRcoNwlthoutanydetal]-ed&nalyElEonJustlflcationofthetende?edrates. Aftelr th€ etoPk !.e awanded by Rat].wavs to IRCOr'IRcOll , Ln turnr agtardB the work to a prlvatc contractor'lhese contractors are usua]-ly not seleeted by presgadvc?tlEement and are hand-plcked. Whlle &r^t8rd1n8 thecontracts. IRCON also doeE not look lnto thereeaonab1eness of the rates quoted by the prLvstecontrrctora. Uguell"y, the only con8Lderatlon by IRCON'whlle decldlng on the Eub-contractg, ts their own Barglnof Frof,it. Thls mangl.n Le 2il1 to 28rt ln the woPka
lnspected recentlY.
The eontrecta are &wsrded bv IRCOI{ to thesub-contractora on a back to back bsBLB which m€anE thata1l terrng end condltlone as applleab1e Ln the contractbetween Rallwavs and IRCoI{ wtrl iue ap].Lceble In thecontract bet$reen IRCON and - the Eub-contrectot"Sometlme€, the contract of IRCON with the sub-contractorcontalna termst and conditlons whlch are not exLetlng lnthe Rallway-IRCOi{ contract. It ha6 been hotlced thatgen€ral}y in Buch cages whichever condltlon ls Doref,avourable to the sub-contractor Ls belng ope!-et€'l Upon'
rt has 4180 been observed that !^torks l{eltedeclsred ur{ient by the Rai]-way Board arid on the Etrengthof auch ur8eney certLgleatea. slng1e tenclenB ere belngobtained fron IRcoN and the work 1B awarded' Hohtever'tbs manner ln whlch the worl( r^7aE executed clearly showathat ther€ etaa no urgency for3 the work' ?he urgiencyeeratjflcate Eeema to have been obtalned only as anexcuse to award the w6rk to IRCON on e el'ngle tenderbesl€.
The Coortlsslon finds no Jugtlflcatlon forR€'t !.r^,aye to aratat'd l,rorlte on slngle tenden baBtB to IRCOI{
eepecla!.l5z ln the cese of ordl.ngry worl<s whlch a:re gotdone by IRCON thtt'ouglt private contractol's' If the wor!<s
were entrust€ct by tf!€ Fai }r^tst/6 dl?ect1v to the grlvatecontractors, the eost would be at leaat zON leBs' Inthe Dresent set up' IRCON only acts as a mlddle rnln'uEually. IRcoN doea not invest any nonev j-n ttte worrka
and aometlnes even wher'e &..dvancea a.lPe pslcl by RallwarrEto IRCON, the Eame ls not pald bv IRCON to the Eub-contractor. The entlre al'rangement of Settlnc wotpkE
done throuah IRcoN neede thorou8lh scrutlny and reviElon'
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6. 8. tt EXECUTToN 9E ROAp woRKS Et MCD s
Wldening and lmpnovenent of roada wlthtn theJurlEdLclton of the McD are ctone after obtalnlngnecedaary eanctlon from the M1nlstry of SunfaeeTransport. In the case of revenue roads. approva]. 19glv€n by the Munlclpa]. Comrnlssloner^. UEuaI]-y, tenctepsare 1nvlted fon a group of r.os(ta lnc1udlng the roadeapproved by MOST. It has been obsenved ln aeveral cos€athet roeds orrLglnat].y Lnc]"ud€d in the Scherne hrere nottaken up for wlclenLng and lmpt ovement and road6 r.rh{chlrere not 1nc1uded wetpe taken up. It has a].so beenob€e?ved that JurledLctlons of MCD DlvleLone overlap andone Dlvlslon executea worhB tn reoacts comlng wLthln th€Jurlsdj-ctl"on og anotheip DlvLaion. Tencterrs are oftentnvlted for wonk6 whlch are aLready exeeuted and Euchccntr3&.cte are utL].lsed to execute worrkg on other roads.The plrocedune fol].owed Le high]'y unsatlefaatorry becauae.wlth none then one Dlvlelon exeeutl.ng works on the Eannerosd. dupllcate pa:/mentg and other Ealprecticea aredll-f f icult to contt?ot. In a case, wherie the EE Lnvltedtcnders for r.rorks on centaln roads whlch had a]-readybeen comp]-eted ear1Ler, the Commlealon has advLeedlnltieting major penalty prroceeilLngle. fo prevent suchlrrrpeg:uIa'L t1€s I th€ Comrn:leelon has guggested to the t{CDthet there shou]-d be r bnn on changlng the 6cope of, thework l"ncl.uded 1n the tender^. Thene ehould a]-so be a banon the prrctlces of Dlvlsion8 executlng wor3ks beyondtheLp Jutlledl-ctlon. In ord€r to avold mLxlng up ofguantitiee of workE on Mlnlglry of .Sut face Tran6Dortroads and pev€nue roada. the c?sr e onSanlsatlon had al.sotuggested thst tenClera ahou]"d be lnvlted separately forrthese roada but the suggeBtl.on was not accepted bf, theucD.
6.8.5 APPOIIITI'TENT OE COI\ISI'LTANTS :
In the Annual Repont of the Comnll.galon forthc year 1989, the Colmlealan had Eugigiert€d that aE gs;res poasLbrer executl.on of e.rorka ahou.Ld be entrusted toGovernnent or public sector conaul-tancy otrganl8atl.onaratrrer than to pralvate archt tects. The co"rrrlealon hactrecomnrended that the Department of Fanklng and theBureau of Pub]'lc EntctrprL6es ahould ta}(e a. 1ead 8'nd13sue Ctetal.].eal Lnstpuctt onE.
The Bures,u of publlc Enterpri8e6 hed ear1!.et3l'ssued cl'rtaLn Aul'd€ltnee regiatrdlng appolntment c}fConsu].tents. Though tbeae gulcle].lne6 r{ere in resBect of,project6 costlng nore than R5.5 crorea, the Connlealonfee]-s that these auldellnes &ay be fo1].owed even fot3other' ppoJecte where appolntment of s consultant le
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unsvoldable. The conrolgeion haa accordlncly reitctratedthe6€ lnetnuctlona.
It has been obeerved that ln most ' of thecaBeg hthere consultante ere engag:ed. the oPSianlgationleeveE evenythLng ln the handE of consultants' Evenwhere the onganl-eattone hsve their own quall?iedtechnlca]" personnel . they halPdl}' contrtbute anythLng andthe atock neply Ln moEt of the caEea ls that the actlonwaE tsl<en es recomsended b:/ the ConsuLtant ' Engagiementof a congurtant does not mean that the orSlanleat,.oneslrould l'e&ve everyth1ng 1n thelr hande' The prPopoaelsand recommendatlons of the consultant€ hav€ to beexa$lLned by the organleatlona keeglng ln mlnd thefunetional requLrrementE and the need fon economy andau6terLty. Oft€n I't tg observed thet consu].tantaprovLde for rlch or even ].av1Bh apeelflcatlon6 ln theworks whl.ch u]-tlmste]'y rresu].te 1n s dr&ln on the publlcexch€queF.
It has alao b€€n observed thst ln many casetthe conBultants do not petlforrn all the dutL€s I asslSnedto then. Man:/ corlsultantE do not preParer detalledertl.mates and noBt og then do not prepare / a propertender analysle to conpare wlth the prevalllng marketrates. The checklng antl recommendl.ng of lrunnlngpayment8 to the contractors have also been observed tobe verv superficlal wlth the result that contractors areoverpald and aub-Btandarrd lteme of wo!'ks are accepted '
wherever organlEatLons have theLr oh'n
technLcel ataff. tt!€y ehould asBume reeponelblllty got6crutlnLalng glroposala and recommendatLons of theeon!$ultants end f,or 1ts f inal aE>prova]-' OPganlEatlontwhlch do not have thelr3 o$rn technlcal personnel would beadviBed to 6ecu3c the eervlcea of 6uch personnel if theydecl.de to undertake ]-arge-aca1e constructLon works '
6.8.6 PURCHASE QT. EB,QREBI.IEE :
It 1s obtel3ved that many organieatlone lllreBarrks. Publlc Secton Undentakln&E and the Income T6xDeBartnent atre golnc in fore large aeale purchase ofpPopertles. Sohe of the serrLoue lffegularltLes thathave cone to notlce are lleted below : -
(f ) The requLrreuaentg of Epace al'e l-rrf ]-ated l.n
order to benefLt ttre developer.
(11) Tencters are not lnvlted to establish thereasoneblenaeer of the rstes "
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(111) fo attemgt ,,s nade to v€rlfy whGthe:p the planphsve been approv€d by thc Co!'porntlon and whethe! th€but ldina has be€n conatructed ln confonmLty wl.th theappnov€d p1an6.
(1v) The node of oecsurlhnent of the erea on thebaald of which payment l-s to ba made le kept va3iue andundefl.ned. gubseguently. a Docte of nearureDent lcidopted r^rhLch ls beneftcla"I to the d€velopep.
(v) The -rrea of land to b.e handed over l'e notmeagur.ed. vetpy often, the area of land handed over l'sl.es8 than th€ epeclfLed atpea.
(vl-) No vatuatlon report ls obtal.n€d to chcck theFeasonablene6a of the snound denanded.
(v11) The atructunal. daElan caleulatione sre notgot eheclied Lndependently by the purch&B€t . In aomecaseB the bul'ldlngls pulrchaaect were found to be uneefG.
( w111 ) rhe ereea atreIaltse ovelt-payment6.
over-deasured resultl.ng 1n
( lx) ReEldentla1 f ].ata cnd off Lce acco@octat1on8re 'purchaBed l.n hl-gh value apeaa when they een beobtalned et nuoh low€? co5t at aone sholpt di6tance away.
(x) Fu]-L paylrrents ar€ b€Lnc r€IeaFed €veh thoughrom€ l" terns a:I,e not aecordlng to the spealfleetlona.(xl ) Inee]-l . detalledepe1t out.
th€ cage of eontracte rfTo conBtpuct andspeelf l.catlons of valpLous Ltcu8 atPc not
(xll.) In the ces€ of uultl-sto!.ey bulldlngc. thecost of, say a 5 storey buL].clj.na, la a8reect upon analthla cogt ls lnelusl've of the totel cost of lli'Rd pLusthe (roet of conEtnuction. Subsequently. thc develop€tpnanageE to get the approvaJ. for3 en addltLona]. fl'oota.FoIr thls adatl.tl-onal. accoro$rodatLon, Dayment 18 made atthe nane nate erhlch Lna1udes th€ cost of Land al8o.ThuB, there 1s duB1lcatlon in p ayarent f,orr th€ lancl . Theaddl.tlona1 areaa shouJ.d be prld for onl"y at the coat ogconatlructl.on plus reg'eonabl-e prlofl-t thelieon.( xl11 ) Intercst fr3ee advance p€'yn€nts are [ade.Subseque{rt.ly, when de:Lays occuls due to vgnlous ,.€ra,songthe aitv.ance pald le locked up reaultlng Ln €, huge 10r'of lnterest to the orEanLeatlon.,
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(xtv) Fire flahttng arranGe&ent6 ea D€rP therequLrenents of the Flre Departnent arre not Prrovidsd'
(xv) Pay&ents a,re made for car psPklng areas andrn€zzenlne f loor6 at the aane tlates as fon g].atacongtructed on nolrmal floore.
6.9 CASE!9 REFERRED Iq cqtrsF vrGrLAilCE oFEtcERsFOB iNVEETIG-ATION :
Aa mentloDed earller, cageg lnvolving Prluaf acl"e gerlous laps€B and lnreguLarltles notle€d durl-n8;the lnEDection by thle organLcat.ion are refeLrecl to thechlef vlg1lance ogflcer for detalled lnvestlgetLon,U6ually, guch caaes are referlPed only after gettlnaPegi.ies ?t om the concerned offlc{al.e. sttre?c th€ I'ggsesare gulte aPprrentr caBelr &re referred to tt|e cvor"rLthout waLtlng fotr f l'?at Pepll€s. All !.ueh caaesroferredbythecTEag!.etobetreatedaacoraPlalnt6bythg cv03 etno are requlred to aonduct detai'Ledinvdstlgiatlon'Lnvaetlgrttone.
fol]'owlnS the proceduS€ f,o!. euchand to subrnlt thcln lnvestl8atlon
111129r5t861
'-327TL42
TOTAL i 496
reportg wl.th all docuttenta to the Conrrleelon for theconrnlEElonte advlce. Even lf the detslled inveatlgatlondoea Ytot r€veal any laDseg or lrPegu]"an'ltlea, the caseSl
ale requlPed to be referred to the ConntlaeLon'
A largc number of 6uch caBes referred by CTf,a
ar€ p€ndlns wlth the CvoB for I'nfeatlgatlon' goBe ofthe ceB€E hav€ been PendlnS for a long tlue' AtDreaent. exc!-ud1ng th€ cases referued durlng the year1990. there are a totat. of 496 cases pending withvanlouE UlnlettrleB,/Departmenta,/Undertekln36 forP detalledlnvestl8&tlon. An yeerly breat(-up of thg cases I'egl.ven below ; -
YEAR t{o. oF CASES
1981198e19831984198519861987t98E1989
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Out ofgortion, 99 csae6.and 26 caeee areaPe gendlng wl.thof theBe ea.Ee6 er€year-$r16e btr€gk uPrv.
the 496 csses pendlng. a substantls1ls wl-th DDA. ?6 casee are r^rlth CFWD
wLth De:Lhl AdtmLnl.etretlon. 29 ca6eallunl.clpal Conporatlon of De1hl. uanypendlng forr rrore than fLv6 yeair€!. Anof these cagoa ie glven ln Annexure-
A llst of organlsetlons wLth caseg penalingfot9 nore than flve yeang le encloged a.t Annexurre-V.Tt.eFe ane 86 such ca6es r,thLch gver3e r.eferred to the Cvoafor lnvestleatlon tn 1985 on earlLen.
gomc of the casea ref€tprPed to the cvog ?ordet&tled tnvestl-altlon dunlng th€ year 199Q ane glven lnths fol.lowlng patraE.
(a) EEA&ilt ffEAl{l( ELECTRTCALS LLD :
SINTEX WATER TAIIKS FOR TUE EH.ELoFFrcE Ilt THE ASIAD co lPLEx !
Thefor v1gl1ance
(1) ThebyDaeaed &nclcontractor atR6.1,28,655 to
followlngt lnnegularltieglnveetlgatl.on :
wefae r€ferrPed
l.owest tender for th6 Slntex tanks waathe eontpact rraE ewarded to anothcrluiuch hlaher rstea neeultLng 1n a loa6 ofBHEL.
(2, The apeclflcctlone wer€ reatlrlct€d to tankEof only sLnter uake wh€trees €ther equ&lLy goocl hakea atreavaLlsble at !-ol^rer rates.
(3) The lten of atructural steel. euppoi.tLntarrengieDent6 waa awarded to the contiiactor at Re.14 pe!3kg. even thougb ¬her. euotatlon og Re. LL/- gel- t<9. wa8.avall'ab"I'e on reco?d and waa ressonabl',e. fhlE reau1tedLn r l.oea of, about Rs. on€ 1akh to BUEI.
(b) BEARAT ITEAVY ELECTRTCALS t.ID-:
IIITF'RIOR I{ORK IU BIIEL HOUSE I.!IGAMES VTLLAGE COllPtr E:K I
IEE ASIAT.
The folloetlng lnrcgulsrltlet were refet redfon vlgl.Lance inv€atl.Sattons :
(1) The rate guoted for partltLonE hras baseal ont2 &tn. thlct( conDerclcl ply. Durrt.ng diecuegl.ons wlththc conttracton. thl.B was changed to 1OEn. thlck I'lywlthout any re€ductlon ln rete end the thLckne€E of pl.y
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actually pFovlded la onlv 8 nn thlek.
(2) The thlckne€E of tilerblex floorlnE was chan8edflron 3 afi to 2 nm. The dllfferenc€ !n coat betwedn thetwo Lg Re.56 per 6q.m. but a ?eductlon of on.lJt R1.36 perae, r0. waB accepted neEu]-tlng ln a loEs of R8.1.221&kha.
(3)wss aboutquoted for3quantltleerae8uLtlng
(0)
The rate quoted for po!'lehlng of the floor5O t{mee the nart(et nste. SLnLl'arly' the i.eteftu3h door s.hutten,g wae abnorDalt v hl.sh. Theof the8.e Lteors have been Sreat].y lncneaeed
l.n a large loEs to BHEL.
(e) BO|'EAY PORT TEltSTt
EIESISIC,AI. TNSTAT.LATIOTIS IIT SHED IIIOS. .1'.- 2AnD 3 QE TI{E MAqgATESiI gBE D,EP3EIUEISL !
Th€ f oll.or,rlha 1apaes werevlgl.Iance lnvestlgetlon :
rreferred tot
(1) The two lov{er t€nderB were rejected lnarbltrary mann€r and the contract wag awarded to thethlrd lowect reeultlng In a loss of RE' 63712 to th€ PolPtTruat.(2) The lterne of 1nte8ra1 tvpe fi.ttlnss Lnclude{rtte cogt of Control. Geatt MS B<'xs6. l{o auch ContrPol GeartfS Eoxeg r.tere Provlded but payment was nsde at full'rete3.
(<r) EtrABrdt PETRoLslrlt coRPoR.ATroI{ l.TD- :
DTSIGH AflD ERECTION AE I.P!T HORTON SPITERES 6'URAIT - BOITIBAY !
Th€ qual.lfylng r€qulrenentsTsx clealt&nce C€rrtif,lcrte enal Sele5Csrptlflcete werre wal.ved to ehow unduecont?actor.
th€ fo1lowlna lrregutarl'tlesfoF vl.gil.ance lnvegtlgatLons :
(1) The contPactotat WE A wereselect ll-at even thou3h they dlclD?equalLficatlon and dtld not fulfllclrt tenL e .
of a vatlal InconreTax Cf,'eerancef,avour to the
were ref€rred
placed on thenot apply fotrthe el!gl'btlltrr
't3
( 2\ Onexperrl-enced lnplaeed on the
the othergabrlcatlon
select List.
hsnd. tl^toof E re8eu*e
f lrne v{ho wereves6e15 were not
(3) Vl,/s. A had offered a rrebst€ of 5ff Ln case ofthe tota]- order of the Ursn f{orks }ras pfe'ced at onetl-me. The total order was p].aced at one time but the 5'6r€:bate ws6 not aval"]ecl of resul-tl ng ln a loes ofRs.12.30 1akhs.
(4) As soon as the contract was awarded to themrtIla A began lobbyl,ng for adoptlon of a Buss Cup Suppot?ts)/etem lnstea.l of the Conventlona.l Leg aupport systern.M,/s. A al3rangeil for forel&in toupg of two setrlor offlcersof tbe Con0psny to observe the Buss Cup Eupport sJ,.a tem 1nEurope. Inmedlately the!"esf tet' the ch.snge ln thesupport system e\ra€t Appl?oved bl,, the. BPCL.
( 5 ) In order to make the alternatl"ve El]?oFosa1sElpear to he rrore econ(]m1ca.L. the addl.tl.one]- cost ogspeclal pumpa gor' the Buss Cup €uppolat Bystem wagguppresEed from the Board of Director.E.
(6) The change irr the support syst€m !'e€u].ted lnan incneaEe Ln cost of the tankE by Rs.X3.5 1ahhs and an1ncrease ln the co6t of foundatlons by Rs.29 ]-akhs.
(?) The contractor waa allowed to take awsy thewaste piecea of bol-1€r qua.J.Lty plates l-ssued to hlm.thus resultina ln a loBE of R6. 6 ].akhs to EPCL.
(8) For the Bu6s Cup Support Eystem. theae p].atesFrere Issuecl to the cantractor at Rg.87OO lrct tonnewhereaB the rate quoted btr the contractor wa6 based on &cost of RS.2OOOO pe? tonne.
t9) -Lnamount of Rs.charges, eventender emount.
vLolatl-on of the eontract condltlons, an4 lat(ha wes gald. to I{,/a. A as lnspectlonthough 6uch charg;e€r were cover:ed by thelr
t1O) The cr.()wns fora the €I)hereg F ere lBported byt1,/ e A but boLlen quall-ty eteeL even for the crobrna wasissued bt/ BPCL to the contractor.
(11) Retentlon rroney at 1OX of the gro€s ainountof th€ b111 was not recovered aE r.equl-red und€r thecont?set
(L2) An Frnount of Rs.1rf .40 lskhs was pald onaccount of tegtlnci end com l-eelonlng even though thefoundatl"on of one of, the spheres ha.d fal.Ied &nCl none of
\
7tt
the aph€ree waa teat€d and comnLs€loned.
(e) EAI{ARA BA4I(;
BANK BILTUD:I{G AI 44TD 8OAD. HYDSEABAD
The f,o]-lowlngl LrresuLer.r,l tl-ee werafor vl.gllance invaetl_*at ion :
r,ef crtre{l
(1) In B caees the compreseJ.ve ctrength o? theconcrete was gound to be 1es6 then tir,e rn1nfunumsDealfled. The Bank !^'s6 speclfLe61l"y r:eq{rq6ted to g€tth€ structurar eoundness estetrr"-shed trv e{:.1i-tl.$n€qi t,!stSAnd to make &. recovery for. the €Ltb*S.i{:..;d:,r.r-i wrrr3k butthey hsve not done so.
(2) Agalnst a irecelpt 6f bBTl_ bags of cement bythe Bank upto 9.9.8?, onty 35O(] bags we,'€ issu.'d to checontlpactor. Th* r?ema.tnlng: 23?X b&!!6 were mL6slne,(3) Fon work done uFto the- tlth nunnlng accounrbj'll, th€ quantlty of cement us€d in the sroJ3k rras Z?XIeNe than epeeJ-f 1ed lndlcatl"ng sub-Etandard wotpt(. Butf ull, payment wag re]eased.
(4) About t4OO bsss of cemenr procureat by the Bgnkln June ancl Jr.ll.y, 198O cou].d not be accounted for endwer:e nlssLng.
(f) CANARA BAITTK !
PURCHASE O[ REEIDEI]IJIJAL FI-AAS AI. AiIDI{ERIEAST- EQMEAI :
The fo]-lowlng lrregularlt1'es were referp!,eCfot- vlgrllance lnvegtlgatlon I
(1) The contract was for the purchaee of a 5atorey Btruetur€ 1ncludl-ng the cost of La.nd st Rr. 260PGn aq. ft.. Re.12O t)er 6q. ft, a6 the coet ofcolretructlon and Rs. LltO per sq.ft. a6 the cost of lsnd,subaequentry. tbe contractorr w&s a110wed to constfuct an&ddltlonal Etor'€v and pavment for thl-s addltlonal atorr,aywaE al6o rn&de at RE.26O per aq.ft. wherea, lt ,hou'Idhave been lre€trLcted to R6.1ZO per ag.ft. only {cO$? Ofcor|atlpuctlon excLudinA the cost of:land).(2) An &mount of Rs.3 lakhs was patd a.s int€neston delasaed lral.lnents even thoueh thle w&s not adni.aElbleunderr th€ contract.
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(s) EAI{ARA BAI{K ?
PURgHASE AI 3Z APARTMETT'|'S .aaBANGALONF: :
V. V. PURAr.
The f o]'1.or^rl.ng lr:negularltteefor vigltance invegtlgat{on :
(1) The rate forp conEtructlon accepted was eboutRs.2O4 p€r sq.ft. as eonpafed wLth the pr€vaL!.ing rateof R8.186 per sq. gt. ThLs resulted 1n a ]-oa€ of R6.2OIakhs to the Bsnk.
(2) The developer had of ferred e neduction ln theratea for the flatE by Ra.45 pe!. sq. ft. ln the cen€ntfor constpustloir uraB ari.ansed for by the il;k.Subsequently, the Bank dld gr:naneie for:, c€ment foo- -it "wotk but tbe sbove :rebate of Rs.l5 per. eS,ft. wac notavalled of pegulting ln a IoEs of Rs.16.5t rexrre lo ;;;Bank.
(3) Aalvance payments of Rs.ZTSIOO and Rs.6g72[5welre made to the develop€n thouSh not admtesLble undenthe terms of the contr.act. Int€?eat on the ;;;"amounta eras recov€!-ed and a.n s,slount of Ra.2110gg6 wag ngtrecovered upto May, 1986.
(4) An sddltona]. payment of Rs.114e6ga waE hadeto tfte clevelopetr on account og the {ncnegeed ""e. oS ih"flats. Slnce the tota]. a8:reed pnl,ce of, Ra.1O4.T3 faknecov€Fed the total- cost of al1 the land. the paaaent fotrthe addltonar area' r-f at all adorlsalbl€. snourc havebeen made on1y fo? the congtructLon eoat arldl not for thecost of 1and. Thle addltlonal pal.ment ha6 th€r?€for€resu]'ted ln gn ov€t? psJ.ment to the contFactor.
(h) qocHl{ RrFrilERIrrs :
NEW SERVTCE BUILDIilG IlI, THE EOCHIN REFIilERIES
were fefeF?eal
(1) The 61zee of atdler and l,al.lB of doot36 !.rqnemuch 1e6s thsrr €pecIfl.ed but no Feeovery rtaB bceneffected on e'ccount of the reductlon ln etzeir -i".;i;;of thl8 belng r,olnted out bV thle conunLeelon.
Thefon v1gl" Ianoe
f ollog.ring 1ri?eeiu1ar1 tieelnveetlgatlon !
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(1) C. P. $1. D. 3
BOUtfDARy WAI.L FOn THE P^RADE GROU n oE TrfEBSF AA TAKATPUR :
lhe fd.lor"rlngl lrcegu1aritles were referrealfor vLallence l.nvegtl"Sa,tLon I
(1) Seliarate tenatern, were invttect for SectLon6 Asnd B of the r.rork. Forr Section A, contraetor p was thelovreBt whlle for Section B contractole e awae the 1owest.sLnce th€ ?atea of contnactor Q rrar€ hlSiher than thoseof contractoF p, lt has been atated by the off1cer!concerned that e w4c ca11€d f,or negotlatl.one and waaaaked to reduce hla !"ates to the level 0f the rateE ogP. It is furthetr atated that e refuEed to neduce h1srrter to the 1evel of those tendered by p. llowever, ltwlio fouad that th€re r.ras no recolrdt of negotlatlongconducted wLth Q and these r^r4E no letten from Q refuslngto rcduce h1g natee t6 the leve]. of, p. It a!'pears thatby the above nanlDuletlon. the contrlat of SectLon B waaa18o ahrerded to conttractotr p, thuE sLvlng an unduebeneflt to P.
(J) e- P. Sr. D- :
INCOilF TlxletrtTRAL EXCTSF: BUILnIilC At .r^Ipnn
. the fol].owlna lp?egul.Dltleetor9 vlallance lnveetLsstlon r
were tctclscd
(t) The re&te6 for the agrrec!-.:: ', i: l'tena of t€rDarotl.le fl.oortrlg Bnd terrl9azo tl-].e dedo wlth ,rh.l, te ceE?1twere sbnorni].ly low. Theae iteng wenc substXtut€d byKota stone floorLng and a wtrlte glazed tl.le dado tnorpdeF to glve n undue belicflt to the contractor.(k) e-P.W-D !
TendenE for the constiructlon of anAduinLstra.tlve groek coatlns about Re.1.e2 croneg er€?Qol)eheal on 20.4,88. The tender€d aruount ehow'r 1n theTcndeF Op€nl"nE ReSilateF end th€ total glven on the LrstpagS ot the schedule of Qusntl.t1eE ctl-ct not lne].ude a Lxuncondl-tlon€ll rebste ofgered by ttt€ contrector,. Thlsrebat€ grag off,etr€d by hlm on the laat I'sge of theSchedula of, Qusntl.tter. ThLB of?er erls ngt attestect bythe EE nor waE 1t Dentlonect Lh the eontr&ctorrs t€ttere.cco[r9&nylng the tGnd€r. The eontnsetor. becrlns l-ot.'eatby vl?tue of, thL8 rebate. It aDpesrs that thle t ebateof 1X waB 1n8ert€d 6y the cotrtraet€r aft€r oFcnlag oft ender!r.
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(T) DSLHI AD}IIITIS?RAT TON _ FI.OOD DEPARTITIEIIT :
CROSS DRAIITASE WORK FOR THE !4AIH EHAilNEL AI,?Hq copRoilA"rof, TREATMEI? euxjt ,
The fo].]-owlng lrregu].arltieg werefor the vidll1ance l-nveetlgiatlon :
i1) AB per tlre agreement, the rate quoted forexcavetlon of eerth was 1nc1u6t_ve og dLgposa]. for a].ll"eerds and l1fte and l_evelllnai and drreeeing o? thedlEpoaed e€'sth. However, these operatlone were Eot dloneunder r3eElsFate work or|.derg at hlgher lrateE nesuLtlng lna 1cs€r ,3f, &bout Rs.13OOOO.
?eferDed
wer3e referyed
tm)
tn)
TS.LXI DEVELOPMETT AUTHORTTY :
DE,$SE CARPETTII{G OT ROADS IU THE ADDITIONALFRUTT MARKET AT AZADPUR. ,,NUTT ,
Tbe fot]-owlng 1r,r:eguf' arLtlesgor vl"#i.lan c e Lnvestlgatlon :
i1) ?h€ fLeld denslty of the Dense AspheLtlcconcnet€! waa rnuch rea6 than epecLfied. But the 'lcove'yof Ra. f." 18 ].skhs o &ccount of eub_Etandarcl worrk wasconsi.der'ablv deLa:zed l_nepLte of I'€peated renlnde:rs.
{2) Keroaen€ olt waa not added to the bttumLnouantx ag egecl_fLed. yet the trecovepy of Rs.45OOO,. on thL6&ccount wae conglderab1y de].qyed insplte of repeateitrenlndter.s bIr' the Co! rnl_a8J.on.
E.EJ"ST DEVELOPMEIIT AUTITORTTY :
( 1 ) ?he urolrk of deve].op!1ent of l)arka anctp]'ayg:r.ourrds at Jawe].agupl wae lnspeeted Ln 1gg3.Rep].lee to the obselivatl.on! r,.rere ,ent by the DlnectoF ofHortlcuLture eft€r a perl.od of 5 and t/Z ye&rs. Theeto?k rds6 e.:{ecute<l lvLthout any detailed eatlmate o?dgtaiJ.ed &}l{ina" ?herc bra€ no differehc" U"f*..n thedeveL(3Fed, and unCl€velopect e]3ea8 anil only a few patcheaof fra8i.i irere ceen durl.ng lnepectlon. ?her€ w€E noproper r€cor<l of Bood eartlr and sJ.uclge uEed ln the v,rork.The entlre work aeene to have bean not done ppopertyand the entl'r(: ext)endl-ture wa.6 lnf?uctuoug.i2) A pepoF* on the inepectlon of 51z_quantergunder S!'S in lt€.us Khar bra,s aent to CE, DDA in 1gg3.Snsplte og E large numbep of refer€ncear no pepllea,/comment!3 wer€ Fecelved fpom the cg fon sbout 6 ana I./2yearc . Cot$nente on peduc€ct ratea atatenent ,.ir-"o the
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SE l-n 1988 dtd not produce any resBonse fr.om the SEnrore than two yesrs.
for
The SE approved l"educed rat,es staternentemountlng to nore than Rs.tt.6 lal(hs as a resu].t ofobeervatlone Brade by the CTg vihlch Lndlcates ].ar.ge sc&l-eexecutjon ot sub standal.d wolks bor the contr&ctol' andsccept&nce of such Eub-6tandar.d rdopke by. the DDA Etaf?.It elso lndleated fal].ure on the part of eupervlEory6taff lllce. the EE and SE. Sever&l otherr observatlonswere stLll to be gettled and mas' al-eo Lnvolve a furthe!reductlon 1n rstes.
5. The work of construction of 336 mIG guarteraat Ollshad csr"den was lnspected 1n 1985. CertalnobservatLons were referred to the Cf fon his conmentg.Incomp]-ete repLieg,/comments were recelved from the CEonly at-ter 4 snd L,,,'2 }'earr.
?ende!:E received in th6 flr.at 4rnd Eecond ca]-lwere reJected &nd the work was awar"ded in thitd callr€sultlng in an extr& cost of &bout Rs.1[ lakhs.Payment ot escalatLon has been msde to the contr"setor.efter the stjpulated d&te of comp].etlon without gettlngapp]?oval cf tfie competent author=Lty. ?he detal]-s ofg'&yments made, howevep. were not f unnlshe(3 lnsptte ogr,equests during the ].ast flve years. As [)er tepmg of,th€ cl:lrrtrect, eEc€,1"atl.on 1s p&yab].e on.ly far. the excea€beyond the first 1OX. fnspite of requests. conf l-L^nratlontfrat ps,Lment haE heen made accor?dlrtgl.v wa8 notforthaonrlng from the DDA ogfLclals durlng; the 1s.6t f l-vel/eors.
6. For the eonstructlon of 288 MIG Houseg lnSector.-!5, Rohlnl. a secured sdvanse waa paid to thecontr8'ctoI' fo? sbout 49.5 lakh brlcks at s t ate hlgherthan the permlsslb].e m&ximum rate r"esulting l'n anover.ps.yuent of Rs. lr. 6 1akbs. A e1mtl-ar owerlray:nent ofRa.3OO,OO ws€ also lnade f orr payment of secured adv8'ncefor w&sh bsa1ns. The contractor wag required 'bo returngori of the empty cement bags. Neither tile bags werereturned no? anv recovery wae made reau1tin8 Ln artoverpayment of F.s. 63000.
(o) DELHI W^LIEBUNDERTAKING:
SUPPLY & Sq$AGE DISPOSAL
In & contract forr laylns and Jolntlng1zoonrn. dl.a. p1peg. the provS.elon for brl-ck maEontrypl.l.Lers !^ra6 eubstltuted by ceBent concrete pi.].1arE. Thecement concrete p.Lar6 were &Lso p].astered. Theunderteklng rep].led that as the E,l11ars were near the
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bank of the riveri, pla8teri{ng v?aE done! A coaparlaon otr'the pt'evall{ng Brarket rstes and pavnente ednlesr.b1e totlre contr&ctoF 1n te'lrs of thG.,contract. indl.cateat thatLn the case of brlck glt'lsns, .t-he jcontraetori would .hav€Ioet Rs,148.63 on eech plttar *n"*..r-ii-lrr"--l"ee olrconerete pll]'are hG e.oul<t galn Ra. 191. ll5 per plllar.,,fhe gubstltutlon, theraefotrer gav€: .the cobtractor ,.a.benef1t of Rs.34o.oo p€r Ftllar ol3 Rc.!..gO lelihE ln the,whoLe work- It olao cost Rs.f..6g 1akhs .t_noBe, to theunderrtaklng.
(p) DEpARTMEIIT oF spACE :- :.
18_g Kvr Dg QET foR TI{E, r{ATrorttAL:,roREsT : ptTAHlq,llAGEl{tI{T SYS$Errs! AI DEEAADUX r. I: ,
The fol.lowlna lrtreSular !t"* ',*.r." ?efet.tPeatfor. vlgllance tnvegtlaatlon :
(1)groundbLat.tenien'CtocuDent.
(4) Ijndue favour hra6 shoern to L-4 byeontract to theu.
(5) Sa1es tax gras &!so relnrbunsed,. to the,contractor on tha coe.t of inetaL].atlon; te6tlnc ..and,:conmlsel0nlnc of ttre 'et. Thi6 was r.done 1n vr-oratlan of ,the ortterg of the Jolnt Secretary, Deparrtment of Specethat Ea]'ee tax Dr18ht be peLnburaed on.L!. Xf tt wagactur]'1y due and payab1e.
(q) DEPARTMEilT QE T4IECoMMUITICA?ToNS : -:
(2, The seconct lowegt tcnden L-A was byDlaased onthe groutrd that thck p€rqoruanee wa€ not: satLsfeetorry,at ThutBba. llowever, thelr perfonnrance tr€Dorit *rgg.rat1sfaator"y. Mor€oven an unJusttflcct .loadln8.. trae aAA€ato their tender to mahe. then appear to be. hlilrer theft. .
the favoured cont?acton L-4.(3) The third toryegt tender L-3, Wgs bypaasect on ,
th€ ground that they cjl6 not quote for the fouudatto$.tfovrever. the foundatlon wag al't e&dy exlstlng:At site: , ....
teatl.nB&I^tar.dedlnspite
The contrect for aupBtry, :l.ngtgl.!'at.Loa.antl conmiestonlns of 3AO KVA, generratlnA agts r.ra6by the SE, to e p8'l.ty who r,e8 .. aot th€ lowes*of SEre s].ear" obJeetione. The SE had aIBo
8t)
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polnted out th8t the offer of tbe perty dl.d not Lncludeant!*vlbtiatl.on mountlnge ;(Awl). But the SE r€corded.srhlle ecceptlng the tender, that the offer lneluded AVI!.DurlrIS a,ctuat executLon th€ party was pald extra forprovldlng AVIUI.
The SE also accepted a velry hlgh rate ofRa.3OO forr' 24o aq.nm. cables when 3OO aq.m$. ccb.l-e3 w€rcavailable ln the stores at nuch ].ee6 rate of Rs.165 permeter, and thLs w€'e a.lso b?ought to the notLce of the SEbefore acceptlngi th.E tende?.
Paynen t for the founalatlon wotrk r.ras alreadynsde tr| full eanll-en even though the work erag not doneaccordLng to the speclflcatlong of the contract.
e. Fon the pneque]. L fL cat ion of contractotrs forconrtruetLon of ca.ble ductE Ln Delhl by the ltaha.nagenTelephon€ lllgan Ltd. (MTNL), applLeatj.ona r.re recntertalnetl from contractorB even aftet' the ].€!at Ctate ofreaeLpt of the a'pp]'lcatlona. Contraetops r^rho dtdt notev€n apptPoech !{TNt wetae eonaldered fon enllstnent. Evenafter a aecond preas notLce lnvltlnc al'I)llcatlonB, noaAnctlty r^ra,e gilven to the tLme echedule end aFpllcatlonswetre €nt€l?teLn€d aftep the ].ast date on thGrecomnendatlona of the officeFB even thou8h the FA hadcategorl.call5/ recorded ear1len that it hrae not propen torccept such requeEtE. Thue. the IITNL dld not.fl)l1Cw anyprLnclplea or procedul-€s folr prequaliflestion and nameswere addecl on the reeomrnendat lons of officers and notnecesaar.l.ly baged on er:edentlals of the eontpBetorg.
(r) DEPAqTMENT QE
The estlmate folp lnst&].Latlon andconiB j.6 6l.ont ngi of a flr€ detectlon systeir ln a TeleehoneExchansie coetlng about Rs.9.7lt lehhe wsB plrepared bagedo!1 ttre prevaLltng market rateE but the work was awgpdedat 25.?3?1 above *hlch lndlcates acceptsnce of very hlshnates $rLthout adequate Juatlflcatton. The contract wasawsrded $rithout eneurlng that fsal].ltLee fon eupp]-ylngetld refll.llnC of Hal.on Gas were aveLlable wl.th thacontFactor. At the tlme of lnrpectlon, flve yea,nE| afte!.the contract waE ewerdecl, a1moat al,l the ges cy].LncleFsvtere enpty anat there r.tacr no faclllty for refLl].tng.Apparently, durlns aII ttrese yeatls, the Telephon€Exchahge equlpmentg wette lef,t wLthout any flreproteetion ar.rangementB ln the abgenc€ of tlslon Gaa sndthe entlre expendlture eppearB to be lnfructuoue.
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(e) EIIGII'IEERS INDIA LTD i
$TC OFFTCE BUrLpIt{G coirpl.Ex aIThe f ollowing lrreglul.arl. tLeef,or v1gr.lance investlgietlon r
(u) HII{DUSTAIt TELEPRIII?TRS LTD :
PRODUCTION BLOCI( AT HOSUR :
{t) for the controlLed concnete work 1t lras foundthst the welshts of the cerrent baga whlch r"rere ready tobe unl-oaded Lnto the Hol)per were between 33 Kg. to [5Ka. per bag aB agelnst s minimum wel.ght of 5() Ka. perbes. Sub-st&ndard concrete wa6 done but no:lnve8tlgetlon r.tra6 cal.nr.€d out of the Gttrength of, theconcrete. anal peyment firag e]..I.owed at full rate6.( t ) E?{cr}{EERrllc pRoJEers r prA LLD :
CIVIT. AilD STRUCTURAL IqORK FOR TTTE TI,ERIqALPOI',ER PROJECI' AI PAilIPAT :
The fo].l.owl.ng Lrrregul-anl tles were lreferredfor vl3ll&nce investlgatl.on :
( 1) Thepe vvas a ehortage of 69. g4 tonne€ of,relnforcing Btee.l' lesued by SnglneenLng pnoJecta IndlaLtct. to the contt actor.
JAITPATH :
w€re refet3red
yrelte r:ef eiired
the sl.ab et tberevea]'eCl by the
to be demoIlghed.pald for at fullthe Blab waa not
The f o1.Ior^rlng Lnnegu.Larritlegfor vl-gl].ance lnveetigstLon I
(t) The concrete poured Lntose€ond f lo(}!: Leve]" w&a aubstandar'd aacube teet report snd the RCC r^'orlr era8tlowev€l?, the subatandard concrete wdrarates and the struatural Eoundneag ofLnveetlgated.
(v) HIIDUSTAI{ VEGE"ABLE OrL CORPORATION !
|{EII ADIVTI NIS?RATI VT BUILDI!|G.LEVELLIITTG I$ THE HVOq COilPOUilDBOIqBAY !
RoAps atrDAT }IUTAI{D.
The fo1lohrLng J.nregulg1Ltlee erere r.eferredfox' vl.gl']-ance lnvestlgatlon :
(1) The tender of one tenderer !'ho Bust have b€enthe lowest has been d€s t royi.,: Ct and waa n(>t put ut) for
8a
." -- lnapectLon.
(11 ) L-3; the thfuPal lolteet tend€ren. waE a].lowedto clrange hle tendaped abount froh R5.32 lakhe toR8.28.8 Iskha 1n oncter to nake then the loweot.
(f tl) The contraet etas 4v,terPded wlthout obts!-nlnSrl)gno-val of the plA.nB froltr the.- Bombav llunlclpal€orDonatlon. The corgoPetlon 'gubeeqrient]-y BtoDDed theIronk and the hq8e quahtlty of tubulen tn'uaaes suD9lJ.Gdend pcid for te fytirs at clte bedJ.v rusted anddlal'ntegratlnS.
(w) An rrhount of Ra.5.5 lahhe wes ,9a1<l to thecontnactor f,oF levall"lns and gsel)aratlon of, lswnB end8s:acleng but no aueh lawns anld Sgrd€na iteiac Drepared bythe contPBctoP.
(w) IilDIA TOURISr'i DEVELOPMEUT CQBBQBA,TII}X I
ASSOCTATED tLEcTRrcAr. !lA8.6S roB DIESiELGEUERATOR ggl€ IFOR rTpC qpTELS IIX DEI-HI !
The follow1ngvt s:l1ancc lnvestLgetiond :'
l'ap8ea'r.rere referred totg
(1) The con6ultant wag aPpb.lnted rdLthout ' Lnwltl'rrgiatlt)ll.eatlonE by a prea6
_adr,etPtlBasetrt.
(1v) A moblllletlon edvance of Rl .1o IskhsIreld to the contnecton elthough not sdrrlsa'LbL€ under't e!!06 of the contract. Out of the abov. arountjaeount of RE.2.36 1akh8 could not be P'acgvertcd fotilaat slx years.
(v) ?qnd€r6 ,for the L.T.fron th€ sa&e contractotra eventtre* Ilne of ectX,v.lty. lhlsrctea fof the L.T."prnel btorkB r
Ita€the
anthe
D.Ldt(1t) A very htSh conrul.tancy fee r"aa'lracultLnc ln a loi-e of Re.1.8 lakhg :to the ITDq;
(111) The eBtLuted !'atqE it€li\e'heqvilv I'Dflated--,toJqrtify acc€gtaJrce of a hl.gh tender..
(tv) 11 ftrnt etere 9le€e41'on the .elact -Itst'ln anat bltr.?y nantrer ahd nroet of thed htere not r€l4t€d totho. fleld of DG !€16.
panel. storkB were i.nvl'todthou(h thia wes not lnregulied ln very hl.ctr
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IiltDIA TOURISM DEvtr.opulttrl? eqRpoRATTON :
SUPPLY AND TNSTAT.LATIOIiI QE DIESTL GEilERATORSETS FOR ITDC H0TELS III DELHI !
The folLohrlnS lepges $rere ?eferred forvLgll&nc€ Lnvee;bl8atl.on :
t,.) The Consultent wae appoLntecl Ln an arb1trarynannsr wlthout Lnvl.tLng apgt,lcatlona throuBh a . po*",advertlaetnent;
(ti) Tlre conaultancy fee agir€ed to ereia velry hl8hand the deetgn i^rork wan not done b5, the congultants butwaa done by the contliactorg.(111) A v€ry r€puted f,Lrnx wsg not plaeed on theEelect ll-st ln orden to favour? of," paotteuf a.t?eontP&etor. l(/g. A.
t lv) m/el ,r
(x)
flnlrnclaltry eoundc&8nitude.'
(v) EANDLA PORT ?RUST !
tfeFe not teehnl.c€j-1y eompetent . &ndto undertske worke of Euch a l.sn lie
avol.ded Ln(v) Invltation of a].obal tenders wa'a
toe,r€r' E)&$€1" eab].ee "etc. were vetry hlchlosB of fi€.60 lakhs to th€ ITDG-.-
(wt) The equlpnent offersd bv Wa.B was superlorto the one offeried bv tC,/a - A and theip natee were alaoloweF bv R*.5& l'akhs. lIowevele " thelr tender erasbypaeEed l-n fsvour of t'y'.&.(v11) ConaLderlnA tuel €conoms, r the tender of ltl/a.Caleo waa l"ower than that.,,o? Wa.A bu.t thelr, tenderi wagalEo ove?Iooke.l.
(wtLl ) The a,c.cept{ed ratea for the LT ganeL, cooJ.ln8iregultlng Ln a
(1x) The De a€ts were occepteit grlthout g€ttLns anytests eirrled out as epecl.fied.
6TH CARGO BERTII AT fiEtg KAilNLA PORT :
The fo].loertngi lnregul-enltles we?e referredf{)r v1&11"e.*ce inveatlsatlon !
(f) Th€ ltem oF.4O nm thlck prel|ix carpet waghlchry p!r'o:rJtab.re to trie contractop. A ta,.Se lncr.ease
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ln the quantLty of thig iten war orde!.ed regultlng tn ahuSe undus beneflt .to the contpactor.( 11 ) Sl.ml1arly. the rret€ quoted forr AC plpeoutteta 1g ebnonmal-Iy htsh and the quantI'ty of thla Lt€nwas alao tncFeaaed to gl"ve I large undue beneflt to thecontnactor.
(zl r.IJlE IIISURAilCE CORPORATToI{ OF r DIA 3
COilSULTAXEY CONTRACT FOR THE LIC i,TTGA CEIItRTBUrLprr|Q lru, DELSr :
Ahe fo1logrlng l'rr€SulaFl.tlce wer6for vl8l.Iance lnveetLsattgn I
(r) The rrgrtc of the t?ansfotro€rB end aub-gtrtlonfoF thc bu{ldlns was Dlann€dr executad and dup€r.vla€d bythe tfDt[c aa e at;Dorlt ]rsrk. Ingt,{te of tlila fect andlnapltc of thle 6elnS broua,ht to the notLce of the LIc.corrsurtancy charSea for cxceutlon lnd lup.a?vle{on og ther.roFk wr$r€ pa{d by LfC to thelti ort|t coasultanta a1!o f,orthe E a.Ee wont<. fhLs eraa atl undue gay ent to theconaul'tante.
( aa) fADnAS REFIilERTES !
tLtcTR.ICAr. TIqTAIJI"ALIQIIS FOR ?IfE LpO ('rft-rflnaR,STORAGIT ESED t
Thc fo].].owl'n8i lrregulan l't''aafot vlgltcnce lnveat!.satt'on r
(1)favoup of(rl)thsn thst
ref€llrred
tfaFrr lef€lrcd
r\ra3 l.gnoted lnThe t€nder of a reputed flru Aa local. f1!e B.
tha cdvance pa!/n€nt arttod tor by A roea 1esadenanded by B.
(tll) The t€ndered anount of A war low€r than thetotr B by about Rs.e'OOO.
(iv) Contractop A w+6 on th€ r€Iect l"tst whllecontiectoF B weE bnought Ln surr€ptltloualy at a l.at€rIt,.ge.
(v) ?he gupply of, coatly fl.ttl,ngs we6 Lnclutteal Lnthr t3rdcr doeunent. ,A aavl-nii of g,s.ona 1tkh aou!'<t havebecn rohl.ved lf th€se ftttlnas r're!€ pufahaaaa dilGctlyby lilRl,.
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(bb) uAzAGCrf,. noeKs LID I
xfoRKsxop srrrp 4! rrev4 yARp. E9UEAI r
The follor"rlng Lrresularltise rr€refor vlgLl.ence Lnvectisation !
(1) Dunlng ncaotistlona irlth thG contreqtoFslthes/ werre arrowect to lncrreeee thc lrate roo it., xo. B-ton the ground thct the rate guotod fo! thc lten r.rsarbnorpually lo?r, hon€vcr no effont8 lrele De.dc to rpaduccthe sbnoteual.l'y hLsh ratca. Ae e ?aoult of the incrstsaln !Fate'' thc contnrctor L-l becglc th€ aacond r,oweat.Thls fact era6 not bFought on raco?d and the cont!,act wa,not aera*dteal to thc lc,vrsrt tenllercr. ?hl6 lesulted Ln r, l'oee of Ra.3.3 lrhhf .to tha [DL.
treferF€d
cont!acto!
(cc) rrAz^cof, DOCKa LtD r
$I {_4 lq4nlls It xtrE prnRrcrtror aaEA AtTr|E IAXGAT,OnB '?lRp QE ]raz{o€rl DOCr<g L?D r
The follohrlna l,r.re3ulrr.1t1o, lrela ncf,crncdfor vlalLenco lnvsat!.aet1on t
llo recovetly iras cffeetctl f|lo! tltcof te.s bltu[Gn thaa lircclfl€it.
(tf) o reeovely rrss effecteal fro! th€ contlaetoFfor over-el.zed s8gne8etc used in th3 ttlx.$ree Fel'ear.od to tha contfectoDof the Denr€ Asghrltta co6erct.
(x).fotr the uee
{lfi) trul1 paynentavan thou8ih 10 6atrD:L€thad f.ailed ln test.(l.t) pu1]. payu€nt rca6surf/ace lr.IieSulotrltl.aa of the[n j,n e 5 metre len3th.(cld)
(1) thecen€nt eontent
rlATIon.AL PROJFCTS consTRtlqlrolr cORpoRATtors r
2rooo !E c^pr.crry roopGRarf, coposxs FoR l[EPCI AI GETVRI- DELITT 3
rel€cr€d '€ven thou3h .tlragav.Ecnt ||cla [o?€ than g
wsrc TctarFcdThe fol'.l.owl'n8 lrregul-arltlerfdr vlallence lnveetlsett'on :.
cc 1l?:4 floonlng waa virz t'cef .ndrdrs 3o.X lsss then .r)sct.flad.the
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( ti ) Evcn thouah tub6tantlel r€coverlc. r.f€re to beeff,€ct€d !ro[ the cohtnactotr, the Bank Guatranteeg of8o.8.4 lelrhr was re1eaEed. to the cohtreetor.
(trl) ThG quantltlca of ebnormtl.]-y hlgh natsd lt€n.a lerg€ unduew€le rubstantlally lncreagedl to 8ilve
b€n€flt to the cont!'act6tr.
(ee) IATIorfAL THERSAL POI|ER coRPoRAEfOIt I
Ar{glr.rARx BUrLDrrfd allD GETERAT. CrVrL ItoRKs AXEIEAUD !
The folloetLna lrragularLtlet stera FefQ?P€dlon vl.el].ence tnvertl.a8t1on !
(1) gal€a taJt exenDt Lon certlflcatea were to bela|'ucal onlv ln rcsgect of naterl'cls purchaaed dlrsctlybrt the lfTFC. However ' lt 9te3 seen thet euch saleB taxcxooDtl,on ce?tlflcatoa wcpa leaued to the conttPactor go!uatenLals procured b!/ th€ cont?tctor. Tlll'g wag lncont?av€ntlon of thc teFns of the cont!:'aet end haaratult€d ifn. r I ente unduG b€n€fj't to the contFaetor.
ilr.JIOilAL THTRilAL EAWEA SQBE9BATIQtr 'rf,TElron noRxs laBa It corpRrsrilG o!' uotlAELETEEIIIIEE :
The followlna lrreSula'nttl€s titeila refefr€dlon vl-iitance lnveatl8atlon r
(1) Full pd:ruent waa nsde fo! aone tteue o?ful'nlturc eVGn thoueh the Uat€rlal D€ar}atch Clearane€Certtflcate lndr.cstod thet the furnl'tune Ytraaubatandard,
(1r) I.n vlolatlon of the ord€r€ of, the Flnanclalconttroll€r. tha bank SuaranteaE for the [oblll9atlonadvaica etas obtalned fron a DnlvatQ banlr lncteed of frona n_atlonelieetl bank,
(lti) The tendet ed natea for the furnltu?e et€reba86d ol! th. eost of febnlc coatlnS upto Re'75 per't!etre. Durln3 exccutlon the fabrlc was subatltuted by3ltbo lcrther.Lt€ coEtlng rbout R6.15O pen m€tt €. ExttPaDaymeht wat nade to the contnactor on the 9r€tu[Ptlonthat.th€ tendcrGd rlts etas- baaed on a ttate of Rs.45 DcrastDe :Fo! f,abrlc.
(ff)
( lv)wlth
The tend€rr whlch r,rcs eccepted etaa tsn9eledE tncteetinS ?tga,I€s tax extrar 1n thc tunaarla oc
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prl.ces. gxttfa- payment w6.s..made for aalea tax resuLtinSln a lose of RE.3.3l.akhs to the llTpc.
(cs) [E}i'. DEI-HI IIUNTCIPAL COIqilITfEE :
A peference eraa maale on ZT.g.84 to the CVO.lfew Delhl lt{unlcl.pal Comml.tt€e (llDIrtC}, pol_ntlng outserl.ous lr:neguJ.anr J. tl ea ln the gunchise of ho6e ?lpea.Aftel' .a perlod of 5 and 1,/A years,' the tfDMC r.epontedthat the f ll'Fs ,ere n o_L treCeabl.e, and. thenefone. theeese should be. 4loeeil. Apparentty, no actr.on wag ta*ento l.nveetlBatd the case !,rhen the nattera was raefenred .tol{Dlrtc.
( hh, PARADTP EQ&f TRUS? I
A contrsct for congtructlon of wo]|.l(Ehol,bul-]-all.nSB lnvotvlng Bhell ?oofs r"rsa awanded to a partylneplte of neger:vattong expnesehd 'b5r the flnaerreomrnl.ttee regarctLng the technlcat cafacl.tg of the party.The dontract Was &warded on th€ basl..6 'o.f, an uncet'takin8alver1t by another prlvate gar?ty of dpbLoue r.eEfutatlon.The worlr eraa ].eft lncomplet€ by .th6,,panty even '. thou*ihthey brere Irranted an advance of Ra.6 taXfr" ?or whlchthere wa.s no nfovlslon ln the contnbct. The realdualwor.k wa8 ar^ta,rded to another contreetor.
lfo act1on wes talien by ppT to recoves ttrGlext!'a coat From the OrLgln8,l contractor. but a Conrti.Gteeunder the Chal.rrtan3htl' of' the CE regosmendeal to pay \a!1dues of the contractbr hrlthcut feeovenin8 the exlra eostthough the Coumlttec ltsetf ?ecord€dt that ppT had togufger s, Ioss du€ to the fall'ur€ of, the contrdctor.SurFrlsinsly, the Cornmlttee at the eade tfne rec6mnendjd\ '
a rleh, company of, the aape contraetoF ,fott enllatment lncl,aei.-A category w}rich c I eanrl.:/ Lndl.catea the undue if8voun 6hown to the contractori. .
Tberie r|'aE no a^rbitrationcont?act and PPT fel,t that golng to thethe extra coet r.rciulb bF tlne conaunl.rigdrcclded' not to reg-6ver th€ extne
_g]'aoee ln theCount to necoverand. therefdre.'cost . frion the
contractor.
(l-r ) PARADIFI. PORT TRUsiT :
Under.gro$nd cab1e work cogtlna about rra.n.Tlglrhe rra€ sw€.Ld€d to e contractorr tgnor3lni the f,ogrestoffer erlthout. adtequate Juatlflcatlon and et an extracost of RE.64OOO. . Two lte6E of the a8irae€ment hrereEubgtLtlrted by lnf,eflbr. 6pe.cl.?lc.ttons whlch .involved ,anaddl,tJ.onal expeqdl,ture of Re.760O(,. Ho6t of the itelns
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€xecuted\,lwere BubEtandald endby CTE. PPT a8lrr€ed to reeover152( of the contreet aFount)
&s a rd6u].t ot lnspec.tLonabout Re.1.14 1aBna {a;bout
on accouht of executlon, of
rdf€rred
aubgtanderd ltenrs.
(JJ) PUNJFTE TTA?IOI{AL BANK !
ZONAL TRATIIIHG CENTRE Aa PAIICHKU|.A I
, Tbe followlng lrr'egularl.tf,"eE vrel?e referred.fon vial.larrce lnvestlsatlon :
gome of, tlre cement brought by the cong&actorto the Elte waE 6ubEt&nderd, but ttile wae g].]-owedito -beu3ed .ln the RCC work and fuLl panment wae made fln th6RCC.
(l*) RAILWAYS :
EARTH WORK ].It FILLII|G AtrD COilSTRUETTON Q8 AtrARCF FRIDGE Itr ZOilE ilO.E-5A Q[ THE trAr/nnr=UpnAMPUR RArr. lll|x P,BQiLIsjl :
The followlnS l,rl'elBularl,tl.ee er€refort vl.gll.ance inveatlgatlon !
(111 ) There war a ahortstlerelnforceneni Bteel at ELte"
(1T) RAILWAYS:
(1) The lo\dest tender L-1 ?raa bypaased on ttleSround that hle get fornance waa n6t aatlafastory.Sowe"ei". Juet a fe$r Claya ].ater the ea.!|e contractor wasreglstened by the North€rn RallwayE to underteke work ofany negnltude. It{oreover. lf the contraetDr }ra6 a]'ow lnprevl-ouE $rork6, cornpenEatloh shoul-d have been trecoveredfor dela:/; but no auch . compenpetlon wae li'ecovered. Th1sniesultecl ln'a 1066 of Be.1X.O8 iakhs to the Rall-waya,
( t f ) 150 bagis o? ceeeat srere atolen bycontrracton but recovery watr not effected.
the
of. 5,725 tonnes of
The !,totpk of conatruction of s superstructurefor ROH faellltlea r.ras awarded by the Ea€tern Rel.!'waysto IRCOil st a coat of Ra.6& Larrhe, IRCON got the workdon€ through a prlvste contractorl at €l cost of' Rs. tf6lsfrhe and thus earned a proflt <rf, Rs.18 lskhs. or 289(.Apsarently, the Ra11wa5/E asrarded th€ centpsct to IRCOXat & very hlsh lrste.
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As urgency certlf1cate r.rar lseued by theRallway Board but elther th€re erea no Justiflcatlon {qrissue of the certlficate or the Railwey offlcle].e {tldnot bother to execute the worl,( w1th any urg€ncy alr acenf rl'onr subaequent ietl.ons.
The Eastern Rallway8 approved Lnvltatlon if astngle tende? frorr IBCOI| when there hraa no Juatl-flcatlonfor not 1nvl-ting eompet1t.lve tenders. The feasong 8lvenby the Eaetern Ral].wayg for lnvltlng the Etngle tena€r'were f]Lmey end not Justlglab].e.
Durl"ng executlon. eontract egreclf Lcatlongr.tetre nodlfled lnvoLvlng an extra cost of 8s.1.31 Lakhsto the Rollwaye snd a fLnanelal" beneflt of Re.3.6 lakheto the sub-contr&ctor of IRCOI| velthout adeguateJ uetlf l-catlons.
The Ral'lwa.ye pal'al 1ON of the contfaat value&a an advance to IRCOT{ who dld -not inveet thfs uoney lnthls s.rork. They thcase]'vee did not p aJ/ any advance toth€ pnlvate contractor_.
1in) SH'PPII{G COFPORAfI9IT QE TflDIA :
sci r[ARtrTruE TRArrrxG rr|sTrrurnPOWA I ^ BOllRAv !
lEgJrsl IIl
?he following l.r?egulanltiesfon vlglLanee lnvestrlsatlon I
w.ege nef€nF-€d
Stone bouldelF gJaon excav&tlon wgre Laaued tothG contractor st Ra.12 petr eun. ae ale*rle t' e' prevaLlltlsnalrket rate of Rs.lOO:pGr cUn.. thua redultlng ln a logC
.ro? Re..2.76 lrlrhB to the CorgoratLcn.
(nn) STATE jbAlK AE rilpl}. -r
The lnspbctfatn ?elrart of ths .lectnleall"ngte.l-1at1on worka a66t,'ng about Re.,l,A lekhs r,vaa irent LnApnl1. 1982. The flrEt rPeply was necel.ved after t4montfiE. -Rapl.l.es to .eub8equ.ent l?ef-Fene€a qere necelvedafter S tct 27 fronthe.
On aqaount of observatl.on€ ltade by fhe CTE onsubatandard ltems" gf worke, ?ecovefi€s to the extent ofRs. tf TOOO we:3e uade by bhe bank. In reaDect of aeveralother obaervattang. ov,€rgl,ayB€n td to the extent of 6boutRs.X l'akh were esEeaa€d but the frtnal b111. ef, thecontractor sras peld Without makln8 any r€covb.ry and whenthd, obEervatl.ortg w\elre atl:[l undcF corue8Dondence wl'ththe CTE.
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(oo) STATE TRADIIIg CORPORATIOIT
SLECA,RICA.L II|STALLAIIOTS FOR TI'E STC BUILDINGcQ!{PLEx ALIAtrPAIS. :
The fo].].cwing fi:regularltiee we?e ?ef€fredf,or vLgil"ance Lnveet lglatlon :
(1) Even though a declElon was taken thst wldeeub]-lcl-ty through the pt?ess shou].d be g:lven f,o?pr€:paratlon of a gel"ect 11st of cont]3actor6. no suchpubllcl'ty was glr/en and fl.r.ms favoured by the Consultantand sTc offLclaLs were p1eced on the select 118t. Anumber of nepute(t electrlca]. contr'a(rtors l-rl Delhl wel,renat placed (ln the aelect llst.
(11) The logteat tender of, a. reFuted firn ttlg.A wasnot &c:cepted on the gr:ound of, 6oca1Led poor'. performance.Subseguently, the eupply os llght fLttlngis wae delet€dfnon the tenders ln order to make l,tl/8.8, the gavouraede(}ntra-ctor. appesri to be the ].oweBt.
{If i) Th€ eontr.sct r,tas a.warded at very hlgh raten.about 50# above the px'evall"Lne market rateE.
(1v) The ra.te6 for gome optl"onal ltems (bthLch dtdnot flgure Ln the compsratlve statement) quoted by thecontractor were 6t?6 to 2332( hishen bhan th€ lrarBetrat€a. Dunlng exeeutlon thes€ option&]. ltems wereoperated rpeEuLtLng l-n windfa1l profit to Wa. B and acorFespondlnei losB to ttre STc.
(pp) SYNDICATE EANS, :
BE&LDISULU.L FLATS AT. CATDHI T{AGAR. JVIAIIIGALORE:
The f ol f owl rrB Irr€guLari tles ltterefon vigllsnc€ LnveEt l-g:atlon ,
r.e f erFred
(1) The r.Btes for' extra ltems were to be based onth€ Schr.:dule of Ratea of the l,Iysore Publlc WorkaD€Fax,tment, J!)etea.I of doingi so, th€ lisnk autfiorltleEapproved mtrch hl&h4r' !'at€3 Eteted t(} be based on m&rketrates.
(it) Tlre s7ze* of tit{beF mcmEel"s provldcd forwtndow:: and verrtl l.ator'$ 'irere muetr lees than aFeclf led&$d .t f)e gl 6rBs urred t{&$ euhstand&!''d. The gubatandard'rork r.ras &cc€r?t-cd by ttie bank re*ultlng ln 3 ].oss of.bou b Fl: " 1 9OOO to the b&nl{.
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6.1() ADvIc.g gE colltMrsslc'fl OU CISj-g CQlff,_l"AJJl.Lii ;
' eases refel:r:ed b:/ CTEts OrgsnlJ,atlon to th€CVO': 96r tletal].-*.d lnveet lgstlon ar.e ro b€ tr.e,ste,f a.sconp:1a1nts. Detir1Lect lnvestigation repor.ts rrl.e r.equ:ilerjto loe pretlaFed end subml tted by tlie f V']$ ts theCommJ sslon for. the Comrllsslorr rg erdvtce. $trch c{ir:e{:refer'ped by the CTgrs 6r;'gsnleatlon cannot be eLosed t,ythe CV09 wlthout consultlns tbe Con$li ssl.orr even f_f ttredets.lled lnve6tLgatLon does not revea]. any Ls!:cee. Ttr*refl()r.t€ of the cVOs &re exsrni.ned by the eo$rBjr:slon andEuLt*rble lrdvtce glwen.
A few such lnEtances Ln . whlch Comml.jsl-c.ncon.,r'es'ed f l-t'st stagie advice ere glven in bhe fcltowlngP8]t'4graf'fr E : *
(o) BEABAT, ITEAVT ELECTRICAI.S LTD :
BACKGRO-UND. MUSI'C SYSTET,{ FOR THE BUNL OFFICE !
The Comrrrlesl.on ha6 advlsed nral eir: penalt$relgalrist the offLcers concerned for the follow1n3
A ]-ate tender was consl,lered ln viol-atlor. ofthrl BHEL purctlesre poll.cy and ttrl6 faet was r"rot m€:ntlorledln the t€l]der ecrutlny yrotee. It appeers th{rt tfre lFrtatelrder whLch was &ceepte.J urae mgnlpulated s.f ter. tl1€rec€lpt <lf tend€r'E flPrlm two othey' comtr",snlee.
(bl BgaB&r- HEAVI ELECTFTTCAI.S I.LD :
cotls{r.TA[cY .gLElLtQgs. :
. The CoE nl-seion has advLeed maJor: F,elr{t]"ty6'et-l()n agaitret the of f,icorE concelpne<t for the fol].owingIspses :
f he BPE Sui.tdel l nes f or ee].er: t iorr ofConaultsRts l/re!.e not fo1].owed. No peaaona werr€ Fecordedf<]l' reductlon of offers by two reputed flrrme. onegotletLonE rdere cond.ucted wtth the Consultants ln a'|effort t<) br1ng dohrn the fee. Ln fact. the consuftanc]'worrk w&r! conrmenced by the Consultant6 even b€foF€ adecigLon w&s teken to a.I>polnt thettr.
ac t 1on.l.aFres
{c)(1)itand
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CENTRAL PUEITIC WORKS DEEASTHENT :
During lnapeatLon of certal.n works in ShlmJ.a,was observed thet the painting hrae of poor (luall-ttuonly cne coat appeared to have been 3ilven ln8tead qf
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two or ruore coats. The lnvegtlgatlon report of the cVOwas bsaed on the r:scorde mslntaLned by the offlcer6 wtrtowere re6pon€lble fon the qua].ltv of the work. Thereport alao lndl-cated that actLon wasl taken to rectigythe defectg at the nlet &nd coBt of the contractor. Th€Commleglon obael4v€d thst lieLlance cannot be p]'eeed onthe recordE maintatn€d by th€ offlcers who them6elveEer€re rrseDonglble gor the defeats end the fact thatactlon was t&lren to rrectlfy the defeats waa proof thatdef€cts wene exlgtLng and elther eub6tandard nat€rlalawere u6ed or lnadequete quantlty of paint was usecl lnthe vrork. The Comnll.eelon, th€t?efor€, advLEed rnlnor96nal,ty Droceedlnga.
(ti ) Flusb door shuttorg vir€ri'e eccepted and paldfor ln a r"ro pk wlthout conductlng any teats to enEure thequalltv of the Ehutt€ra. Insplte of the CTErBobsetrvrtlona. the dlatteP hras de].ayed and l}rompt aetlonwea not teken t() 8et the Ehutter6 tetted but the f,lnrllblll of the eontractor wsE Daid. On Bubaeguent testlnSiof the ahutteras. thcy we.?e found substandt1rd but noaetlon eouLd b€ takan aga{nat the contr.act<)lr sa the b1alhad already been palct. The Comrnlgsion &dvleed nlnorgenatty groceedin8s agalnet the offlclals who acceptedthe ihutters r,rithout tegttng antl ls6ue of record&blewarnlnci to the SE who dl,d not tske prompt aetlon lnepiteof the CAgrE observatlona.
(d)
(1)
DSLHI nEvELoPMEt{T AIIjIEO&ITY !
Two contraet6 for hortl-cul btrre etorka alrardedby DDA fol. developBent of par'ks I n JairakBrrr'l w€r€Lnepected 1n 1983. No detalLed estlmates were preparedfor the worrk6. None of the neaeu]?ements reeorded l^taschecked by any euperLor offlce't'. Mste9lals bnought bythe contr.actor l1ke iiood earth and slullge htere notchecked end lt ereB doubtfu1 !^thether the guantltlee p&l.dfcr welie supplled. ,.rfter the firet btll 1{&s prepd.redand sent fgr Baynen t. th€ contrsctor' wcr'se lntlm&tr:d thetno wonk hed been atart€d. The arcle rqae f<)und infeatederlth weeds and fuIl of undulatl-ons. On tlre whole nowork seemed t(] have been d'Jne.
An investlgat:l"on reF,tort wss submltted by thtrCVO after 5 snrl 1,/? yearg' tIt..: Comm{gglon aclvis<:d mtnclrpenalty pr:ocr:t:<Jitrgg againtt the of f Lrila].s concerned-
( 11) Development wot k of Fal-ks and plantatton€la.ound plcnlc hut at Krr].kajl wae lrrep€e'ted 1n 1982 vihetlLt vrae obgerved th&t the plts dug ur' fol' the plentatlonwere of much sma].f er elae. thein the siP:e pald for. Itr"ras also ,sbBerv€d thrrt psymeht was made f ot' dlgslng plts
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in soft rock but the sotl w8s or,f lttar'y 6ol,.L.
A nelrLy to th€ lnsfrect-|>ri report w&s sentdrnly &f tel. two yeapg and a repLy to th€ reJolnal€r. bra8serrt on1y lIft(:n thre{: yertps. g\er! though the like1yover.lray$err t witg brought to the nctlce og f!.l,r,ect.f r oeVlgl latrce ( the o\rerlrgt4 ent was 33fi ) , no €rctlon wae!taken. A spec.lf 1c ref er,'etlee to the Dlr.€:ctor ofVlgllance f or investJ.gatlon. proclrrced an lnvestLsfrrl"onr€Fot"t sfter 2 and I/2 year.t't, Tlre repoltt watl ey.&mlnedby ttre Conrmissl"on wlrlch ed.,rised rnlnor perraf.typnoceedtngs agelnst the eoncerned of flela,Ls.
(1rr.) In €rn slr-condLtionl ngi wrlrk, tt was obseravedth&t dupllcat€ provl.eions were made for the seme itenn l"nthe tender dosuments whlch resutted 1n overpa-yment toth(r extent of sbout Rs.85OOO l-n additton to accept&neeof eubstsndard va1ves whLch wer€. bowev{rr:, r'eFlacedafter the CTEre l.napectLon. The reporpt of bhe CVO, DDA,w&Ei exannLned by th€ Conrmls.ston whlch ad.;lged mLnorp€na.Lty proceedlngs agaLnst the conc{:rned offlcia1e.
( 1v) A case etas ref,err€d to the. CVC), DDA on27.tr.88 for LnveEtl&atlon and flxlng reEponelbllt'ty.The all{rgation waa that a eontract f(]r Rs.96 lakhs w&sewarded by a Chlef englneer r'rithout aBpr()v,sl of theWo*kr: Advigory Boand &nd at rates hlghep th&n wbat t.rasconsl-der'edt by ths WAB as reasonable. Tlre DDA caIIeCt theexll].anstlon of the Chlef Englneer on 7.7.7.90. Aninl;erlm lnvestLgatl.or| r€port w&g prepared by the CVOwj.ttrout taklrs over th€ relevant documetrts arril wlthoutg€ttl.ng the exp].anatton of th€ CE snd thla waa subpLttedto the Cormls8lon end was actuaLly recei.''i:il ln theconrmissLon ln Aucuet. 1990. The chLef Eng{neer retiredon 31 .7.90. &nd no ectl.on waa, therefot:e. porrslbJ'e duetD the de].sy in tnveBt l-g;at Lons.
(e) nELHq DlsvELoPutIT AVT}IoRITY I
2Oa p$rl.r.rNc UNrTs trs TrrE ASIAN (ialrF.$ vrr.LAcE.CO TPLEX :
The Conuclssion hsg advleed major peneltyectLon iegalnat the Chl"ef gnglneer for, the fo}.].owLngIapees:
?he contract 6tlpu].ate<] p*ovirllngl &nd flxl.nateak Food fp&nneB for doo.r's snd wlndowa. fhl.s Ltem waetll"rradvant ageoua to th(1 contrscto'r &nd wa6 dubstltuted b:tpressed ste€l gram€6 h.hiatr were hlghly t)pr)fl.tsble to thecontracto!9. The substltutlon re€ulted ln an ulrduebenef1t of about R6.e.5 lal<he to ttre eontr&cton.
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(fi DELHI DEvELoPfrtiUT lllLfHoRITY r
3oll Lf:Q IIOUSES At PASCHII{ PURI r
The conmlcalon haa advlsed maJor penaltylctlon Bgalnat the off,iceir6 concelrned for the foXLowl.ngl.aps€6 !
The quantlty of nl}d etee]. grllLB reconded l.n8th and 9th runnLng account b11Le etas lnore than tetl.cethe -.'actuel quahtlty rrequlned for the whole wolPk. Thlelndicgtea bogug meaeuriementg and subetantlal overpaymentto the contrlctor.
(e) FLOOD DEPARTI9TEI{T - DELI{T ANMIj$g[RAL[oU :
BRIDGE OVER KARAfiAL DRAI{ :
?he corrmlssion hae advlsed. naJor p€naltyaetlon egalnet the Surveyor of Wo!'ka and ninor Penaltyaetlon agalnBt the SE for the foll()wlng l&pse6 I
The tenater aceepted wa6 about zox above themarket ratea as agaln6t a maximurt of 5% pernleslble.Thte waa a lumpsun tendel. end therefot?e thE dealglnoffe?ed by the contractor 6hou1d heve been carefullych€cked to ensure that the contrsctor dld not encroachon the safety factcrg. on subsequent checkingir l-t wartfound that the deslgns of the srlng waII 8nd cut-off wa]'lwefe unaa.fe.
(h) I}TDIAil OIL CORPORATIOIiI :
f% Flha.r Sa.tes T&x (BST) on worke contractswag ln force from Aprl]-, 1985. The contilactor6 whosutrmitted thel:r tendera foi. the constructlon of LPGBott!.lng Plant at Jernshl-dpur costlng about Rs.1 crorewere Ln the conatructlon buslness for e long tlme andwere expected to b€ sware of the 8ST provl-slons. Thetender doeunents c]-early lndlcated that rno tax sha]l bepayabl.e by IOC and also such tsxes shal1 be pavable bythe cr)ntlacto:rs. l'he contr€ctors did not stipulate anycondltl"on whlle aubmLttlng the tenderE" lloerevet?. af,tet'openlng the con|aercla] bLds. the ?ender Commlttee askedthe contnactorB to conf lrifi that (the !'at€s ane incf'uslveof taxesfl. Four partlee who attendeil the negotlationsenhanced theLP ratee ststlng thet BST etou]-d be chariilnSextra. The eondltlon wa6 accepted by the IOC.
f{egottatlona wltir the partlee on a. condltlonr,fhlch had been c1€at^].y lald down in the contraet has
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r€Bulted ln an cxtFa co8t of about Rg.l lahhs to theIOC. the - r!€trlb€rt of the Tendo? Conmittee w€n6reaDonaible for the extDr eo8t. The DaBaaeaent of IoC.how€vst', p?ogosed to only edvl8e thc Couui t t€e lEoabepato be cereful l.n future.
(1) rflbrAr TELEPHof,E LU,trU&l&LEll I
FAE?ORY EUIUDIXG .!!QE THE IT' AT RAI BAREILLT1
A nark€t ratG'rnal.ysts } e3 Drepared and thtnarket Dete cstlsatc for the bulldtng gras eror.ked out.pron thl.s lt era! 'cf tSl.lrheal that tha lritea ecee|'t€d}relre about 35.4N abov€ thc prevrlllng Earket rates aargllnst e n.xlnun of 5X uguaL1y r)atr|trLtt€d. Tht.6reaul.tcd ln. huge loar of Rs.6O l-akhs to the ITI wlth a€ol?r€€tpondlnSi unduc benef:f t to thc eontlpacto?.
The guantltle8 o'f I rbnonally htctr rletedt tcis werec excec<ted by 3O to 5313 and th16 regu].tecl ln alosa of nE. 1. 30. OOO to the ItI hrl,th e cor:rnesDondlngundu€ b€n€flt to thG contFactor. TlrC Cxtra rdoFk couldeagi]':z hewe been 8ot done by r Eepalatc egency and theITI lnglneene should heve nade aftorts ln thLedlnectlon.
(J) IilFORtTA?IOil tr,lD BROApCASTrnd I
At I conat:puetlon slte of a ProJect ln whLchthere waE s provl.81on of Ra.l' 14kh to|t , €a,?th fll'llna.contracta w€Fe awaFdGd for eatth fllllns worth more thanR6. X2 ].akha and dunlns actual executl-on of earpthf{111na, wort( cortlng about R",3O lakh! waE execqtedwlthout any ranctlon fr'? the €xtpa exgendlture. Theegt1nateg r,rere sptl.t up and 8 contnacts w€re awa?itedapparentlt/ to kseg the contracts wLthln the EErg powerg.The accepted tendert varled g*an 5rr( to 162N wlthln aI)erlod of foutr fiontha, Prope? recordr of leve1e ]rercnot Balntalned and Deaauprlnents erere not checked by theEugerrloti ofglce?a to the raqulr'ed extent.
After extr!'.rllna th€ lnveatl8atlon rel}ort, theCotrlalaalon advtgad naJor p€nalty groceed!$gs aialnst twoSBa. one EB and one AE.
(k) RAILN'AYS T
(f) In the care of congtructton of, t Loco Ehed.the o?t8llnal contfact s{aB reaalndeal rnd l.t r,rae decldedto take up the r€Eldual hror.k depertllentally bV theRallwey8. Pabrlcatlon work waa done by the RaL1ways butth€ propoaa] for f,lnina up an ageney for the €rectlon
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erorpks waa !t'ade or}ly aftrr the frbdcatron weg compl€ted.thus c?er.tlns An Ur8€ncy. Inttlalty. work of, onlyRe.8.75 lakha wa3 rrr.lrdGd to I eontrector on a elngletendar bcBla. Lator, th€ rrlount wsg enhanced toRr,tf6.85 lakhs. Furth€r r.fork aDountLng to RE.6t.g lekhswos alao ewar'dsd to the cana .,Sency .fter calllnaI161ted tendena. f,lron only four f lflra rcl'cctedarlrJ.trarLlrr.
On d€tal.Ied exenlnat*on of the ca6s. tt wasaeen that tdcqurt€ Juetlfleatlotr r.rsa not glven foplrrvLtlng a rln:Le tender end even so||€ faata rererlsrepreeented. Thc aecepted rct€a r.rere quLte htgh dueto 1ack of conpctltlon. The Justl.fl.catlon alv€ii.. f,olienhsncinii the contract valu€ to [o$€ than flvc tllr€a wasa].so not found satlcf,actoFy. Llnlte<l tendert v.erelnvlted only fF-OI a few particg dlet.Sa.Ddtn8 theLnetructl.olrs of tha Ral lrsay Bo.!d and w, thout conaultlngthe 3A & CAO. Thc partLea w€rr€ ee lrelect€d to €naurethat the elork vtouf. d iio tO the 8a,nc s8iency..
Ral].$rayE;prPoc€cd1'nctEngl'Deer.
Af,te! q*r|ninln3 the Lnvcftlgatlon regort ofthe Coe''ssion aatv{li<t ulnor penaltvagain.t the Chle? En3:Lnrcn a,nd DeI,uty chlef
(1f) It waa obaerved durlng lnepect{on of the wolrkof I pre-Etne3aed conerete bnidge that the guell.ty ofwork done waa not at a]"l' aatiafactory. The?e waa norecoFd of, any teata hsving bcen eohducted on thena,t€rle1E uaed. SFnples of concr€tc gre!.G not teken etPe8u].ar l.ntervalc but on]'y at random and w€Fe not tgEtedaE' !3equ1red ln the speclficatlong. Uany test regultswqtte unaatl.af,aetory, The !01x deglgn of, the concrete wa€done a' f€er ye6rng eanlle? and no 6ubsequent testa weneconalucted even thouSh the lpeclfl.cetlons grovLded fonffcquent tegtg. the coner"eta uted war gupposed to be ehigh strenath concret€. on th€ whote, thic eupervielonItag very Door rnd the quallt:z o? concrete reoalneddoubtful.
, Aft€r exrmln1ng the lnvGctlgatlon report ofthe Rall-eraya, the Cornmisalon advl-aect rlnor pena1typroceedingc agal'nrt the IOSI "and further 1nveetlgatlonlnto the roLe and reeponalbl].lty of the XEI{* ACE and CE.
(1f.1) Fon tha conatrructlon of a Ral Lwey Loco Shcd.the Tendcn Co0rrtl t t€e r€coDurend€d acce9tance of, thetentler wlthout coap.s?''ng tbe 6sse wlth prevaillnc ma?Rctrra.taa to egiesc the treaaoncbl.€neGg. ?h€ Connlttee alroFecomended a ttlpulatlon in thc a!.rattd l€ttelp thitpaynent erould &G nlsde for the quantltlca of ltemc
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actuaLLt/ executed' l.thlch was not l.n accordance wlth thet€nder condltlon€. Even though thls was obJected to bvthe Flnance Ueruber' thc aondlt1on wa6 accepted by theacceptl"ng suthorlty end ultlnaetelv Lt reeulted ln a losEof R8.1.51 lakht to the Rallwaya. ahe TendeP Cohtnltteeal6o did not ch.ck th€ apedentlalg of the eontractorg.Durlng executlon defectlve lrorkE were accePted and paidfor.
The Comlnl.sslon examlned the peport of theRal" ].lrqy Board and aclvl. sed maJor genalty pnoceedlngeaggtrlet the lvlembers of the Tender collr:llttee and thetender aceeptlng authoplty and nlnon penaltv pnoceedingeaealnst the AEI{ rnd XEt{ f,or ecceptlna gubstandard works.
S3EEL AUTHORITY OE I$PIA I,I![[TED :
Durlna lnspectlon of a work ln DupgiaBut , ltgraa observed that a Connittee waa conslltuted by the FlD
to negotl"ate wLth the lowest tenderer but the cotnmltteetook upon 1tBetf, tbe addltlona]- responElbl].l tv ofrevlewLng: other tendera alao, €,pp&rently wlthout theapprova1 of the F{D. The con$l-ttee sllowed the tenderergto r.evLee thelr rate6 wlthi.n the valldlty perlod of thetendera. agreed to girant mobl]"lslrtlon adwance to theeontractort when there etas no ptrovlslon in the eontl'actand nesotlated.wlth th€ hlcher tenderers when the lowestt€ndar was otherwiEe accepttble. The Comnlttee alaonel:otlated wlth contractors who dld not quote aceordln8to tbe pe{uipemente. The MD hiFsslf dld not epprove theactiong of the comnlttee.
gven thougfl sa.bDles og fluEh doorps fall€d. lnt€Etlnt! and the t?aaultE were known l-n December, 1988,for mor.€ than flv€ yearsr no actlon waa tsken"
fhe ConmlgeLon advLEed nrsJor Erenal.tvproceedLnge ltcal-ngt a llember of the ?ender Conmlttee andmlnor penalty Droceedlngg agalnat the of f lc1a.Isresponsibl"e for acceirtlngi bhc subetandlsrd shutters.
( 1l ) Inspectlon of, I{I€ Houses at thll"aL htanconducted ln .1984 and lt etas observett that gor identlcelerorkE tendoDe were lnvlted on the eatrle d+y and contrlcts&warded on tlre Eane day to cllf ferent partl-ea atdiffar'€nt L-ateB. There waB I dlffenence of t*ote thanR6. One ].akh ln the two contJ|'acts, an^rarded to the twoI)artles. {o €frfor.t was nade to ascertaln the l3eagongfor. the Ctlfference or to negoti&te wlth partles. Therep].y of the concerned offLcerE wag that ln both caeeBthe loweBt tenders were &ccepted. The rep1y waa hotaonBfd€r€d Eatlefactory aa thePe was no Justlflcatlon
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for pa.ylngi extra to on€ contrector forr execut]ng ex&crL!/same work under the E arre terams and conclltione and at theaame tlmc
A1though, tfte r(}ply !1'ss not consideredeatiefactol3y, th€ Conr$lsslon advLsed cloeure of the caseas the eoncenned off1cleLe had &lre&djr retlr.ed fr:omgerv1ee.
6. Lt rNTEilsIvI EXSIILNALLAN &EP.I)8IS :
As mentloned earller. 193 IntensiveExanlnatlon Reports erere issued durlne: the l/e8.r' 1990. Ag16t of lmpof,'ta.nt observstlorte m&de l-n theEe reports Legtven ln the followl-ng p&r.&g:rephs :
(a) BAI,IVIER LAWRIE & CO. LI'D !
For the consitruction of & multi-storeyedofflce bulldlng at Calcutta cogtlnEi &pproxLnately Rs.13C]acg, the alternatlve 1bern€ were not consld{..red whl"leavaluat1ng the tenders brhlch woulr! havo chsngied thepos'lt1ons of the tenders and reduccd the cost by aboutRs.5O lacs. A benefl-t of Rs.11 l-ac6 was g*ven to theeontfl1ctor by S}Lovrlng hlm to lncrease the rate.q durlngnegot:L&tiolrs. No Justifieatlon oE the tender wasI)repar:ed on t h'e basLs of Fr:eval]-l-rrg rncrrket rates. Thetencterr comml-ttee met 5 a.nd L,/2 months g'fter tfre openlngof tanclers. Powers to declde r'€r.tes of etrt;.a itemg.extenslon of tLme ete. i.re r,e vegted wl"ttr ttie cc.nsul tant.The Bea6qrementa were r.ecorded by the contraetor.Cement worth Rs. 4. 36 l.&cs 1€ J'red to the con tr-actor. w.tErnot accounted for. Froper' ,3,r"...unts of eecuJ'!3d gdv&neepal,cl l4elle not malntalned leadlng: to telnt:,sr:ary ove!-payments. An expendlture of ne€lrly Rs. q,:rOrfll <rn rir.ee]work for gl-tla could trave been avolded.
(b) BANK QT INDJA :
CONSTRUCTION Q.E ZOI'IAL HEAD OiIARTERS AilD A(IM'LTRAIITIING CTI{1'Rg B,IJIIDJITq A3 BHOT'AL I-fI.qCiSIiNCE.I- Int€rnal & External ) :
A contract w&s aw&rded for Re.25 lses.
By g]-lowing the ctr ?'!: ractor to r.evl-se hisrates after openlne th€! tendel"s.. 1,he Bank h€rs suffered aIoss of Rs.290864. A d€tal1€,,3 Jils+ilf lce.tl-orr was rlorworl<ed out for s.6sessing the ?:.€*.s(}nab l-ene6s of thetender'.
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A aub6tandsrd laln L. ?. Fctrel. polag tdtransfonln€rag <'f oth€tt thsn tha gp{'clflcd nr|[e retFeaccet}ted end cabte ler.ttts ltea not dona lt 9'tepeelfLeatLone.
ilo lrcDly haa been necelved eo far.
(c) EfrA[tdt EAR?II Uclv,EE r ,.I8, t
( 1) A wa6teful expendlture af Rt' ?OOOO r^tae
lncurrad bv provldlng'ge 1t316 l.netead ot ltlttrO tnfoundatlons. ) ,., ,
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(11) An lnfructuoue expcnditule r'tag lncuFFed by€&bedd{ng IRc fabrr'lc ln cc 1:4rB b€low floors st th'c€ment content ln CC 1s4rI t.. inadeqUete to Dlcvcnt
O\terPay[3nt to the tuncwaa oade for th€ csble and ?tlrlns
corrrogion of 6tce1.
of Bs. toooc (r,fPro*. )ltana.
at sPeclf t'ed'
the ITDPE glpeE
gtoraSc
9oX of
(111) An Eesantlalttv Cer-t1f,lcate fon sele of gteelat concee slonal. tPateB 'efea'.1ssucd to the co]lt-|tactotthough not adml'eslble u|tder tli€ contract'
8oo beas of cement laeucd froD the BEI{L etorsnot accountecl tro? Ln the ienent negl€ter at slte' '
(v) Io €xpebglon Jotnta r^t€r€ Drovlded ln thebulldlns resultlnii ln etLdeBpresd ctrackg ln the rt'lls'
(tv1we?e
(vl )the
Teak woocl ftranea ehuttera eteFe under8taed ar|dthLct(nec6 of platc gilaaa weg le6s than a9eelfled'
(v!-1) ?hG nrerble ueed war not whltebut hsd firey Etr€al(5.
(v111) ?ne d1aloeter and thl'ckneas of,were less than speclfied.
The capacltle6 of .the Dolvethylenehrere Iess than speclfled.
The relnforceEent ln the RCC plpee rtgsspeclfled.
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{tx)tanI(a
(x)that
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(d)
The floor ttle6 used r.tetig subttandsrd.
EUARA4 EEAI|I Irr.ncrRICALs I..ID t
tAcalE q.LAOAI!I{1 ECIB XCE. THERIiAL PowER sTATrorAI EA'I.!I!.TT. DEI.EI I
lf contr,'act fon the above worrk sta! ae'atrd€d foran aiottrt of R8,32.31 lakha. The fo1Lor'{lnc lrajonln rcsulrrltlea stl.rl! obE€rv(3g !
(r) lh€ bulldl.ns w8a Planned wl'thout Bl'dc wellsancl uttLnrtaly Lt wae decl'<led to gttovLde s claddlng wlth. coltly lrtport€d uaterlsl knor"tn es Luxelon cladldlna'lhc rata acceDted for thls lBported cladldLn8 wa6 eboutRr.9oo pcr sq.!. ea lSlalnat Rr.25O per 6q'!i' f,or thetndic.n:u8 Daterlsr.
( 1f ) ths ctlculatl'ona of cost3 o? ver'louealt.FaatLvat }tarrc u$l'Dutata{t to fgvouF the lmpontedrctorlrl Lurelon.
(trl) Th€ rat€ ecc€Pted fon the frlsc ce1}1ng waa
Rr.528 9eD tg.ttt. sE.Selnat R3.44o pcn 6q'n' quoted fonth. ta,r. iteD by the raln bull.cllna cont:ractori'
(1v) The.natc .rcc€Ptgd ?or th€9lrr tq.l. rg e3clnlt Ra.75o D€r Bq.m.cont?aoto? for the sane lten.
(vl )f,ollrndtaportl
claddlna r"tas R6.9OOquoted bY the tra.''n
(v) tho fotaoul. foF grtce €Ecalatlon erl,owe.3oa1atlon on profLtN alao.
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Offlcelrt ot DESU enct StlEL wcre eent to'to Htthcaa t.atinS ot thc natoPlal' Th€lr tourlne not avallablr
(v11) R.d Ox1d. Pnln f v'teg uEGd lnEtced ol zlneChlooata Rad oxtde Prlnen.
(vtll) Cllas I GI ahcctinc with a Zlnc costlhs o?
!?5 sr.. 9.r rg.D. r.taE uscat lnstead of, clara I 6h'etlna],lth g, ll,nc coatLnE of 75o gma, 9cn 6g.m'
( tr. ) lhe GI Bh.et usod r'ta8 1 ' 85 u!! thlck eE
ceslaet E a .Pccl?tctl.
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(ei BHARAT PETFOLf,IIIIT COBPORATTON :
FAB&ICA?rO{ tsQ ERECSrOtf QE LpGt EpnrRxqs r
A contract fotf thc above work brae awsrde(t for:an s$rount of Re. A.8E ct ores, The fof.]-ow1ng n&JorLnz'egularltles erere obs€tved.
(i) Tbe contractlnS flrm, A. were plaeed on these].ect ll.st even though they dtd not 6pply fo?I}requa1lf,l catt.on anCl they dtd not comp]'y !.rLth then1nlmum crlter1a fot!- gelectlon. Ivlotreovel,, thelrperformance hed lnvlted adverse connent€ ln ccae of thcButcher" IEIand ProJ€ct whr,ch was s1go wlth lVe. BhsnatP€tro].eur|] Corpor.at 1on.
(J1) Publlc eectgn fLnna speclallsl.ng ln steelfebrl.catlon wel.e not plsced on th€ aeleet llet.
tlit) A 5X nebrto offered by the flrn lf all therrorka st U!'an wefc al].ott€d to th€trr wa6 not avail.ed ofbrt the BPCL.
(iv1 gJaate plcees of steel F eDe not lr.eturned bythe contr"a.ctor reaultlns tn a ]-odB ot R9.3 lckhE.('r] Itnmed1ately after aw&rd of, the contract,14,/e. A rtarted lobbytna f or. a chgnce f rom theconvantlonal 1eg support ayate$ to I Buss eu9 supportsysten. Thls chan8e wrs acceptad by' the BPCLlmmedjste1y afte? a forelgn trXp by the ctil (EAp) and theDG!,| (project6) to lnsgeat eLmllar auppoLt aystena lrrEurope. The change Ln the Eu9pollt syBtclr rresulted Lnheavy loaBes to the BPCL du€ to abr|o?nsl' crelay ln th.rwork and this uitlrt|etely r?esuJ.tect Ln fallune of thefoundetlon reaultj.ng ln a tota]' IoBs ta the BPCL.
(vl) The conparatlve econobicB of the two Eyetenswere rlot iroritr€d out and the co8t of lnrborted pumpgpequlrled folo the BurE eup 6y6tefi was €uppreaeect f:no'l 'theBoard of Dlr:ectors.
(vXl) l4../a. A htrd orlgr.n.l1y quoted RE.Z6[ lakhg fo:rrhe Buea eup ayaten but thl-a tte!| was eubsequentlya!,4arded at Rs.?88 lekhs re.sulting 1n a 1068 of R8.AA].akhe to the 8PeL,
(vltl) ?rre quoted r.ate f,oi. thc BusE CuD deel.gn waBlneluslve 't'f the coet of ggeclal steel for whleh thenr€trrket rate wsE 6bout R6.2OOOO gen tonne. However", thespsclal st€el was 1a6u€d by BPCL at Ra. EZOO porr tonne.
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Aa p-r the reraeement r Wa.e atood gusrr&nteefor the worrk done. The area (}f t.he atone eolunrnfoundAtLona erag !,educed fron 1B nete.?€ d1a. to 14.4m€t6rs dl-a nesul.tLng tn collapgi: dt a tank. Thegualpantee hae not been lnvol(ed by BpeL and the co€t ofre-cp€ctlon l"s beLng: borne by BPCL"
(x) An excess of ZI plates hras lesued to thecorrtpactor ne8u1ting ln a l.oss of Re.1? lakhs to BPCL.
(xl) tOX retentlon money hras not belng recoveredln the contractonte btlle.(x11) The fllre] ptyrent oe 5r( was nede elthou3h thetanks r^rs re not teFted and commissloned.
(xltl) Recovery fon not caetlng conerete Ln one ofthe Burs CuDa h'rB nr&de at R6.ZOO pen cu.!r. LnEtead ofR6. ?5OO Dd:r cu.m. ln prroportlon to tlre total cost of theBuBs CuI) Ey6ten.
(e) BHARAT PTTRoLBUU CoRpoRATrorf l"LD :
s?oitE col-uuns AxD pr.t.rNe poR Lpc stpHEREs! aIURAil ilTAR BOMBAY :
. A contract folF the rbove brork !.raa awerded for.n rurount of RE. 92 lakha. The f ollor"rlng mal orilrnecularltl€s ef€re obBepved !
(1) Tender docunenta wa:.e hot Leaued to 20 out ofthe e5 f,JFme on the Felect list.(ld) Two reputed contractore expra6aed
( tx)
rrerenvstl0ne aboutabovc elte but thelF
adoptlon of storre colunns st .ther€comnrehde t toirs hrerre not Slv€n duer.relBhtag€.
(11r) The rate quoted for. vibrohtghly protrlta.ble to th€ contra.cto!.,r.te. fon pll.e foundatLono. V{broadoptcd to beneflt the contra.eton.
(1v1 Saf,ety egalnst gen€ral. stlesr f ail.ure of the601r wa8 not lnveatlgated and ultlmately the founttatlonfelled durlna hydrio teEtlna.(v) The foundatlon be6e pnovtded wae 14.4 meta..Ln dla. as egaln8t 18 uetere apeclf,ledl.
(vt) Tha load teEt conducted nae faulty aE lt lrssconducted on tbe etono column only end not on th€
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gtone co.lumng wasss conpered brlth thestone columD6 Were
BulroundinS 8011.
(vtt ) l\trEta5e of Bulphate resistlnc c€!|ent we8
ellowad ot 1OX rg ccgl'nst 2X apeelfled'
(vtlt) A lox genforotnce banlr Suara tee as speclfl€dir.rg8 lro t t al(eh .
( ''x)advar|ee.
A dtupllcate gasruent waB uad{t for 8ob1ll6atlon
(x) An €xonbltant s$tount of Rs't2'9 lalrha wap Daldby the BPCL 3on 6upp1v of etaterr' Accordlngi to thecontFectr the contractor Ehould have I'ngtslled stub€wel1.
(tr) EEABfft Putrts 6ID CSUEBESSABA LID !
ForF thq worlr of modenniEat'ton rnd exDantlonof, thelr factony at Allohabed, the IfIDC htee apgolhted aa
co0sultants at a f.G of '.olt' fhe eost of the DroJect
*ai ort8tnarl-y a88€6sed aE about Rg'2') croree end
advano€ Dayncnt of Rs.4.? lalrha war Dald to the NIDC'
Io*r.o. bniy ottc buLldln3 coetlnS sbout R6'15 lakha t{satakon uD rnd othen bulldlncB eDe not lLkelv to be tal{enuD aecordlns to the !t. D. BPCL thu6 paLd consultencvonarg"" of nt.4.? Iakhr fo:n a bulldlna cogtlng onlyRE.t5 lekha.
ilfDC tnvltadt onlv tbto gublLc gectorundGrtaklntt to tcndar for ths woFk' One of th€n etas
'ngt worl(lns enywh€re nee! th€ areee and quoted hlahBltao. Thtlt3 l{!!r thotisforsf no conpGtltlon v'rhataov'r'
,. rii-ri"r. iree al|||ldcat wlthout .ny detatled Juetlf,leatton.
only onr bulldlne eoctlnS about RF'15 lekh'riltckenuPforcongtfuctlonbutarobl.lt.'Atlonadvanceof rbout Rr.lO lfkhs r"tat alreadv pald to ths contrectotP'Out of thc totll payBent of rbout Rc'31 lakhs nade so
',.fart uncar tha oontraat. 9'yo€nt of noro then R6'2o lakh61; forP ltcDt not lncluded Ln th€ BcaPc of the contracttut folP othc!' ltcng tnctudlna gettv lteue and
lalntcnaneo :ltenE. tn fact. the contract lE belba useda, r runnlnc contrsct ?or Settlna a1l so3ta of, r"grkdi'ne.
An ov€lpayt!€nt of Ra'36oo0 hrs b€Gn madc totho oorltrrstor for Junals cloerancQ' Th€. b'nk guarrnteclunnllhrd by th- oottoiotor ln !.lou of aeeunt'tv d€Dosl'thrt stll€loy axPltqad and har not been !'Gncwod' lfo
tnsutrnos rtat takcn by thc contlactorF at r6qulnell' lfo
t$ta ntrpg conductad on ilatot'1413 usad 1n ths tdork 'ndthafa 1l no raGold Of tha drlty cousunDtlon of e€DCnt'
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(e) eoAL IIDIA LID r
IilTSRilAL ELECTRIFICATIOII I{ORN(S QF
SToREYEn BUILpT*GS A!, COA! rilrllA r,|ElD
CO PLTX. CALCIITTA !
A contrect for the lbove worh ItaE qrNld3oa,nountln8i to Rg.6.13 1.es. The fol.lobrln3 uato!lrregularltle8 r'tet:.e obseFved ! -
Tyto tafidgrs lrare !\ssetY€d, th€ allff€lfitneebsln8 oox. Thla tndlcrtes f,.ack of co&Detltlon, A?tenopsnlns th€ t€r|de?s. the Estluet€d coEt gtss lcvl'ee6oDpafent].y to JuBtl'fy the tender.
The apeclflcetLone Provldeal both f,o!AlumlnluD Gne Copper wlrea. The trot[eneletu?e of the.ItsnE dl.cl not gpeeLfy the naterlel of wlneg. At el'tts .
Alumlnlun rrines vtere DtPovlded. The ltane e.lso illd notgDeol?y th€ type ol wlrl.na, rhethen surfrce or recctgaq.the 19104 d!'fiqeter condult t)lpe provldeal weE notauf,flclant to accomodct€ 411 the t"tlreE. Cebt.c aLzrrprovlded ?trere Et're thcn lequbed. Thrce D€te!6 rtcrFe'Dnovlded lqn elnsle unlt. fh€ locettonE of, the ual'n e$ddlrtri.ct boarda w€re not ln eccordcnce ltLth the IEIeode. resultlngi ln extra cost of, Rs.3OooO. Dupllcrtct.ten ifor ltetal Boxeg for l5A Plug Polnt reBulted lnovclrpsynen t t ttttlnaa of Lnferlolt grad€ rrer€ .eec€9tcd.
cQ-rlilcrl- oE sc;IExIIElc'g IIDISIEIAL EEEEIECg t-'ln the constructLon of a .bul'ldlna tor thc
centre gon Blo-chem1eel6 for the Councll of 8cl€nttflcBnd Indrratrlal Regea:rch (CSLR) .at D€lhl' cortLnS aboutRs.1.69 ct9ore8, the follovtlngi lrregular.itlot rrar€notlced : -(f) The reagonabl'cnese of the tende! waa notssBeeBed wlth refer€nse to the prevallln8 [aPke t rgt€abefo?e awardl'ng the contreact. Approxlnatelyr 47X of thetotal cost of the bul.ldlna was folt RCC worka Dut thelpeclflcatlone for thc6e l,tena wene eorf,fuging BDd vaaue.
ilut.tr-.A3 C;I&
l-
(h)
(1r)ehutterand the
An arnount og 8s.1.&8 lakh6 he6 been Pcld fo!flnlEh coneriete but tbs fltrighl'nc wa6 vctty Dool!D4ymerrt Far not Justlfled.
(l1t) The onlSlnal grovlgion of foalr conc?tgt€Lngulatlon we8 changed wlthout edegucte Justlflcatlonrrreeultlna Ln an extr.a cort of Rs.2.5 lalihe. 18 @.thlc}( marble 6labe brere gro!'l-decl ln p]-4ce of 3(} ffi. AtenDora?:/ overpayment to the extent of about ttg.37OOO
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wes notad by not recordinii treagurenentgcarrylng neSetLve ratoB.
forP Ltema
(1) couNcIL QE SCrEr{TrFrC & INDUSTRI4T. RESEIRCH .
In the wornk 6f rt C,/O 60 tlos Staff Quartersrrcoatlng anproxlltsteLy Re.8l' lakhB for the NatlonalAeronsutlcal Lab('retory, BanSlalore, the tender documentsp?epared qontalned Gevera]. eontradlctorry provislons. NoJustlficatlon wca prepa?ed baaed on p!'eva1ent Barketrateg before award'.nG the wo!3k to aeseas therea.s<'nab]'enesS o? the rccepted tender. ThegpeeLflcatlone ta be followed fore RCC aeorka, coverlng35'd of the contra.ct value, a.D gilven ln tbe contract wereguLte vagiue and eonf,uaLng. Ae per the contractcond1-tl.ons. wher€ sotDe 1tems are repeated underdlfferent Ech€du1ee and contractolr quotee dLff€rentrates, the l.o$reet pate was apglicab]-e but thLs provlElonwaa lsnored whlle maklngi payDent 1eading to anoverpayment of Rs.1.26 1akh6. Psyment ,.raa aade for .Le4dJolnts ln pLire8 whlch anpe not payebt'c extna e'B p€rcontract p?cvlalons.
?he contraetpr guoted ve!:r' low rates forL terae of M. S. reLngonc€men?. Ttte quantlty of theeeltems at the tlne of executLoh was reduced and thl.6 Bavea be.lef,lt of Rs.93OOO to, the contrractor. Theapeclfl-catl.on provlded for. u8e og only control]-eclconer€t€ but noml.nal mlx conc!'ete hraa actual]-y provLdedwLthout any cost-adJ uE tEent.
(J) COUI|CIL O8 SCIEilTIEIC 4 I$DUSTRIAL TEEEABqtr :
fh th€ eonatructton of 8 bull.dl.na for theACTD p?ogipalume at l{AL. Sangaf,gre. eostln8i a.bout R8.52lakhs. the gotl.owlng lr:regular.tti.ea were nottced :
Ea!.nest trooney $r&a ecc€rpted ln the form of aEenk €uarantee r4hlch l.rae not perml.8atbl.e, NoJugtlfication nas worfed out before the tender waaaccepted. fhe estimat€d cost ltsel.f agl)eaned to have nobaels. Inpo?tant colr[unlcatlons wl"th the contractonwere not nade palt of the contraet. The contraetgrovl.ded fola paylnentltat€r1a1a.
of advanee even on Berlshable
Provlrl'on of stone ao].l"ngi undep the flooreoatlngi about ns.22ooo and epoxy p&lntlng on eonct'eteBurfacea costlng about Ra.16000 appea.red to beunneceasaFy. The Ep€aLflcatione for DPc were defectLve.fto {fuat.antae wa6 obt4lned f,o:p the antl-ternltetr.eatnent. The apeclflcatlons for RCC wor:'K atLpulateal
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controlled conarete but ordinary concrete g.taa u8€dr Ina aampl€ atrackLn3 of the uoaale floorins, 4t* og the.apea rlsa defectlve. In pl'ec€ of 6 !rm. thl.ck glesedtllce. 5 nn. tlLes wene used. Door ahuttera were 34 nr|!.thlclr ln placc of 40 ultr. thlelt.
Godrej aa.k€ ateel wlttdottc $tere to bG Used butlnfelalor [rkea vfe?e uaed. The thic.ktresa of 8leas pall€gln gl.aalns wa6 l€aB. Alumlnlum gl'rzlng cogtlng aboutR,e. L.73 t€khs lnetde the .bulrdlng could heve been.gvoldsd antl aheager alternatlves eoulil have served thepu?pol e rtelt. the ?ate Banctl.oned for:' aluml.nlun r^tlndowsr.raa very htch. A beheflt of about Rs.l lakh8 }.taa pa6Be<lon to the aontractor 'by' not recoverl.n8 Incone Tax.
(k) PETJII, DEVELOPUEil? AUTHORT?Y !
In ttre'wotrk of 're,/a 288 ftlo Houees ln PocketE-1 Sector Xv of Rohlnlrt. larle 6ca1e devlstlons ererenotleett ln eeverel ,.t€ntg lndtaetlna that the eEtLnateiraa not .pr€I)ar€d wlth 4dequat€ calee. A t ernpoF6ry'overpaynent of Rs.4.6 }a*ha has occulped by DaylncEecured advance for brlckt at a hl€her rate. A ?ecove?yeaountlng to Re.62982 belng ths eoat of earpty ceBcntbaSa was not effected. Secured Advence of Rs.3OOOO weBprld on r,rash basl.ne Irhlch erar not adnlaslble. bcLnc etrpagille lteB. An overF6:,.n€nt of Re.13685 hat been nadaby psylng for SCI collars whlch etaa not to be Dald extraaa per contract provlslong. An over3DB5fnent of Re.21863in case of fl.C. pcns etas notlced. Excees gavnent ln BCctsnkg anountlnS to about RB."49OO ,tas notJ.ced.
(1) DTLIII DEVELOP!''TEIIT AUTHORITY :
ltfh t le ahraDdl ng the wottk og lavlna plgrlDheralwater EuDply l)lpee ln PatBar'8anJ, a csndltlon o{ thecontraetotp for €upplylnA the pllt€ at slte etas acecl}tedgayl-ng that the plpea leere alreedy favLng at the eltealong all.noent. Thi.g condLtlc}n ldas 4cc€pted r"tlthoutcs].culatlng l'tg flna.nclal effcct. Later' e 8ep4laatecontract }raa awardcd to the 6ane contrectorr foPtnanepo:rtln3 l)lpe8 and shl-ftlng to the alte.. In theDnoeosr a benef l.t of Rs.t.23 lac6 waE glven to thecontrBctor. 9n1y lto'( etork waE done and Lt was sal'd thatf,urthen rrork was rrequlred to be ctone unde? thlsacreenent but nateraia1e coetlng about.R5.11.52 lsce weregtl.lt to b6 rrecover"ed,/Peturanedl and a €ecured adv&nce o?Re.3.36 lacs ws6 alao outBtan{3lnei. concrete beddllnaIgld on certaln portlons at a coat of R8.5OEOO doeB notgerve any purpoae. Tbe netrtork we€t put to use l^tlthoutt€-tl.ns.
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(n) DEIJII DEVEL9PIqFilT AILTIQB.LII, :
sltPpLY AE EIJIStr nooRs :
A contract fon th€ above auI)ply wss awardedfor an ssount of Rs .g?.\ lakha. The follohtlng ba'Jor!-r!'etularl tl.€3 wePF observed ! -
(r)fLro.(rr)rhould be
( lw)thlafon
Thc aupply order was placed on a blaclt-llated
Thouah the etlpu].atLon r"tas that the euPplle6fr6n the nanufacturerEr a conc€g8lon wtg lradc
to the contractor &nd he viaG at loeted to euppl.y theshuttolss th?ou8!h' 6 dcaler. Thla would enable th€ranufscture? to evade exclse duty and lncoue tax. Th18conccsslon r,rras not SLVen to othera tenderr€3s and was notbrouglftt to the notlcc of the tforlra Adwlsory Boerd'
( tf.t.) O.rd.ers were placed at htgiher reteB eventhough the firl'ln had defaulted Drevloualy to the extento? 6rN of .ttle quintltY otrdered forl.
Sone of the rhuttere falled on teetlng butwsa not neported to the Bu?eau of Indlan Eitantlands
eultabLe ,rctlon agalnst tbe nanuf&ctur'er'
(v) Incone Tax snountlng to Ra'z IecBr€covercd flaom ttre contrBctor.
(n) qS,PARfliEil.T. QE YOUTH AFFAIRS AtrD SPQFTS :
For th€ ecconnrodetlon of naanly TOOO
outEtatlon partLclpante folF tsharatlvaD. 1989. theSpecial Or.ganlslng ComnLttee of th€ Depcrtncnt of YouthAffalrd and spofta declded to conatruet sesl-pelrman€ntacconmodetlon etlth gervlceg eogtLnS about RB'1'8 crroreclnatead of t€rnporrr?y tented acconrnodat Lon eaF1l.er"€nvl"saEed' But'ldl'ngi worltg coatlng about R6'1'|la cPore3l{efeentruatedto'anagiency.Thefollog.'ln8iirrecul.rnltlee hrere observed Ln the work!
An expendLtune of about R6'142 ].ahhs wsrinculred on setlL-permahent acconnodation lnstead oE
about Rs.9.5 l&khs for teDPoaarv accournodatlon when tbud8et provleton rrts not avaltsble and funds proposedl tobe nade avallab.le by the De].hl Admlnlstr'stJon wene notactually unde avalLabIe. the speclal or'8aniEin8coBmlttee wan not competent to tal<€ a deelalon treSardlngcongtructlon worke eostlngi trtore than Rc'X'8 croneg l,{h€n
a.de(luate fund8 were not pl'ovLded in the' budaet'
wae not
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An aalequete JuEtlftcatlon was not avallableto eondt?uct eeurl.penmanent aceommod&tlon to provide tCbnplnc fecllltv for Tooo pe?eons' In fact' thescconnodatlon hag nernglned ''/acant aften, the camp wa6
over.
Alterrnatlve a4d E2erh&pa cheaper fonms ofaenl-pernanent constrauctLon werre not exItlored nor was
conatructlon work entrusted to a recognleed EngineerlngDepartnrent. Depertnent ltself dtd not have anvarrrangeDent for gupervlslon.
Tfre costlng f,urnl,shed by the egencv etaB
accepted wlthout any detaLled an&Ivgie or Juetlflcatlon'Thc accepted co6t iE culte hlgh lnvolvlns an extra coBtof about Ra.54 lakhs.
Th€ atoeabut tt waa actuallYaddlt{onal benefl-tuntt,
fhe cost analYEl't Der unltlndependent unlts but dunLniB eonatnuctloncoDbined wlth common t'tallg and columns andLn a fLda.ncLel b€n€flt og morie than Rs'?eSency.
of €ach unlt was to be 75o Eg.ft'only about 73x sq.ft. glvlns an
to the agency whose rate wa€ Per
r.ras baEedl onthe unltB r^terrethla ireaulted
I-akhr to the
The gtt'uctural safetv and durabllltv of the'conatriuctl,on r:equlned detatlsd 'lnve6tlastlon' Theconatructlon lteelf was of poora glrellty. The brlcks a'nd
doon shutters wel^e of goor qusl{ty. Broet of the JolntElntheb!.let{wot'l(andbloakworkr.'et3eho11o9''theDllnthprrot€ctlontotheRcccolumnawaafl-lledupw!.thllulbaand the kte].].E have practlea].ly no f,oundatlons' rceEtlnSat Sround Level. The unLts had no floorlnc and brlel'rplatfo:tms p!'ovl6€d lnslde had open Jolnte and thef logn!,ns wag unBultable for eloeplng pu?godeg' TherooSlng eonglat€cl Of boerds covei'ed wLttr RttP 6he€t6 andeltenelv€lgehAg€andddrras€totheboardgwer.enotlcad.
Th€ gtorl{ wa8 awetded }tlthoqt any tcnders' and
no conttract waE El$neal wlth the agency' Paynent wes
ct+lt|led for' 151 unlte but on 6.x1.89. only xllg unl'tswera taRen up. Tns nei|talnl.nS teto unlte appear to hAvebe€n tel(en up aftelr the calrtp \^teg oveF and' theFegolr€'dtd not s€rv€ eny put'Doe€ nsEultlng tn an tnf,ructuouEexpenAlture.of R6.1.?4 lat(hs. The DeDartment hsBotclneat that the entlne woFk was coilgt€ted lnr a nedordtl,tnc of glx weeks by 24.10.89 but et].esat two units weretekan up after" 6.11.89 an<t,even 1n ADrtI' 1990' thaeeunltr w€re lnconplet€. saveral other falge clelrng hevcalro b€en nscle.
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'The erchltectural work wes entru6ted to anagincy s't e velry hlgh coet s€ the woPk lnvolved wa6nos!1y r'epetitlve. The extra fees psid to thearchltecta le sbout Rs.?.8 lakhE.
The Departllent haa been regueBted tolnvestlgate endl flx reEponelbllLtles.
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{2) fhe DeFartuent of Youth Affelrs end SDontsentr:ugtedl to an agiency the const.riuetlon of 14 tolletbl.ocks costlng .&pproxLnetely R6.16. rf 5 lalihs for theBharatlyarn, 1989, Camp, ll€w'Delhl.. The orl8tnalestlmate psepsred by the acenqy e,rae fote R8..9.96 l'akhabut wae.r6,V1sed to.Rs.15.45 letthe. The r^evLeed eEtlmatewa6 acc€Fted ' wlthout maltlnS , a,n!f , check on l.tereagonabill.tV. The eetlniatg Lncllrded'Zotd implenentatloncharges and 3X contlngeng:tes fbr whtch there was noJustlflcat.i.orr. No detal.lC&,.atraf1ri1E of the e6tLnate wagglven nor hrag it p!'ep€rre.lt iJbyr tffte Depertment. Detal].aworked out l-n .th16 regetid t.evea].ed ths.t the aceeptedrate waE 23td hlsherp than th€ reasonable co6t even &f t€r3excludtng 3rd contlngeneles and zort tmplenentstloncharBeE.
Advsnce pavnents ?'tere- made before executLngithe r^ror'k and wlthout obtal.nlbg any guarantee orFecunlty. ineone Tax anrountl.na to R8.34e16 was notreeoveredl. The epproxlmat{r overDgynent aBsegeed onsceount of vanLoue ctef,iclencles ln the work done waaabout Ra.1,87 lakh6. eOX payurent r.{as Feys51. ott. w€el(after the aallp ers6 ovetr but full Dayuent $ta6 nade evenbegore conpletlon.
' The CVo hss beeri requ€eted to lnvestlgiate andf,lx reaponsibllltleE.
(o) DEPART}4ENT OF SIACE I
DIESE!, GENFRATQE SETS FOR TIIF NATIOilAI.I TORES?pArA MANAGI:I}IEHT SXgtEU AL DEHEADIIX. :
A contract for thean amount otr Rs.5.62 1akh6lrregularltlee were obEerrvecl i
abov€ work wa6 ewarded fo?-. The foll.owl,ngi uajor
(r)e?hen the
( rl )
The eontraet wag awarded atloweat offer !^ras Rs. [.2 la]chs.
lakhs
?he Eeeond loweet tehder wag reJected beceusethelr eervlclng f,acllLtleE at Trl vanttruB i.7ere 9oor,Slnee the firm wae U. P. baBed, there would have been noproblem ln U. P. Also thelr tendetp was unn€ceEsa!.if,y
Re.5.62
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lordsd to 6howtenoc'Fer...
theu ea hiShsr than the Oth loweat
( l1t ) The thtrd lohtest tender:' etcs loaded byRa.zrago on the SFound thst the tenden ssount dtd notlnclude .the coat of found&tione. Actu8lllyr foundattonah,ere alr€ady €xtstlnc et ELt€.
( tv) Sale6 Tex +tsg. gat'd on cha?8ea forLn6tb.'ll.atlon' testt nS and comnlellonlng ltl'thout wal'tlnsfor the aalea tax esaeasaertt orPletr ' e6 inetructed by theJolnt Secretary.
(v) The quantl,tlea of coDDer and oI stlFipt weaeovetr-neagured and the 6tn1pa werae under-3lgod.
tank wae, 45O lttree(vt )eg egslrlBt
(v1t ) The neeeurlng lnstrunents and s€lecto!'arrltchea |,9ere a{brtandetrd ahct the entit c inEtellstlonHaE un€af,e a.E no eelathlnS tcstG rtefe eQnducted.
(p) D@EI]ABqEAI. !
SUPPLY- IilstAlrrATroit AXD qpinfissronlilc 9E 3.1CrfirA. r{T/c1, SIDSTAjLICI rrp 'r. v.Rrt-^rI cEtrTRf,-IiAEP[8 r
Four glnllar contractB Gach enountlnc toRe. [09650 (total arnount R..16,38 Iscl) r,'€re ana?ded tothe s ane flrE.
:,,, A . caae of f,avourLtlau to the contttactor hagrbeeft' nottc€d. The aontlractot'. to who ttt€ contreet wiaa
aiended waB not on the Afn tlst. and lt wig known e"henthc f,endar doculretlt vraa leaued to hln rnd by l.thorn. ThCcontractor alt.d not fulf,ll the pre-condLtlon of ex€cutloaof g olnrtlar r,fonk.
A fLnanclal betref I't end ovGt'pavnent to thctunc of n!.1o9682 wcrre 8lven to th€ ftr8 Ln thcae fourcontracta
A anke of tirnlfolPu(!? othea thcn thcegaclft€d lrakG was acesPtsd. there rtsro atrtfect3 I'n llalnL. T. Panel and eable layl'ns. end the Eerthenln3 r.taa notrs p€r epGclfLeatton.
tfo reDly ha3 been nccelved ao f,ar.
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(c) uIxDusIA[. vEGtTAnLt gIL CQEEQBAEffitr t
rsro sglDaHtrS Il, ISE rugg coilFDUilD AI I'IIIJIID-EIIEEAI, :
A contract for the above r'teb rwarded 'for ' ttnirilaunt of Ra.1.4d cror€8.. The followLng najorlrre8u]'arltLee we?e ob3erved 3 -
,( l) ?€trdcns welris subnltts'l by contractops ondtff,€r€nt dates and opensd on atltferent detes thutviolat!'ng th€ btalc tsnotg c? tendQrlna.
(lf ) AftalP oDenLns of tendsrs. ttre loe'€st tehdefer.tncDeeaed htE ogfctt ftroB Rs.1[g to R3"19o Dan sq'ft' snd
''thlg wag acccDted.
ort nef€rngd to tn the asreeEent
(tv) The roblll.rtton advenc€ Slven to thecontractolr r.tla-3o!3 rE e8alnat a $extnuG of tOX'
(v) ' "glr1v 2413 ot the wolk w.t clgn: th?l lt rtle
rbsndon.d brocuee .thare wa! nq aDpfoval 'Crod the Bolb'v
( rtt)
llunlcIpal Colgoratlon.
tvl ) Tho 8t.€l6t.ilnte8ratlnA.
tlo speciftcatlon6 rnd d?ew:lngr lttene rvallrble
lylns at the elte lE nustlnS lnd
(v11) l{o bentr euartnt€G we8 tak?n to dgv€n . theoutgtendtngi enourlt gf thc noblllsatlon' tdvance'
(v111) No . n ccovoc'lsg t{GFrE [rd€ 'tovt'rdr s€cu?ltydepotlt 'end t nconre tg:t r
(1x) A Deyn.nt of Rs.11.3 lrlihr wes Drdo sSalnattht.teSr€Gncntloncltrclggtrsncc'Gerth.'fll!'tnasndlavcrllng rthlch 8rG covellrd unden r rqpcltrta contr&ctwlth th6 essl€ cantrseto?. Benca thlc tl€gult€d 1n
dugllcat€ Daytont.
(r) nrxnusl,a,n vEcrTABLt llll. cQESqEA:g[Q[ :
rIE$ ADTIf,IS?RATTOil EU.LDI.US. FO^DS 6TDI.sttll.t.Irc EgB'IIE sls AI tltll.rtttD^ roD[FAY t
A contaact fon th€ ebov€ rrolk ttct ewandsd tg!ana,nountofRc.6o"'lrkht.Th'tol.lolttn$nrJorlnrgSulrni.tlcs Hara ob!€!'vsd t
LLZ
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(1) lfo Plans'4nd €stloatea w€tle gre9ar€d'
(11) The tender o? ltl,/s' A waa taapered wtth tonat(e thee the logteat- ?he actuat lowest tender wls notnade avallable for lnaPectlon'
(t 11 ) Plana and cleslgn celculatlonBfurnlshed bY the contractor.
Free water and eleotrl'clty were glven thouahadnriselble under the contraat.
A 4Ot( noblllBatlon advancea rnextnun of 1OX.
rra€ allogted 8eagalnat
(vl) Re.6.35 lakhsrc1Bbur3enent coet thou3lhof the contrPact.
(vtt) The' cont!.act wea awerPded r'tlthout obtaLn{nggral+3 aBproval of the bl.ans fron the Bofrbav lluntctpalCorporetlon. Tbe corporatlon o?dtered deBolltlon of thef tructur€8 and the work r^taa &bandoned lthcn about- 51f, oC
the vtork vtaa done. Thls lre6ul'ted Jn a buge loat o?ebout R3.3O t.lkhs to the HVOC.
(vltt) Out of the sobll'ieatLoncontr4ctor.. an e[ount of Re.2.36necovercal.
ware not
*ae 9a.id aa tat€rielnot adlllasl.ble under th€ terns
advance pald to tbcIakh8 couldl not bs
Rs.5.5 takh8 ets6 pgld foti'gnound and covenlng the ttt'3a'
but no such ttork wag done at.( lx) An a,nount ot!.ev€l.llng of the .vaealttwlth la$?ns and S8rdendtr.tc.(a)
(1)Rs. 2950R6.1550PGlrlod.
(rl)r€lsxed bYcona'.denlng
ItfnlAl EAXE t
oFprcE AccotqrooATroil FoR "Hf, l,trDlAtr EAtr6' LU
TSE $IORLO TRAPE gTiITRE AI. DEIE.I :
A contract for the a.bove work waa av'arded fo!alr rdount og' Rg.59o' l.akhe. The folloetlna EaJ orlrresularltlee were ob€erved : -
Tho 9r€mlseE htere tak€n on e llcenee baetrs ctDer Eq.ft. of Eupen aFee a-6 agalnEt R6' 15Oo toper gq.ft. by other gentlea dunlng the 6 an€The overp€yment 16 about Rs.25O lakha'
Tho aondltlons apptroved by the Eoar't r"tercthe Zonal llatr a8e!t ln favour of the deweloper'
Lnter€et on the cepltal investnent' tfte
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'totaI nortth.ly €xpendlture .IlelP Eq.ft.out to Rg.59 pen sg.ft. as conporectrental cherge€ of R8.25 per Eq.f,t.connaught Pl.ace s?e8'.
of 6uper area worltgsrLth thi preval.llnc
pe? nonth 1n the
(1tt) An exces6 srea of 5ooo sq.f,t- over thetrcqulrenent of the Bank r^ta8 tek€n reaultlngi ln a loes ofRe.1.5 crores to the Bank.
(lv) The 6u9€le ar€a harg beeh over -measured?eeultl.ng ln an overpsvn€nt of Rs.x-18 crores.
(v) The developer has not done oLl boundd!.et€nFere &nd conatructed 4 tollets €ts EpecifLed ln theIlcence agrgenent but no trecove?y lraB be€n eYf€cted.
(t) IIIDIAItI EAN,E, !
PUqCHASE, QE 4 FL/r"sDE.I.uI I
DAES RQAp.iltw
A contraat for the ebov.e purcheEe avfarded fotPen aroount of Rs.1. Ot cl''o?ea. The follor"Lna naJot'lr|te8iulanrLt1€B were obaerv€tt :
(r) The gff€tp t{aE accepted !.tLthout verlfyLng theaFl,roved Dlans by th€ t{Dl.lc. The bulldlng se con6tructed1s 13 Etoreyed. es agalnet the 'NDltc aPpnovsl foa Istor€lrs only. Two flate allotted to the bank a!'e ln tlreporatlon above the 8 atot?eyed pontLon whlch haE to b€dernollahed.
(tl) In the valuetlon Etet€8ent. the Jalue of landis t&ken at R6.8.5 croreE petr acre as agalnBt Re.3.4crot!€s per ecre sDeclfled by the'Lencl and Developrentofflc€ of the llLnlEtry of Utrban DeveloPnent.
(111) The rete eccepted le Ra.l15o 9er 5q-ft. aea8alnBt a Jugtl.fled sate of Rs.95? per 6q.f,t. resultlngln s roaa of Rs.18 lakh6 to the bank.
{1v) -The ereaa of th€ flats ,f,l.ra :been ov€rmeaguredpegultlnS, an en overpayt[ent of about Rs.36 lakhs.
tv) Interest charlBed by the developen on d€layedpeyrients has beer| cougounded at perlotts :LeEE than oneyear reaultina in an overpsyBent of R4.1.25 !.akhs.
(vi) the avele8e uonthly expendl'ture on a flat gerlhonth lncl.uelve of, lnter€Bt. d€Drecletton. taxeB.aoclety clrargeg etc. le Rg.62OOO which le ebout I tinesthe. Ba!'a?y o? the offleer to bthon the g]-st e'r111 be
11t
aIl.otted.
(v11) Income tax &rlountlna to Rs.1.9 1akhs was norpecovered f r.onr the developer.
(vtlt ) Ordlnary teak wood wea used Lnstead of Burnateak !^rood ae egeelfled.
( 1x) Ffy pipoof ehuttera $r€lpe }rot provLded for al].cxt€raa1 openl.nga ai speclg{.ed.
A centrel aln-condl ti<'nlna EyEtem has notba.n grovlded aa epeelfled.
(u) ItrprArl EA[s :
puRcr{AsE oE 59 FTATS AI NO. lr. pURAN cHAflpIAGAR AVEXUE. CALCUTTA :
A contnct folt the above proJect was awa.ldedfor an anount og Ra.4.33 cnorree. The fo]-lowl.ng rnaJorlrnggu]'anltlea r^rere obaer:ved :
(f ) The offcr wae consldsred e.rlthout obtalninathe Flens end detallB of the land ares,, trAR ete. Thenatg 1.8 baa6d on the cuper-bullt up aree e.rhLch Ls keptvague and undeflned ln the agreement.
( 11) The offer waa acceDted hrl-thout vaLuatlon ogtlre rpeaEonable cost.
(111) An advance paJrment of Rs. t.r75 ctpores wasnade on LO.7.87 r*ltrroas th€ agreetrent wse reaahed on1.6.89. thuB rerul,tlrrgi Ln a bu8e IodE of lnte:eegt of.bout Re.37 ]'akhs.
(tv) An avoldrb]'€ expcndlture hras Lncu?red on alatrse Comunlty Centpe oh t*re SaounCl f loot^ &e qu&r'terg?fGre not a].]'owed on the Ground gl.oorr by the Cal-cuttaCorFonatlon.
(v) The offer wag btged on 2!! cotta'hs of lanc.l butthe land ha.nd.d ov6r l"ra. onlj/ 20.626 cottahe and thedlf,fenence of Rs. 16 lrkhs was not recovered frod theclevE1oper.
(wl) Wben thc Xrrogtreaa wae onl.y about 5Of. l.t wagmle:'epreeented at 9OS l-n onder to pay 9OX of the tota].cons.lderatlon to the developer on 1.6-89. Thus, Inaaaltlon to the advance of Rs.1.5?5 cnones. &fl undueI'ayment of R8.1.87 croren erar made on 1.6.89.
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tv11) The rate for the Connunl ty Centlne and panltlngnxiec€a on the gaound floor sfiould be leBB .than that f('reree j-dentl"al f]-ata but ao recovery r^raa effectecl from th€(:eveloper.
(vilt) Pane],led ahutterB hav€ been provlded inateadaf flush doopa andl HoIIoek frameE tnstead ol' tealr woodfr&mes.
( l.x) Ttle i'eaeonable r&te la about Rs. 45O persn.tt. a.s agetnst whlch a rate of, R8.65O per gg.ft. hagb€en a.ccepted re8ultlng ln a loes of 8s.1.33 croreE tothe bank.
tx) The aree w&e ovefmeaBun€d by 34r.esultl"ng ln sn overpayment of Rs.Z.35 1akhg.
{-x.i) An outBlde l&wyer w&s eppolnted &ndIis.3,25 lakha when the le8:a.I r4o1'k could have beenby tn. benk's l&wyers.
ac. ft.
palddone
ixlt) The stee]. wLndowsr prlber, fr&rn€a, htnges.{:.l-ean1ng, raln wst€r.' plpes, slnks and gnowcen wetre6ubetandsrd.
{v} INDI+N IHSTITgTE. QE TECI{NOIqGY. BOMBAY :
r'or trctr t$.pe guarterg, the Etructuf E!.consultsncy work waa entrusteCl to a pFlvate consultanta"t the rate of 2% r4hen Institute ltge]"f of feri6r:r:n6ultancy gervlcee. The estLnlated co6t seems to havebeen boostecl up and the lowest tender w&s accepted;.rlthout preparJng any Justlflcatlon. T€nder. documentsr:nd speclflcstions contalned sevena]. dl.Fcrepancles.lisc6lat1on on cement and steel wae pa{d cn the baeLs og'. rtichase voucherB pr.oduced by the contz'actor wlthoutir:ot,er ver'1f J-cation. About Rs. e. 39 lol<hs advance waeraLd on rnateria]^a wl thout I'eceivlng the aa.me at 61te.I'&ynent mad€ for' levelllng of Blte wag not admL8sl"ble.I'he requLr:ed lnsurance poll.cles wetpe not taken by theeontractor:. A guarantee f(}r the watet' proofl.ngt?eetm€nt was not tslren from the contractor.
i. !.'| ) INDIAI\I RArLtrrAY CoNS?RUCTION CCgeAN-I :
The lturgientn r,rot3k of constructlon of thesugergtructure of a nepslrr depot f,or the Eastern R4t]'waywas entrugted by InCON to a contractor b&eed onquotations received frorD thx,ee parpties $rithout anv oDeneompetitlon. The worlk ltself waE awa?ded eix rnonthgagter the Rai].weyB a$rarded the contract to IRCOI. Therge€!e*!ms to have been an extrra cost of about RB.1O ].attha aa
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the items re]-atlna to north ]'lgftt glazlng were deLeteddur'lng execution, and wlthout these 1tem6 the ecceptedo?fer Was hlgher than the offer of other contractore.Th€ lterne of north 11ght glaalng wer:e 6ubstltuted byfl.bre glaes she€t wlthout adequ&te JuetJ-f lcatlon.nesulting l.n an extr.a cogt of Rs.3 l"akhs. The work hraaawarded wlthout preparlng any Ju6tlflcatl.on based onpr€val"Ilng nlarrhet rates. The contL.sct ltself wssawarded to IRCON by the Rsl Lhrat/s at lRCOWts quoted :.ate€thrhLch were very hlgn. The marBln of pr^oflt of IRCON r^rasabout 39X insplte of the high rate6 at whlch work waBgiot done by IRCON, Thla appeaFa to be an exot bltantconalderatl.on when IRCOIII Le a publ-lc sector undertakln8.
(x) INTERI{.ATIONAL AII'PORSS AU"I'ORITY 9E ItrD..IA :
APPROAEI{ ROAD .Ig BRIJVi'ASAIT TNS"ALLATIOI'I AHDBPC^L SERVIC"g STATION JIT PALAil :
A contract for the a.bove r4rork waa ar^rarded for8n amount of Rs.25 I akhs. The fol.lowlng raejorI rrnegu l arrl- t {e e were obgerved :
(1) A larBe number of correctlong were eade 1nthe notlce ln.vltlng tenders ln ordep to ma}(€ unsuitablecontractorr e11glble to tenaler.
(il) A t€nde? document wgg issued to ltt/E.l eventhough they dld not have the mlnlmum quallflcatlons.
(lfi) Shnl B, to whom the contract etaa aerarded 1nthe Becond calf. ls the uncle of Shrl A.
(1v) In the fir"st call the tendetr ot Shrl A r^'a.ade1iberatel.y delayed gor 2t clslrE by the AsslstantDlrector (Flnance) wLth probable u]-terlor motiv€B.
(v) A t€nct€r docurrent wss igsued to Shrl B eventhough he Clld not eatlafy the mlnlmun qua.Ilflcatlong.
(vl) The speelficatlon of Gurut(ul Qua.ruy 1n theagireernen t r^tas tamp€red wlth to lneluCle other quaffles agwelL reEu]-tlng :Ln e loEg of Rs.3oooo to LAAI.
(v11) No recovery waa made for the use of ]'essbl.tumen than Bpecifled and for e lowe:r flelct denslty ofbltutflen macadem than thst speelfled.
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{v) IHCOMS ?AX DEPARTMEilT. !
PUFCHASE QT qEADY-BUI}A OF'TCE AqCc!S(}DA?IQXTOB THE IRCOHE I T DEP.AR?T'T? AINUNJiATIBAKKAU. P1ADRAS :
A dontraet fon the abovc purFcha4G !"ras er.rardediey an a$outrt of Ra. !.86 crorce. The fol.lowing naJonlrr€Su]-at.l.tLeE weioe observed !
( I ) Pupchese of a readlr-buflt buL ldl.ng rlrtaresor.ted to when I&nd wag av6'.lable ?or eonBtpuctlon ofotrf1c€ eecommodstlon.
(ti) ?he cost of 1and ccrrl:fLed by the LandAcr{uisltl.on Co].lector waa R8,5,75 1akhs per: S.round butthie 1^rs8 infl&ted to na.8 l8}rha Der 8round by th€ ChlefConrnlseloner of Income Tax to tusltfy thc hlCh ratcquoteil .
{111) The rate per sq.ft. accepted Lg RF.295.{Owhlch Ls 3'7.81( abowe the Juetlfled rate of Be.21lt.4O penEq. ft .
t t v) The contrect erarfloors when only s!|ourl(I + 3Itlun 1cl-p &1.1ty .
enter.ed i.nto for ground +f lOorrs eraa aanctlohcd by
(v) Subsequent]"y, r brasttrent was a1l'ohred to baconstl'ucted and w&s prldl for at Re.435 pcr .q.ft. whlchlne].udes the cc'st of land.
(vl) Subaequently, lt wsg dcclded to pt-ovLdc pllrfoundatlon lnstead of ii raft foundatLon aa orltlnal1yenvlsaBed. The fut.]. cost of p1].c foundrtlon waa prldfor wlthout deductlng thc eoat of thr rrft toundatlon.(vtl) The lsnct arai lctual-ly hrndld overr wrs founttto be 13.18 ground8 rgal.nrt 15.5 l$oundr rtiDul&tedresu1t1ng in overpaynent og Ra.1E. t6 l'atthr.
(vij.1) A Etructural r]-ab and r.r&tar FnoofLns w€re notprovlded ?or the ba8€mcnt 48 agccif lod. antL-tGlrr Ltetn€etment r,/a6 Dot provl.ded ar rDccl.fled and en Lnferlormake of rnaf,b].e rnoealc tl]-e wta u.ed nnd 8nral1cl. elaatthan spec1fl€(t og crlll work wrre .doptcd.(1x) ?he f]-oon helahtr wer€ found to vany b.tv.aan3. 05 meterpe to . 3. 30 Dctere .a atf,!.nct 3. 35 ot.rrepeel-f ied .
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(x) ?h. rarbl'. eladdlnt tnon]"y 4 l't. hlah eg .3.1n8t 6 ft.doort. whlch rlte chaaDar. w€rc uraddoora rp.cltl.d.
th. .ntrac. hrll r'Lspcclfl..d .nd f lufhLnlterd of t€ak rood
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(vr )roil( rnd
.rat tad.
(2,23t.LB l.kh.bu''l.dlnt 3t I€IIrf.aql.rr1tla.
3 llor. hrnt.rsfor an anountlrreju!.arltl.es
obrcrvad
lrlclr wotrh rirt ol very Door gull:liy.
Ourll.ty of lt{rldlt,na of thc atructu!.at rt6€1qurllty of prlnt ured wGrG not gatlsfactory.
lsll.r to the obscrvatlons rtl1l
In thc r'roFlt of pavements costln8 aDDrora.Ln front of three han3€t'6 and rncl1laryAl!.port, tlae, Delhl I the followin3 naJor
erarG nottsadr
(1) tctr gavGE nt quellty conctrate. four dtlff.rp.ntrl*ar ir.ri. 6ar:Lln.d by ?he fAAf ln 1989 r.rlth caG.ntcGntant. vtryina fFoa 391'Ka. to 33O Kg./cua. Ther.' wltao ,u.tltlc.t1on 3or ||todlfyl.na the mirc deeLln rrh.n r11latar.t slr r.!t thc aa,Dc.
(1t) Th. contn'.ctorr was pa1d . rui of .boutlr.t.15 1re6 fo! txtr:c concunptlon of ccr$€nt thou3h tha.altll oontungtlen was dua to poor qurllty of aa3rotltaa
IEI|AI;LOIAL ArnPf|n?s AutrorrtY QE IIIIIAT
A contrPaet for eonrtructlon of,.t th. ICI ALrlart. lrrr Drlhl waa .rr.ndedol la.l'tl.7t l.,Ih.. th. follorrtnt uejorwr'r netlcrd r
(1v) OvarDrrrr.ntr ot rbout Rr.1?ooo t'.!rrtdaatar tuDala cltlr'anca lnd extra itGt..
(f) Aocordlnt to thr tcndarr prpert the entlFrl{otl rLa to ba 6ona ln.r rcttplctad lrG.. lloer.var, ttrl| iottcat thrt th. rorh rrer not Ln a fa.tnlct.dl area.?hr atlgBl]tlrn of thl. condl.tiort ln tcndGr paDeFa!.fu'.t.rt ln 3attl-n3 hllilr.r ret.r for exccution.
(fi) ?ha qu.ntlty ot Rce r{ork f,n footinsi vra.o.lsulrtad HFonaly rna thlr ltca rcauttod ln anovar3plyncnt of Ra. 43570.
(r|l) ;o r.ndGrltrt and plaatcrln$ of RCC irork }?ariLn. but |'hlte taah h.. rlr...dy bcen done. llo d.ducti,on
' lta rl3a. ltr oilittlnt rladcnin8 &nd thls ncru]'tcd Ln .nI .tatltr}alnt o? nr.9t732.
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and sand brought by the contracto?.
(llt) A payment of P.s.6?0Z6 her been mad€ gorJungLe c].earance whlch was not EdmlBBlb].e.
(1v) An extra ltem annountlnc to Rg.4.oA laca waasanctl-oned fo33 P,/F F.CC p1pe6 for stor$ water dralns.The rate allowed r^rae much molre than the pr'egent marketrate a'nd the overpat/ment l.s about Fs.82535.
(v) The sand and aggregates uEed Ln tfre work wel.e,not as per: epeclflcatLone and the Job mlx formula.
(vt) After receLpt of tendelrB. the speciflcatlonewere m()allf ied wlthout adequate Juetl-flcation resultLngl-n an tncreage l.n the co6t of the work by Re.32.18,lace.(v11) Excegs bitunen wss found ln the bltu&enmacedanrt end asphaJ:Ltlc eoncl^ete.
No reply to the obaervatlone has beenrecel.ved.
(sa) It{DIAlil PETRo-CSE}IICALS Co$.pfl. LTD. :
CIVIL AXD IN"E\JIOR V\IORKS ITOR TIIE IPCL OFFIEEAT Nr4RU PI.ACE. NEW DELEI :
A contract for tbe sbove wonk wae awerd€d foran amount of Rs.51 1akh6. The followLng :maJorlryegul-arltles erer.e obaervect :
(t) A bank guatrantee of RE.5OOOO ae speclfed hrasn()t ta.ken from the contractor.
( rr ) The loweet tendep of ltL/athe aelect ].ist, was bypaaaed j.nr:€Eul tl-ng in a lo6s of Ra. 2. 28 lalrhs
( f ii ) Coneeaslona1 interert atwa6 of fered on1y to tWa B andtenderera.
(1v) The preralges wer.e
A who nrere p1ac€d onf&vour of IQ,/s B
to th€ IPCL.
1Or( lnsteacl of I8r(not to the othet'
hLred at an exo?bltent9er tBonth and Penta].Ewer.e not verlfLed.
rental ofprevai1"l-ng
(v)conti3act<)rlthese lteme
Rs.43.25 per Bq.gt,.n the nelghbourhood
Abnolima].]-y h1gh ratea hrere quoted by thefor tRate onlyrf ltenls amd Lerge quantltles of
weiPe executedt.
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(vl) InstalroentB (}f mobl1isatlon advance wererecovered at the speclfled rratea.
not
{vli ) Security deBoslt amoun t lr]ig to Rs.16 lakhs w€'snot recovered fronr the conetraetor-.
( v111 ) A dupllcatr: ge.yment of R6.3.36 lalrhe was madeforr ]-oi^r helght partlt lone.
(tx) teak r,ly waLl pane1].lng wae Eubstituted bylalrllnated partl^cIe boaral r^thLch waE hlghly pt^ofltable tothe contractor reaultlnc ln a foos of Rs.1.5 lakhe tothe IPCL.
(x) Resln bonaled fibne li].sas was not provided butwse pald for nesul.tlns ln an overpaJ/nent of RE.6O0OO.
txl) Dlsment1ed metex,1a]- w&s Eo.l.d to theeontractor .at lo}r Fate6 lnetead of lnvLttng opentenclers.
(x11) An lndlgenous aluminluu celllng wae prolrldedLnEtead of lmported luxalon cel1lng epecLf,l-ed.
(x111) an extra pal.ment of Rs.68ooo was Ioade for GIand Katl wood framlng fon p&rtltlona. the coet of whlehwas included ln the rate guoted.
(bb) II.IAHAIiIAGAR AELEPUQtrE NTGAq L?D :
A contract fot3 laylng about 22 li.rn. o? cableduct sygten 1n the Okhle Telephone Exchange (Part) weeawspded fol. an srnount of Ra,23X.32 ]"acs. The fol]-owl-ngaaJor lrregularLties were obaerved I
(1) The c<Jmposite tenderaE by the work ( Psrt I andIf) recelved ln the f lr'at call were rejected B"nd tenderahreFe reLnvLted after apllttlnC the work lnto tero pertsand 8,fter lncneaelnc the eatlnated eost by about 23X.The work waB awarded to two pa!.tleE. By reJ€etlng thetenders ln the flrst ca:Ll, MTNL ha€ l.neunred an extraexpendltul.e to the tune of Rs. LL.z4 l.akha. The work wa8awarded a.t 1,6.5!3 above the llarket rates.
(fl) The raarons glyen f,or ap.llttfrrg.sp the $rork9re€r the heavy coat but lt appea?e that the bro!.k waasplLt up to bFLng the tender atnount be1ow Re.3 crotres,r.rlthln the Dower of Ccll,t, to avold sendlng the <!&se tothe corpor.&te ofglce because tendere for both pat?ta r^rereaccept€d at the Ea$e tlme.
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(lji) Work Lnsurpance and lnsunance of ptant andtnachlnery were not tel(en.
(1v) An overpayBent of about Rs. Toooo haa beennado due to exceaa nte&gurement recor.ded ln one ltem.
{v} Form work/c€ntrnl.ng Ehutterlng has not beengtrovld€d &rbL].q ]-ayl-ng the ce[ent concrete duct. Thellnanclal. beneflt rccrued to contracton Ie aaae66ed aBRr. e.39 lacs.
(v1. ) The eementpoor quellty. Thel€ga than requlred.vcrtl.cal clGarrncetGcb&nlcel protectlon
(v11) ?hc lnrpeetlon ehalrbena were to be water.tlaht but the conc?€t€ w.t Eo poon ahd Jolntinei wlthdueta wee done go brdly that tha cfrr'tbera at-e not l.Lk€l.yto be wBter t taht.
(vt11) pvc plpil of 3.2 nn thl.ckner. were used toriuctE Ln concrete though plpea of, 1e.s thlckn€8. r{aFrlua€d €lB€?rhere. Tbr epeclflcat{on f,or the pl'Peo r*lrLgrrened igter lnvltlna t€ndans, "lthout naklns neiaanatytdJuatnente ln th€ eBtlora.ted coat-
(1x) Th€ eontroct ipcclfLcetione for ].aylna th.ducta saem to be lnDractLcable and the deaiSns of thech€'nber6 appccr tg bc unsafa for the loada .p.elfted.
(cc )
n3plles to ?he ob8ervattont ere as31trd.
I[IJrIsTRv (lE HSALTH & F+l{rl-v erELFr.RE !
(1) conrtFuctlon rsrk of . D.uFo-9ryehl.tn1c opDEloctr at flIilfiAts. Etnerlopc rta8 Br{ardc(l foa 8a asount ofla'93.19 laaa. Tt|€ Follorl||l Bator lrFcsu1ar:ltlcs lra?eobEervasd !
concrete eneaElng tbe ductg vraa ofsend fll].ln8i aroundl tlrc ducte wasThe pXpe alli;nBtents. levelllng andwere not nalnteln€d. fhe nCCwas rlao of Poo? quallty.
Xo record of dal1y conruEptl.on cet|cnt ltggfh. tota1 eoneungtton la 1OI leat thaa thercqulro[Gnt lndlcetlnc Eubstandffd wor.k. A
ebout Rf, ?5ogo toward. the coft of ceorent le
(r)r.lntaln.d.thao?et'.c.lrtcov€ry ofrt1ll to be
(lt)contlFactotr.rdcovcred in
Deda.
XOO l{T of st€€l wa6Th€ excets ste€l
9 fit!|talflent a over
Lceued Ln cxcelg to ther^taa not net ur$ed but w8sa perlod of 32 rnonths.
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(ltL) An expent conorlttee recommended recovery offi,e.5.52 tacs fon elegeete and ileflelencles 1n work. therecover?y ia yet to be effected.
(1v) aileasur€ments og the r.rork done were to betsken by the Anchltects but upto the t1/R blll.ne&surenents were tr€corded by the contractor and thesewetre not ehecked by anybody.
(v) An ,amount of Rg.1.55 IecE lE 8t111 remalnlngout8tendr.n8i to be recovered flrom the contrecto? onaccount of aclvanc€ paymentr par^t of whlch wa8 paldlrlthout plPoperP authorlty.
(vl) No actlon wae taken ln tlme to revs].ldate theeontractorr e Eanlr Guapanteea tota111n3 Re.1.87 laeg.Actloh eras taken afteF explny of the Guarantee but thebank refuaed' to revalidlate lt.
(vtt) Pro-rat€ retentlon money waa reles€ed to thecontractor before cohpletl.on of the work.
(vttt) ttre Archttect|e eupervleLon wae veny poon.He waa galtl 8oN of hle fee ewen before the worlt waEstarted.
l{o -9Iy to the oboe].vat1ona has beenrecelved eo fa,r.
(2) In the wonk of constructlon of a Llbrary andInforftatlon Centre at NIMHAilS, Bans4lor?e, coetlna a.boutnt.1 crore. the foll"owlns maJon lrregularltles wereobaerved :
(1) Tb€ r^tork wat awatrded to a eontractor !,rho tltdnot spply for prequallflcatlon, whog€ name r.taa not lnthe p:requa]'lfledt llst but to r.thonr the tender fortt waeisgued. The lesue of the tender fol"m to this ftrrr vlag?etlfled by the 8u11ding a.nd worka conmltt€e onlv af terrthe tend€rB were opened 8nd hLs trelativ€ I'oaltlon waaknown.
(tt) The eetlmate €lnd tender papel.a were preFaFectby a ppivate Atrchltect. For rnany iterne. nelthendetalled egeclfLcatlons nor Cletal.led drawtngg wereattached to the tender form6. In the wgll 9ane1lLngLten even the rrater.le.t to be uae(l w&a not EpeclfLed.
(11f) Euge slae doors of helaht 2.5 n trlth 15o &u X75 vn teak r^tood framet and flush door ahutters with teakveneerlnai (and palnted Ln toLl.ets) on both eldeB r.re reprovlded even 1n the tollets.
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(1v) Two r.ee<:ptlon counters coetlng Rs. SOOOO weir'€provl.ded. The one ln the entrance hs].]. hed a blackgranl.tr: top on one portlon and lamlnllted board on theother but the rates pal<l were same.
(v) Defects were rrotl-ced 1n the narble fLoorl.ng.The rnarble ltself was not of the 8[reclf Ledt qua].l-ty 8nddif f el'ent shadeg of marlb1e wer..e mlxed 1n the E ase room.
(vt ) Itens ofshut ter.s, felae cell1ng.d€fectlve. There r.rasmaterl.al s used.
aIurRlnlum partltton, panelledv,ta.]'l. pene.ILlnC etc. were foundno record of sny teatB on
(v11) Tne bldg. lr&€ been pr.ovlded wlth very rlchGpeclfLca.tione. 90'i of the floorlng r^.as of cost]-lr l_temalike marlr].e. PVC. vlnyL, p&rquet etc. aostLn&.more thanRs. I 1ecs. An expenrll ture of, Rs. I lacs $ras a].Eoincurred on aluminlum doolse arr<l wlndows.
(dd) uoQItRN Foop LuDlIg[.BIEg :
A factf)l'y L'uilclLns coetlng aborrt Rs.65 lecaunder conEtructlon wag lnspecteCl. ?tre fo11owlng r,rerethe maln observatlons :
(X) The 1ow€6t tendef wag Lgnored on tbe plegthat the rates Bre unworkable even though the rates l^rerecompareb]-e to Frevalling market 'rat€6. The work waEer^ra!.d€d to the second 10we3t 8t an extra coBt of mor€than Bs.5 ].akhs. The sec<)nd ].oweat tenderer wa6 secondloweet by vLl.tue of cor:t.ectlons in the tpates quoted lnhls tender which were not atteEted. The !^rork was notgormally awarded but ('n1y a lettar. of, Lnt€nt waa laauedwlthin the vat.ldlty perLod. The forma]" wort( olrder waE16€ued after 4 end 1,/2 monthe, Whl1e obtal.ntng theBoarod I s aFlrrova.l for iaeulnA the l.etten of Lntent. itwaE stated that the eacalatton cla.use ln the contractwou.ld be appL1cab1e. Later. l.t brae 6e1d that theescalatl-on elause erould not b€ apXlll.cab]-e and MFfL6gre€d to palt sn esca]'atl.on of about Ra.13 ]'al(hs.Accor.dLng to the contract condltLons, esca].atlon payabl"ewould have been only abt)rrt R8.1.2 lakha.
(2) The contract eontaLned ccrrtrradlcto?y ander,biguoua pnovlsJons and certAin clauses ancl actreduLesreferred to are not exlstl,ng: Ln the contract.
(3) An excesa advence amountlng to about Rs.1.8]'akhE was pal-d on mnterlals brougrht to 81te. There waano er].angement for. teEtlng of mt}teraief,'E at sl-te end nanyltens of work erere defectlve. The struetura]. dnawlngs
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prepared by the Conaultanta appeered to be oversaf€ a.ndunecononleal . At the 6arre tine the Frocedupe go1lowedlh the work €rt alte waE euch that sorre of the col.umnsand beamE $rere atructural1y unsef,€.
(ee) IIATIONAL DAIRY DEYELOPI{EilT !gAED :
Fon conatruetlon of a frul"t and vegetebleretall outleta ln De1hl. tend€rs wet e lnvlted fromcontr&ctors wittiout specl.fyLng the qua1lflcat1on andexperlence regulned. 6a autlets were ctlstr,lbuted amongseven tenderer8 at co6ts varylng ns.99926 to Rs.X1184O?ot ldentlcal wopks. There -,t*as 8 loss of 8e. L6.3 leeBto the NDDB due to &ward of wor"ks st hlctrer pr.lceg thsnthe lowest. No Justlflcatl.on of prlcea r^res r^rorked out.Psyment€ were ma.de on a lunrp sum baalE without detal].ednreasurementg. Er<tr& expendlture was l-ncuryed by uslngRCC 1tl. and f/? :3 where RCC 1!2!4 would have beensufflclent.
(ff) NATIOI{AL PROJECTS CONSTRUETIO}T COF.PORATION :
(1) A contract for slte LeveLllng work at NPCC.Daalrl was gl.ven for about ns.32 1ac6. The fo].1owlngmaJor irreguLarltleg lr.er"e obaerved :
(1) Th€ erork of appnoxlmately 1lt lakh cum. earthf lLllrrS costlng about RE. {t.2il c:roreE wes a].lotted tofour &gencLes between l{ovember', 1987 to February, 1988.TbeBe ageneles executed onLy 3.4 lakh cum. cc'stlng Rs.6lll.akhs. Th€ bal-anoe wol'k r^ra6 swarded to other agencl'es,lnJanuary-February, 1989 at a'n &ddlt16ne1 cost of. Rs.L.4cForeE. No efgort€ were m&de to r€cover the extra costfrom the orlglnal corrtr"actotl. The rate bej.ng pald tothe contractors wa,s more ttran what I{PCC wa6 gettLrlg framNTPC leedin.g to,& f,osB for llPCC.
(ff) The fl1llng wea to be done ln 2OO mrn 1ayer.sbut fL].]"lnA of earth wag notlced upto ltgo nn. fn morethan 2596 of the tests colialucted, the requLred aompactlonof ea?th fl]'llng was not achleved. The earth workcomputstlone were a:-eo not done.
(1Lt) An extra cout of Re.e.25 1acg was lncurred bybrLnglng earth fnom borrow at"ess ar"rangecl by contractorthough the l,tTPC borcow area wss avallsble.
(1v) Though the speclflcetlon requlred that topso11 shou]d be strlpFed. atored &nd reuB€d for coverlngembankment, Elopes etc. thle doee nct aeem to have beendone.
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{2) AnotheL contraet for. R6.1.ZB cr<}reg &lao forslte levelllng: at Dadnt waB asraFdecl wlthout enypubllcltv or call of open tendens. Thetse was noprovlslt)n for payrnent of mobll-isatlon advance but 5f ofthe cohtrect va.Lue wa6 p&1d aE &dv&nce but even tben thecontl.actap dld not mobl.Ilee the requtred machineny. Inthls caee als<J a1m11&1" defects ag in (1) above werenotlced.
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Replles to the obgervatLons are awatted from
NA3:ION$L BUILDII'IG CONSTRUETIOT CORPORATTOI !
WORKS QE. TITE CONTAIN!:R FRETGIIT SERVICES SHEDAT CALEUTTA eQRI, :
Contt acts for a tota1 amount of Rs.l.g croneewere awerded by the HBcc. The followLngi naJorlrregu1&ritle6 were obaerved :
(1) . The Eand gor the road waa subBtendard &ndpaymellt was made for 865 cum. as &gialnst 372 cum,exJ.etln8; a.t slte FesuLtlng Ln an ovenpa.ynent otRe. 33OOo.
(11) PsyrBernt was nade for 4BZ0 cum. of clncterag&lnst whl-ch <)n].y 2330 eum. w&a exletlng at alte. Theco.t'resFondl.ng overpatrment 1e ns.1.6 lskhs.(1fl) The quant{try of Jhama brlck ,.a.ggregarepurch&eeCt wag 2689 cum. whereas the quantltV at aite waaonly 14o? cum. r,esultlng ln an ovenpayment of, R6.2.13Iacs.
(1v) The road area w&6 overmeasurect by 1251 Eq.m.t'esu1t1ng Ln an oveppa!/ment of Rs.Z9OOO.
(v) Againet e flnLahed steel quantlty of 152.39tonnes, the quantLty Lssued weg ZllO tonnea lndLeatlng attreft of, 93 tonner of $teel corrtlng Re.B.3? let<he.
(vt) An ov€rp&yment of Ra.x.23 Iekhs r^r&a nade byexcess mea8ureatent of 23 tonnea of structural 8tee1.(vll) Prlce eseaLatlon was alloreed by the pnoJectldanager although not sdniselbl€ under the tel.ms of tlrecontraet.
{r'111) tne reeovery of an advence of R6.1oooo to thesubcontracto? r^raa llot ef,fected.
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NATrotfAL BUILnING cONSjfRUcTTON coRPoRATroil !
IIAVODAYA VIIiYAI.AYA AA PABRA trEI\B HISSAR :
A contrsct for the above r^rork wag awarded foran amount of Rs.98 1al(hs. The gollowing maJonlrneeu].ar^itlee werpe observedl :
(1) The eontractora to whom the contnsct wasar^r&pded. lrl,/s A ctlcl not setlsfti the mlnlmunpr.equall-glcat lon crilterla, yet they lrere ppe(lual.lfled.
(rr) Tbe contn,acto:ls F.er€ irequlred to procu?ecement grom the Cenent Corporatlon of Indla anal atdeLfrom SAIL and TISCO but he ueed cement flrom unhnovlnmanufacturera and l.ocal gteel procured fnom nero].lers.
(11J) The contract provlded gor relmburEement ofcost esca]-atLon on account of cement ancl steel and aleoof cost eacafation on the tota]. cost of the work besedon the t.rholessle prlce {ndex. Thla has resulted lncluplLaate pr.lce egcaLatlon pal/ment for cement and steel .
(tv) Recovery of the mobllleatlon advance wasdeferred resultln8 in a losa of about Rs.6oooo to thet{Bcc,
(v) In the foundatlong the cement used waa "316].ess th&n epeelfLed.
(v.1. ) The CC f loorlng and lean eoncrete ln the l{omeScLence Labo!.atory eraa very weal< and erunrbllng.
(wtl) The wrrten seel of the gu].1y traps l^tss l ltmm
8nd of the CI. floot' traps hraa aero agelnct 55 mm'eElee{f led.
(vl{t) Tne vra].l thlcknegs of the atohe warre plpe wae13.85 mn. ee agelnst 16 mn. epectfLed.
(1x) The thlcknees of t'ts sheet for ghutterE andfr4me6 was 1.x- mm against 1,a5 tln Bpeclfled.
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(rr) NATIQNAT, THERII'IAL POWER CSEPSBA:T.LQN. !
FOUNDATIOilS FOR EL!'SSBOSI.LLLQ- PRECtrPIT,ATORSIS THE BADARPUR THERMAL PohlER STATlt.Ql{ i
A eontnaet for the above worl( wa€t awarded foran artrount of RF. 51 f ahhfr, The fol..lovrLn3 naJor'Lrrregulerltles we!'e observed :
(1) glasting of rock was elLowed but Beyment r.t&smade under the Lt€nr of chlEsellLng of rock. thuereeultlng ln an overp&ydr€nt of R4.1..17 ]-akhe.
(1I) About 3oX oven breekE w€re pernLtted l-n hardrock excavatlon whtch ls not edmiEElble ae pei3
Bpeclflcstlons.(lf J.) Excsvetlon of bulldlng rubblsh fon dlsBogal.was pald for under the tten of excavatlon 1n herd sot lt:eeultlng 1n an overp8ythent of Rs.1.oB lakhe.
(lv) 1oo basa of cenrent iesued frorn th€ HTPC storeon 4.8.B7 were Etolen by the aontractor.
(v) Recovel.y r,ra6 not ma(le of Rs.Za5OO for enptycement b&gs not returnecl by the qont?actot3.
(vt) Bogus neasurements were reco?ded as the p1anane& of rock excavatio'r wag more than the glan area otaoll excavatton, which ls not pose1ble.
(vlt) Sheetin8 and shot'lng of excavatlon were notdon€ as speclfled Ln the ltem of excau{atlon but noaecovery $'as mad€ from the contractor,
(vitl) The volume of malba pleceB and Rcc renrovedfrom the foundetLon plts by dlEms.htlement was notdeducted from the voluure of excav-atlon.
(tx) The welght of the al"umlnlum lnovel4measu?ed by about 30td
(x) The tblclrneEs of the plate gla6adoorE was found to be 3.5 nm aB aeal-ne?ar)eclfied.
doolE waa
used fot6,3 mm.
(xt) A recover:r of Rs.6o0oo fotr €lectrlcitv usedby the contraetor was not eff,ected.
r(xlt) At mony placeE lnonlte togpt.ng waa not donebut gaymen U wae nad€.
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(xlv) On teet checkexcavatlon of foundatlon p1t6
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precast RCC Bleba were
lt was founcl that tttewes overmeaEufetl by ebout
The floor thlckn€EE ln the Control Rooro era€agalnst 3OO nra pald for.
trEW DELHI IITUIIICIPAL COMI'ITTIE :
PURCHASE AE LTlAcBe FOR looo--1qoo KvALBiLUEEQtsUEBIi !
A contract for the above work wag award€d foran anrount of R6.63 lakhB. The followlna naJonlrre8iularLtLes were obs€rved :
(1) Tenders were lnvlted wLthout pneguall.flcationof cohtractora and wLthout fol.LowLng the two enve1opesyatem.
(fJ ) PostDonement of the alate of openlng of,tendera wa6 not advertLBed ln the pre66 ln order toavold opening the tendeFe 1.n the preBence of thet€nder€ra.
(ltl) ?he loweat tenderer. L-1, waE bypaBaed on thef ].lnrEy Grouhd that they allcl not have th€ nequLrred plantand nechine!?y.
tlv) L-e waa bypessed on the grqund thet thqr dlatnot have a tegt certl.flcate grom the Power ResearchInstltute, which waa not a 6tlFuleted regulnement.
(v) L-3 waa a peputed fLrn but they were bypaaaedon the ground th&t thelr perfor.nanoe was notsatiBfactory. No evl-dence vraB adduced of uneatlafactotryperformance.
(vl) A 1o6s of Ra.7 l-akh6 waEi lneurred bybypaEgl.ng the loweEt tenderen.
(vtl) The draft tendter document waa tamDer€d wtthby lnsertlng r?Ruptunl-ng cepgclty of BuE balrafr todlEquaLlfv L-1. who dld not have the test certlf,icate.
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tkk) clL ANp ilaTURAL gall cOMMrgSl.oN :
Fort the o.il drllllnC r1S ln candhar o11flel1l , plle foundetions &re belnc ppovlded. Eachfourrdsti()n coets about Rs.2O ].akhs &nd ls used ('n].y fora petrl-od of, 3 to 4 wael<e. Ivlany foundatlone h&ve a].r€ady,treen done in the past but not a alrrBle pl.Ie Eeems tohave been load tested to aecartaln tlre actu&I beanlngcaf)&city. In tbe a.bsence og Euch teats, lt appearE thetover-safe and uneeonoml.caL foundatlone are beln&pr.ovl.ded.
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OIL AND NATURAL GAS COISMISSTOH :
IrirTER[AL nLEeTRIFU]Agoil WO8,K QE TilSTITUTE gEflRopucT"Iou TnelINoLoGY qE oqqc BoMaAy cosTrtrcABoUT RE.ttz IrAllHS :
?heobBerv€d i
followlnc naJor lrrreguLanlt lee were
(1) Senctlon of th€ PrroJeet coetlng more thenRs.3 crores waE obtaLned on the bael.s og eetlmatesprepar.ed by the consultant which dtd not have aprov.Lslon gor Intepna]. EI.ectl-Lf lcatloh erolrks. TheEEtinate wa6 technlcal ly sanetJoned for R6.38.39 lacs.revl-sed to Rs, 43. ef ].aca artdt aglaln revtaect to Rs. 33. 94Iac*. ThJB haa de].,Byed the work.
(11) Tenders were oErened on 28.5.86 and the worlrr.raa aw€.rd€d only on 7.4.8?. The del&y ln awa'fd of, rnrortrr.esulted tn at 1ee6t a. 2ol4 lneneage I.e. about Rp.B ].acewhiah c€tuld have been a.votded. No Juetifl.catlon tocomp&re the tender and ptreva]"ent narket rates waaprep{rred.
( 111i gecured advanceo were pald lIbera11.y. even on1nalnadmtBBibL€ and per Lehable meterlBla t eculttng
tempor{rry overE ayment of Rs.l. lakb.( tv) Sarnp1€ checkLngi of measuraement revealedoverncssurienent I not checked by any off,lcer reau].tlng Lnovet.pa.ynentg.
(2) EXTIIRNAI, ELECTRTCAL woRxg A1, FANVEI- pHASE_IIONGC^ BOMBAY :
A contr^act for the above work w&a awarCtect f,orRs,57.1tl. lacE. The f,ollowlng qeJoP LrrregulsrLtleg hrereobserved:
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(1) The accelrtred tender for the worh agrarded isonl.y F.s.57.14 Lacs ag;slnat the estlmated cost of Re.63l"acs whlch lndlcstr:s that tlre estlmateal r3stes l"Iere onthe hJ.gher. slde. As 80'd of the r^rork per-talns toU.G.Cable. on whlch e 30% to 35X dlscount ls usue]-lyoffered on I16t prLces, appar"errtly these dlscounts werenot teken lnto aecount L tha Estimated Co6t and a.t sor,rh11e acceptlng the tender. No Cl€tailed Justlflcatl.)nl,r&s prepare.d based on preval].lng: aarket rstes bef,or.esw.aPd lnra the contpact.
(1i) Secutred adv&ncea were psld ll.berall-yr €v€rlnaclmlselb].e and perlsfiebLe materlale re6ultLng intemporary overpg:/rnent.
(111) Laylne of cabl.es ln Trenches i{a€ not e,a perspecl.flcatlons and on].y A to 5 c8r. of Sand Cushionlngwas found lnGtead of 25 cro &s per specLfLcatlon6resulting 1rr an overpa.l/rlen t of afiout Rs. Z 1acg. Cheekmeagurenent was not done by arrv offlcer.
(1v) Deflclr:ncl-ee $rere ttoticed ln ereetLon ofpo].es whl.{h were rlot pelnted with epo}fy psJnl;. Theconcrete ln the ffrundatlon 9.rss lnadequate and shol,t6leeve. plFe€ were FrovLded and J- boxes were not weather,pPoof.
(v) Cables usecl for street ligrhtlng w€:re notdeslgned aceor.dlng to the load requlrement a.nd wePe ofmuch h1gher s i.re.
(mm) riiaJ*Egts AND IIgv.ELoPMENt IUFIA trn :
SPJ.L BH.{VA$. AT NO,IDA :
A contr&ct for the s.bove worh was a.h.?arded foran amount a€ Rs.2. O53 cr.ores. ?h€ follolvJ-ltgi maJorirreguL srl"t lee were observed i(1) Fu1]. payment waa made to the Archlteet eventhough the total. servicee speclfl+d in the &greenrent lis.Clnclt tleen renClered.
t If ) Th€ tttree lol^?est tenderer's wlro elel.e also onthe select liat welre bypessf}dt on bhe ground {]flnexE'rrrLence r-€sulting in a ].osts: *f Rr:.3.25 ]-aca.
( tlt) An amount of Re , L,45 t-akhs ..fas spent by thePDIL on trarr.apol'tatlon of cerBent and steel. wfieP€as ttrl.sCOEI gtAs tO be borne bJ, the ec'ntt'actor.
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(1v) Ir1 vicrlatLon of the contract condltlons. asec,rnd mobl-].l€atLon advsnce of Rg.20 Lakhs vre,a pald tothe contractor on tfre S]?ound that the cost of stee1 had
'.ncreased. However, the eteel waa procul"ed by PDIL,
(v) Reco\/ery of mobi].ieatlon ad.,/ance hras deferreclthur:r glvlng an undue benef 1t of Rs.2.5 l-acs to thec$ t 1'ac to.'.
(vi) Dr-rp]"lcate payments wer.e mad€ for tbe teskwood frsnes and Godt'ej Mortlce locks frrr' doors.
{vii) Fixed gl&slng: wa* peld for et the rate for61- l.tlng shutters rsgu]-tl-ng 1n sn ovcrFaymeht of Rs.2.25lacs.
(vt{l) Cast lnsltu luarble rnosaic f}oorlng w&Esutrntltuted by ter.raza t1l-e floorlng r.esuLtlnC in anundrie benefl"t of Rs.1 ].akh to tf)e contra(rtot3.
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5O% ct tfiat speeifled l.ndle€rtJngeoncr'*t.e ].eedt.ng to doubts about
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A coirtr.act for the&n amount oe Re.70 ].ace.! rregu1ar.itl.es werie obEervell I
Gr:ey stre,sked marb].e as used lnstesdmerb].e.. epecl-f Led "
Cement pal.:te at ll , U lrl'. per sq.m. r"ragr.,elow th€ fLoor tiles and lBaFbIe s1abs.
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For alurrin{urn wlndows llghter seetione th&ntfrag€ specLfied w€re used.
(>:t1) Tlie stpengtll of many
PUNJAE NATIOH&L BAI{K :
ILYA.C RENQVATION AE .TE.E PItfB BUILDING A.T 5.SANSAD MABg :
RCC eo].umns was aboutwldespread eubstendar"dstructursl goundnese.
abov€ work was a!^r&rded for3Th€ followlnei maJor
tl.) The consultant wag apBoLnted ln anmanner wlth a hlgh fee of 2.259d.
ar.bLtrAry
( j-1) Th() se1ect ]1st of eont!:actors was t)llep&red1n s.n ar.bitLar.y m&nner wLthout f lxlng the mJ.nlmumqusl-l Pl"catl"ons and pegt [lerformatrce. gome l-eputed flnrnsIdere rnot lncfuded ln the Eelect liFt.
(111) An e!.ten€rl.on of 18 days waa not glven toH./s. B]'ue Star to enabie them to submlt thelr: tenders.
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Iloerever r coBrl)letlon of the vrolrk was delayed by more than61x month3.
(1v) Three l"owe:r' tenclerre:r's plsced on the selectLlst were bylra.€sed on f].l"mey groundc to ahow unduefavour to ttl,/s . E.
(v) The ratee of B Ltems r^ier.e abnorma].fy hieh.
(vt) InferJ"oP nrakes of ?an motolos and aLr handltnguntrts wePe eccepted.
(vtl) DupLl.cate payment wa.B macle folr star:terrs.
(oo) RAILWAYS :
ApprtLoNS ANp ALTERATTONS 3'g THE STATTOl[BUILNTNG A3 UEEEIII :
A contract for the above work was awa:pded foran amount of, Rs.57 laklr€. The f,o].lowlng naJorlnregu1anltLes were observed :
(f) No mar ket rate eetlmatea waE prepaFed toaage,ag thc: !3eaBonab.I.eneBs of the ?ateg prAopo6ed fonscceptance and very hlsh t^ateE were accepted.
(1r) Tenders wlthout earne8t morrel/ were conslderedl-n vlolatlon of the truL€s.
(lJ1) After acceptance of the tenderr lterBe wlthreteE unfavouriable to the contnaetop hre L'€ aubetltuted byltems hlahly Frof,{table to the contracto$.
(tv) Thre€ lor4eD tendetrenE who were more quaLl-f lecletere bypaased ln favoun of th€ 4th loer€Bt tendolreF whohad not €xecuted sven one wonk costlnE R8.35 lacs. ThlereAulted Ln a loEE of RB.z ,La.cs to the Rell$,eys.
(v) Dl.enantled nate!.lelE valusd at R8.11.3 lecsw€r€ diEDoEeCl of for only./R8,2.88 lace.
(vt) No necover.y WaE €ff,€cted f,r"am the contFactorfolr dismahtled bplcks lasued by tho Raihrayo to thecontractoF.
(vlt ) Fori extlna Ltens costl"ng about Re. 5O lacE,wotrk ord€rg were awa?ded at nrreh hlgheri ratas than th€natot payable to the contFactor. fon e*tr& lteng. fheDantla! to whorn the erotpk ol'dera were awanded ane . EietericoncGrn6 of, the maln contractorp. Ext?e Lt€mE erhl,ch werepPofltebl€ to the ns,ln cont?actotr w€re got execut€d by
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the msln contractor.
(v111) fn vlolatlon of the contFact attE>ulet1angweter cfrarg€s were recovered onl!/ on the cost of, Ltemsregul.ring wat€r and not on the coet of tbe remaLnttrg;ttems.
(ix) An extra lt€m for alunLnlum engles wag paldst RE.25O pet kg. agal'nat a nalrket trate of sbout Rs.6Oper }{g.
(x) The red aand gtone veneerlng was not properlyanchored to the wa].la and Lt i€ llkely to gaII off.(x3 ) ' The centnlng and shutterlng for the entranceportlco F?as .unetablc. Rallway crateg wene lseued to thecontractor for. the purfDo6e but no recovery we6 effected.On the contnary, a very hlgh r.ate of RB.3OO per sq.rt.waE pald to the contractore agslhBt a maxlmum of Re.12Opcra 5q. m.
(xtl) The f1ueh doora. nlarb}'e nogaic ti].es andtcem€nt conerrete floor toppl.ng were Bubgtandard.
(pp) RATLWAYS I
The work of conatructlon of a Repal.r Depot atl,{ughalsaral costLnS ebout Re.64.3T I,aee waa &w&r.dad toIRCOI| on a rrsLnSle tender baelEn. after obta1nLng anur8:ency cerDtl.ftcate froh the Rai].way Board; IReO!{ h€,dtaken 2 and 1,/2 monthB to submlt theln slngile tende?.fhe RaLl.ways took 2 and L/2 FonthE to award the t"rork.The mobL]'lBetlon advence was pald sfter gix .nontha an(tf.l'rst bl-ll wos pstd aften anothetr e{x nonthe. ?hesecond btLl wae pald a Veer later. Apparently. therewaa actually no uligiency and the u?giency centLflcate wsE'-used onLlr to a!.rard the contract to IRCOil on a etnglFtender bset6 avoLdlng any competlt{on. The Ral].weygpald Rs.6.4 lakhe e6 nobllla&tlon advance to.LBCON whodllcl. not uee the f,untts on thts erorr( and p€nhapB ueed themeLsewhere. The wonk l^nvolv€ct A8o lfT of ateel wonk fo!,whlc'h the accepted r"ate was nearly 5OX raone then tbem&irket pates. The raten of al.umlnlum eheetg and FRpsheets quoted .by IRcoN a,nd accegted by Rsl].waye wepe81"eo very htgh. On the erhoLer award of the wotptr orl61tr&ile terlcler reeulte(t Ln an axtra aogt of ebout RE.ZOll cs to Bal].$rays.
(qq) RrsnRvE B^DJ( Q[ trtrDIA :
fn the $rorek o? trC./o Off{c€ Bulld{nj gndofflcerE t qugrter.gfl at Coehln. thefe wea conELdgrablg
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de,],ay at vsFloua ataeea. lhe Arehltect took 21 monthBf_o_r pr"epanatlon o.f dnar"rlngie and 30 nonths werpe t&ken forilnvltl.ng tenClera even after the plans w{!re approvect bythe loca]. body. The bant( itself took 6 months toapprove the ll.8t of cont?actors.
Correctlone ln rsteE in the orl_glna]. tenderswere not authentlcated by the contractoll on off,LcenaoPentng the tender andt poeslbll-ity of these corrnectl.onahavlng been ttade after openlng of tenaters aould not beruled out. the reaeonabl_e cost of the work waB nothrotrkcct out and compaled wlth. the tendera coat beforaescceptance. The bank j.taelf f,ett that the rsteE $rerpehl'ah but no ef fo!.tE we?€ nAde to reeduce tlre nateB.
Secur€d advances a? gOX of the coat ofnate!p1al6. Lnstead of T516 weFe aLlowed nesultlnS in ateruponany overpeyment of RB.Z laca 1n verloua blllg,The rete e].1ow€d for Sandex matt fLnlsh wes ve:ny ht3hrreBultlnS ln an extra cost of about R6.3OOOO. Anunnecessary prov1elon of tealr lrood b&clr-up franea. at a-vaFy hlAh rate, for alurrlni.um wl.ndows r?€sulteO . ln errewol.clab]'e expendltune of Ra. 1, 19 1acs.
-.( nn) RESERVE BANK Q.g II{DIA I
For the $tork a? ttC,/o offlcens t quirtenett ltTrivandrun coatin8 eppt oxlrueteLy Rs. f[5 lekhs, noCtetalled eetLmate w&6 preFared by the consultantB. fhebsnlr took nLne monthg to apppove the t.lst ofcontraetons. The e6tl.Brnted coat r{aa shown by theconsultant 1n1tlally aE RE .tZT.Tt lses in lvtarch. 86 andth€ Eame wae revLaed to Ra.t77.96 ].acs ln Septenrbela.t9-86 appalaent].y to JugtLfy the tendereE. Tbe tendelr waaaccepteal a8 tt was wXthLn the nevlsed estlmate of theconsultantE though no baels forr nevleln8 the egtlraater.raB evallab!.e. ilo iletelled Justlficatlon of the tendenerag prpeDalped wlth reference to the pnevalllnS ea!:,ketnatee.
Intetrest on mobLllsatlon advence waa to beFeeovered griotn each R,/A blII but the Eane waa notrecover€d the:aeby Slvlngi an undue benefit to thecontr.actor of sbout Ra.1.15 lace. An exceEs B€curedadvance on nsterrdals to the extent of Re.1,26 lace waBslso pald.
The exter.nal flnlBh of the bul.Idln3s ig 0fvary nloh agecLfl,catlone ptrovld,lng ?O nm thlck pleEtcp1l [ ln two J.trye.ra n{xed w{th waten pr.oof ing compounal sndf,1n16h€dl r.rtth c€nent palnt. Th6 ap€ciflcatlons alropsovlded fon kLln geeeonlng and pneagurc treattoent of
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RU'{WAX ArfN PAVEII{ANT WORKS AI. VARAilASI :
A cotttract for the above wot'Bs was awardedfor &n amount of, Re.338 lacs. The fo].I'or.{Lng maJorlrPregularlt1es were observed :
(1) From the accepted tender It wae observed thatthe tender ytae t srnperied wl,th after opening and-the rate?or tha Iten of Eemt-denee A6phaltlc concreete eraaLncreaeed frorn Re.630 per cun. to Rs,73o Der cum. thuecauslng B losE of ebout Re.15 lace to the NetlonalAlrFDorta Authorlty.
(11) Many condltlons of tendeneF L*l were not€valuated ln orden to make thet a9pea!? to be the low€st.
(Xtt) Bltumen waE Etipuleted for lasue st Re.3496Der tonne and the contn&etor guoted hlB rtte8rccorCtlng].y. Dunlng neSotlatlona the contractoti r^taa
elLowed to procun€ bltunen dllrectly ftrom the neflnery stabout Re."75t 9er tonne thus causlng a further loaa o?Re.3O lace to the Natl,onsl Alnporte Authotttr.
(1v) Tbe bltumen content weE lncre&aed by lx kg.per cum. over th€ de6lBn mix thug clvlnc funthen undu€beneflt to the cobtractot3.
tvt The conel.€t€ pev€n€nt fo" ths Apron wesBubetituted by s bltumlnouB paven€nt thus glvln8 e hugeundus b€tr€f i,t to th€ contrsetor bccause the rate quotedby hln for the celrent concPete paveDent r,laE lor^t erherqeBthe ?4tes for bttunLnoua , pav€nent were htghlyproflteble.
(vl) There weg a ,6hont recoveFy of Eecurityd€poglt to the €*t€nt of, Rs.?.5lacs.
(v11) Rat€s for €xt!.a ltens were baaed on the laguell'rtas gor bltun€n lnster€l of the Durchaee !'eto whloh waalower.
(vlti) In re€pect of, abnonmellv htgh rated I'tens torguent{tlee b€lrond th€ devlatLon llmltr tha rateB btattenot neduced ln conf,ormLty wlth th€ !tc!.ket rates aBst{pulet€d ln the a8r6€nent'
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Fota the vrork of stagf quarters and hosteL atI[ew De1hl costlng about Rg. ?95 lacs. a Eelect 1Let of,eontraetor:s wa6 pr.epat ed but the 1Et anct Znd 1oeresttenderers were e].Lnln&tect on the baslE of an inspectlonl3eport of thaLp wotk€. The work was awal'ded to the 3t3dJoerest at an extra cost of Rs.16 ].ac8 wLthout a,nyxnspeetlon of hle eror.kE. Oue to non_aupDl.y of alldnswlngs wlthln the specifled tl.ne, the Sehool 1o6t thebebeflt of Rs.12.5 tace. Due to ehort recovery ofcement. a temporary overp&5rment of Rs.l.J J.acs wae madeto the contractor. A short recovel4y of mobl_ltast1onadvance r,ras s].so notlced. Only 5OB of, the pequlrecl(luantlty of 1ead waa uBed 1n the Jolnts of the plpe.(uu) g?ATE TRAD?TIG CORPORATION I
IITTTERIOR TI'ORIT - FABIRICATToil AI{D FuRI'|TTURETHE THE 1OTH FLOOR gE THE .IUAIN BLOCK qESTC BUILPINc} AI JANPATII. !,EbT DELHI :
A contra.et for the above r^rork }rae, awarded foran &r ount of R8.35 lekhs. The follogrLng rraJonlFegularLtiee wer€ obaelrved :
(f) The Arehltectr E eervlces LncLude perrlodleeugervlgion. coondlnatlon and contract &enagement vrlthlnhls fee og 4X. Subs€quently a BLstel3 conc€rn of thearchltect wag apl)olnteit to perform the6e servlces for af€e of 3N.
(11) Only contractors favourned by tbe archltectwet?e Blaced on the eelect ].let.(11f ) o re[overrleE were macte for sTc water 6ndpower conaurned bJ/ the contra.ctor.(fv; Owlng to chehgee made by the ar,chltect.furnl.ture r^rorth R6.9 lat<hs wa.g dumpeCt ln the Annexe onthe 5th fl.oor wlth no f.lkelLhood of belng useit.(v) An abnor.traf ty hl&h nate 6f
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(wt) Thcre waa & ghort recoverydelroglt to th€ tune of, RE.ZBOOO,
{wlf ) An Lnfructuoug expenctlture ofincunred on changlng the upholstr.y of 4
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(v1tl) en lnfruatuouB expendlture waE lncurred bycovenlng the etone veneerlng by teak wood pene].e.
(tx) The slzee of ttmt'6r memberre. door fra|[|eg anctthe thlckneaEea of thermocole and plat€ glaaa werpe .].egsthan el}ec1fled.
(x) Fabric wrre u6ed lnatead of leathelrlte ty anuhrb€r of 1t€n6 but a eorl^eapondlng necoverry -r^ras
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The work of constructLr.n of 3664 CD & D typehouse€ at Bokaro was tllvlded lnto 18 grroulrE wL-thout anybagl6 (the number of housee 1n a group varyLn8l from 48houges to 63O houses). Some of theEe group€t wetre a.gainsl)llt up and 24 contrects w€re awa.rded to L6 conttractorsat rates vanylnci f, r'ottr 20.2llr( to 37 . 511 ebove theest1mated (!ost though the work6 were Ldenticg]- . Thes{orka wer6 awaFded to contrpacto?B at the{r reepectlvequoted rates wlthout maklng any effort to aet rateePedueed to lowera ].eve]-s or to trave & uhtgorm rate thoughthe leolrks were aI.l' ldentlcal. In 13 out of 2llcontlreete, the acceptecl nateE were leee than 35,{. l.eout of 16 contrectorg. who were given contractE, quotedle6s than 35X lndlcatlng that the tender connltteergSE sesgmeqt of th6 r.eeson&b].e rate wag very htgh. In theproceBa, 25'{ og the total worl( rvar awend€al at rrate!vanylnei from 22% to 36S and 75'l of the woFk was awardedat 36ld or more. If the wonka w€re awardetl at the 1or^re8titate recetved for each cste8iory, there !.rouLd have been asavlns oi about Re.4 crotree to the steel Plant. Theworika were awarded to contra.ctoFa accondl.ng to thelreapacltl€E aEsessed arbltl.eplly by the Tcnder comml.tteeaf telr i5pen1n8 the tenderB.
The caF&citles of 6()me conttractorE wereaaaegsed on f],lmgy grounda to be lower theh thelr? sctualcapeclt1eB and wotrks erere ar{arded to other contr&ctoraat h1gher rate€.
Road wo?l{a f or RB. 2. 3 cnor€B w€re aerardedwlthout any competltlve tenders. An ad hoe pai/ment waEEade wlthout prol,er]'y aBaeseLng the quantum of erorkdon€. Appl'oval for' provLdlng guper'l-on speciftcatlon(oll' bound dlEtebper) coetlng R8.39 lae€ was gtvenwlthout coneurrence of Flnanee. The undue beneflt weglven to the contractor. by providing block board jrrptrece of erooden 91snk8 ln cupboardg.
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In the metter of Balntenanee of lntegrlty andl!|rpleneht€tlon of anti-eoryuptlon measureg ln the6rganLa&t1on concerned, the Chlef Vlg1lance Of flc€ra ofthc or'g!&nl.satlon has a verry Lnportant rol€ to play.llhl1e the lleads of Departments snd Chl€f ExecuttveB ofpublLc sectolr undertakLngg are pplmerlly regponalble toensure eff,l-clency and Lntegrlty of personnel, worklnBunder then, the Chlef v1glLsnce Officet' l.e expeeted tofunctlon aa the k€y functlona.r:y dlrectly aecountabl.e tothe Execucl-ve Head of the organlsatlon on the one hand'and to keep lla{eon w{th the Centre1 VlgllaneeConnlsslon anal the centre]- Bur.eau of Investigatlon onthe othe?. The rro1e of the Chlef Vlgllance Ofgleer leIn the fi€Ids of preventlv€, det€ctlve snd punltlvev1gllance. Fo!. fhi6 purpose. he Xe requlned tothorouahly ecquaLnt hlmee1f w{th th€ t3ulea, re8iulatlone,procedures. eysteme etc" of the onganlsatlon ln whlab heworks. It ld. ther€gore, lmportent thst he l"e not onlytral.rlecl and ah1]"1ecl 1n handllng gpeclflc caaes ofvliillance nature, but also d1BglarrB a hLgh deci?ee ofunderstandlng of the operatlonB and obJectives of th€orggnlsatlon, A cert&ln meaeurae of spesiel:L8atlon
'.s,therefore, calJ"ed for' €.nd tbe work h&a to be undertaltcnby hlrn on profes8lon&L lLnee. Br()adlyr therefore, whtlsthe cvo hacl to d€velop lnveetlgatlve aklll8. theprl-nclpLes of falr-pley and Justlce wou]-d a€guftreLmDor:tance i.n the drgcharge of hi6 dutl€s. The brrosdprlncl.ple that the gul}ty atlr)uld b€ brought to boolr &nqthe lnnocent and the honest praotected le algo requlredtto be kept ln mlnd by the CVO whLl€ dlechargLng hlsdutles. V1gl]-ance 1n sny org&rrisatlon Le s. contlnulngprocese and a vl8;l1 haE to be ttral.ntsl.ned partLcularly oncorruptlon' Froae aresB ln an onganl"satlon.
7.2 In thls con$ectl"on while ea€h organlsatLonha.6 compxete lndependenee end autonomy ln deellng srlthand u]-tlmately decl.dlnc l.ndl"vldua]. caEeg, the CentralVlgllence Comrnleglon provlcles support and expertguicance to tlre chlef vd.Gl].snee offLeers on allv1gl]'snce matt€r6. The Coramleslon overseeE the worh ofth€ Cvos and playe an edvlsory &nd co-ordinatl'ng role sotbat unif,oi.m nort0a, stg,ndard and quallty of work areachi€ved 1n the varlous orrg:anlsatlons in deallngi wl.thvlgl"lance matters. Thls enab}es the Corrmlssl"on to brlrgto 1lght any cese6 of, auprrr€sgion of corPupt trDactLces.as eLeo caaes 1n whlch eDployees !illcht have beetrIlroceeded agalnet lnjustly due to any personal dlEllkeror preJudlcee. factlona]. feuds on JeaLousleE. Thus the
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7.3 ruNcTlor{s AE tEE cHIsF VIGILANCE QEEICEBS !
A€ lndl.eat€d above. the Chlef VlsllanceCrf f lce:p haa wldc ranglng reaFon6lbll-1tles ln th€ fleldgof I}peventlve, deteetlve end punltl-ve vlgllance.Broadlv, the functl.onB and re6ponslb1l1t:lee aeslSned tothe Cvo lnclude the followl-ng:
{a) Attendlng to complelntE whlch come to thef rom varrloueovganleatlon for l-nveEtlg;gtlon
sources Lnc1udlng prlvate pertlesi
(b) D€tal.led axeninatlon and nevler^t of the exlstingt?Foceduree wltb a vlew to pl:event or nnlnfinlee
' gsetofg r^rhlab ppovlde opportunltles for corrugtlon.;'11 malpraetlces. In other wot:d6. preventlvel:Jlgllanae ln aI1 aapecte on a contlnuoua basls 1e..rrne of the lmgortant funetlong d? the ChiefllLgl:.ance OffLcer;
{c) Id€ntlflcatlon of c.o?ruDt lon-prone areag, andeeneltLve poat6. ReguLar and eurrplrise l-nepectlotras.nd pliopef Ecrautiny of per6onne]. poated l.nEe:rEltlve poFts lnvolvLng pub]-l-e deallngsi
(d ) To keep ].lalson wlth the CentrsMa:tlanceC$ntnlealon and furnish the prescnlbed returnB to11;i
{ e ) ttl:r.lntaln1ng proger survelllaneed*ubtfuI lntearlty snd offlcerg1:-6t;
Areenging to tal,.€ actlon on theseeond stege ailvice of the CVC'
on off l.cer^B ofon the agreed
f lrst stagie and
TLmely fupnlehing of couments to th€ commiBslon onthe reports of the CBI;
Slnce only ca6es havlng a vlgllanee ancile sre tobe i'efelrr:ed to the Cottrmlaalon. the CVO .has todel:'prrrlne whet.lrer a partlcular cas€ heB avJ.*t'i,,.*nce ancle ot not end ln casea of doubt, thesr:s,a1ar1 of the ltesd of Orgsnleatlon are to be$bi,,a:.ned i snd
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(1) To engure Dnompt obsetrvanee of gonduct Rul'agrelltlna to lnte&rLty, covel'ln8i ststement ofasseta and acquisltlons. st?te, re]^atlvee employldln pnivate finme and dolng p|aivat€ buslneEg.bene.ul tranEectlons etc.
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According to the !,ltn18try of llone AffeilPa?Resolutlon No, 24,/7/6tt-AvD dated L! .2,1964, the €hlefYlgllance offtcers 1n the departnent6 are to beappolnted Ln consultetlon wlth the Centr.al vlallanqeCodmlgslon end no Bereon r,tho6e appol.ntrtent le obJeatedto, wlll be 60 appotrnted. Sul.table arrsngenenta mey,however, be made by the apprroprlate euthorltlee to ftllu9 Fhont term vacanclen for per:lodg upto 3 nonth6 dqe toleave or othen reeEons. wlthout obtalnLnS theeoncurr!'ence of the CVC. gaseg had. however. oone to th€notlce of the Comrnieslon where the CVOE hed been cheneedfti€quently and or8lsnLeatl-one nemalned wlthout re3u1atnlysppolnted CvOs for quite sometlme. The Conrnl,selon.thern€fore, edvlaed the dep€.rtn€nte to ensure th&t CVOaarpe not changed too often and ln any case not wlthoutgrtor con6ul"tation wtth the Comnrteslon. The Departmentah.gve been further" advlsed that even wher€ chsnges afacontenplat€d fol. &dmlnlstnattve reasong. guclt latransfera etc., the commlEelon should be lnformed ln'actvSnc€ aE a matt€r of correct procedure.
7.t1." The ptr<:cedurlal lnstructlons ].ald down by theIt{LnL6try of Home AgfaLrer DepaFtnent of PenEonnel andTralnlns ancl cvc provlde thet I
(a) The procedur:e for prlor consultatlon wt th theCentr.aL VlaL]-ance ComrnlsElon has to be followedltrvarlably;
The dep&r:tments thouLd 6end a ganel of n&lneE tothe Con|nlBsion go that offlaere havlng lntegirlty,lnltlatlve. clrlve and proper aptl.tude f,orvlgLlance worh sre se1ected snd appolnted aa CVOst
?he CVOB 1n the Hl tlls trleEz/Depantment s have to beat lea6t of the rank of Deputy Secretany. Th€Depcrtment of Peraaonnel attd Admlnl6tratlveRef,ormg. hor,r€v€r, have a1so ].alCl down thatdepantments wblah have to handle a latPgie nurnber ofvl8L].ance oa8eE e. t. Railway Board, DepartBent ofSteel, Minlstry of Defence, Mlntstry of Surfacefranspol^t etc. ehould h&ve cvos of ttta renk of
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Ttre Chlef Vlgllance OfflcerE in th€ Dubllc Bectorund€rtaklnga have to be tn the aca1ea of pay' themlnlmum of whieh ls not le6a than R6.18Oo (pre-rrevleed ) ;
The Chlef Vlgl].ance Of,f,lcera ln the lrlatlona]-leedBsnks lncludlnc the sub6ldlanles of Stste Bank ofIndLa ehould 'have whole-, tlme CVOB of the rBnk ofGener,al Manecer. :Furt'hCr. ln orde!" to be_ moreobJectlve , and effectlye' th-qy shouLd not'Ball.v beout6lder5, 1.€. i+tlev Jhoulcrnct be on the cadre ofthe Baalr sthe:ae they,/ erork sg:-Cvos. but should b€taken fronr othe$ nanke. oh. d€pqtatlon terms' fo!' .eflxed tenure. Thls has b€etr provl'decl. keeplrig lnvl€w the sspl-dlv gtrow{ns op€natLons of the benklngLndustry. the potentlql': forr f,t''aud &nd : othelrserrioua m'.Edemeanour whl.eh niay eaus€. rt6t only hugeloaBes to the brink6, but aleo Le a source ogharraaament to th€1tr cuatglrerB. Hor'tover. the CVOg
can coublne tfielr dutieE wtth InsPeetl'on and Audlt& idceountE na.ehl"nery a6 thege ltmee of *ork &ne of,&n alfled natu!?e ancl couLd alEo. affolrd greateropportunltes to the CvoB to flng out gapa e'ndghorteomlngs ln the greva*llnrf Broeedurea andpraetleee, lf anYi
The frequent trenEf ele of offlcer6 ln the posts ofCVOg ls not de€irable. ?he Departnente hav€therefore been edvlged to enEure that cttteenasponEored f,oF the poBtB of cVOs arer a6 1*o sgpoeeible, 6vatr1&b1e to ho1d the 8a{d gogt fo!3 ?trsaet three 'yearg, havln8 regard to thel-rtentrne,/date of retlrement etc.; ahd
The departm€nts hav€ also be€n advlse't to en8ureethat aE and qthen {t becomes knorrtn that t}re CVO le!.Lkely to leav€' the deparPtment/ underlaklnC ' 9nretttrement. explly..of hls terrrn, t!|snEfer-etc. r thepr.opoEaX foF appotntrsant of h.ta guece6sor 1'B rnovadwe]"]. ln .'.tlue ao that the poat . does not l.enslnvacant.
7 .5 coHEiIpERA{rOl|sl nqrERl{trrltNct SELESEIgI'}epporrir*lrr A$D. f,EUEBE as, crlrgF yIs.ElAxcgoFFtrcERs ltr euDLIC. sEcToR guD.gB:tAKI'Uilg t
7.5.7 The Com3tleelon feels that ln bi'8Eer Publi'ca€ctb!3 und€rtat(lnsa such a8 Allr Lndtle. IndLa Toutrr.sbDeve]. opErent Corporetlon. Indlan 011 coFporatlon'Fettt-LLzer Corlpor4tLon of lndla. van'loue Coal Companlegr
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Bharat Heavy Eleetrlca1s Ltd., Stete Tnadlngcopporatlon, Cement Corporatlon of Indla LtCl ., Nat1onalBul].dinca Conatructlon Co!.pora.t{on etc., the ChlefvLgLalnce ogflaer. shoul-d be s whole time of,flcer 1.e, heshould not b€ burden€d \dlth responel bl 1. ltles other thanvigllance. Fur^thermore, in order to be objectlve andeffectlve. he Bh()uld normslly be an outslder &nd shouldnot have been an employee of the orssnleatlorr in th€past. Those cVoE who som€ on deputetj on ft-om otheraervLces, should be functl-ona]-1y equated with,/glven thestatuE of hsad of deFartment. of,flee](.s of a1l servlceeand c&dr€s ehould be aonsldered fot3 posts of CVOa andthe fleLd of Eelectlon neect not be restrlcted tooffleers of, eny par:tlcular eervlce or' cadre. It hasalao been dec{ded that a1} FlPopo6elE 1n respect ofeppotntrnent of cvo€ ln prrblie sector undertaklnga m&:/ beBent to the Comralselon tblrough the edmlnlstt3atl'vemLnLatrlea concerned. slnce the Chlef, vlgl"lence offleerfunctions a€t a speclal esel6tant to tbe Chleg Executlvetn a pub].lc unalertaklhg, .lt l"s deslrsb].e that to beuaeful and effectl-ve, he enJoys the confldence of th€Chtef Executive. The Comml-geion has accordl"nglysuggeEted that ln the proDoa&ls fof eppolntrnent of CVOgln the pilbllc seetor, the vLehr6 and E)treference of theChtef Executlve sbould also b€ obtelned.
7 .5.2 The LnEtructLonE rregardlng deputatlon ofGovernment aervants to public aector untlet'takl.ngsvLeua]-,-eed eventual perrmanent ebgorDtlon of auchofflcers ln publlc aector. undert&klnfca. The Commlsslonobgenved that the naturre of wolrk of the chlef VlgtlanceOff,leea's was Euch thet they Ehou].d not be perrnanentlyebEorbed ln publlc seetor und€rtaklngei snd that a Chlefvlgil.anee Offlcen on deputatlon to a publlc 6€ctorundertaklng, after r^torklng for a rl€a6ol]sb].e peniod,ehoul'd be l3eplaced by enother offlcer on deputetlon.Th€.refol.e r err the Commleelon I e suggestlonr the€overnment exempted the Chlef Vlgllance Offlcers froslpefiianent ebsorlptton ln the undertal<lnge and lseu€dlnstl'uctlonB that the tenure of offieers of organleedgervleeg aFpol-nted to 9oBt6 of Chlef Vlgllsnce Offr.a€rrgln publlc aectolr undentekLnga wou1d be the same as wou}dbe permleet ble ln thelr caftea on deputatlon to theCentrpe at dlfferent Leve1F ttke Deputv Secretary./D1!'€ctof,/Jolnt g€cl'et&ry ete. Ttre appolntmente toSecond Leve]. Funct!.onarLeB pogts in the vigillsnced€pertment, L.e. next to Chlef VlcLlsnce ofglcer 1nvlcltance 6et;ups ln public sector undertakingis. and theGovt. offlc€n8 of the 1ev€I of Insg€ctoL^a of Centr.lPolLce onganlsatione have &1so been exempted grom theDotlcy og lmnedlate atreorrptlon. 1.e. they bave b€€nallowed to come on deputa.tLon ba6ls to the vLgl]-anee
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6et- ups 1r the publlc eecton under"takings.
II{C.EN.fI'YE IQ cvos
There hav€ be€n lnEtancee where. aften theoff l-crsrs fl"om ot'ganleed aervlces were seleeted to manthe posts of Chlef Vlal].ance Of,flcers ln publlc Eectorunderl;aklngg, they, dltl not Joln the organl.satlons maln1ybecause e:r Ehep the fscllltl.es avF.ilable 1n the Stetecadre {ln the cese of IPS offleers) wer.e not ava.llsb].eto them j.n pubLlc E€ctor undertaklngs ot3 because tbepostlng in the undertaklnSg waa conaldered unpa].atab].ef or. sons: r€&aon or" the other. In orcler to meet eome ofthe g€huLner dlfficu].tles og 6uctr deputatLonlsts €nd wltha v1e'w to nake the post of Chlef V1811&nce OffLcer lnpub].l(: sector undertaklng llore attr.active, theconIli8islon suggiested to Governn ent to coneiden glvl.ngsome :Lncentl\.'eE to the CVOg cornlng on deputatlon frouother onganlsed eenvlceg. The BPE accordlng:Ly lssuedlnetructlone 1n theln o.t'{. t{a.16(48),/87-g,Vt dated 2. e.88.read vrj.th the O. M. of same number dated 19.7. 88 anat12.lt.19181), r)rovldlng the fo1low1ng lncentlveE to thoaeCVOEr 1n Sr::heduLe IAfi end nBtr compenle€r who come ondeputstlon ':o ',"roPk aa fu1.1-tlme CVO!.-
{e) The c]r*O nay be Cle6lgna.ted ae Executlve Director(Visl-l.anee), inreepectlve of ht-a pay Ecale, lnr,?1&xe"tlon of the EPErE giene?el lnetructlone thetbelow Board leve1 sxecutlves €hould not bede6lEn,ated ag frExecutlve Dlrectoran i
Accomrno{:&tlon may be provldedt by the publlc sectorundert&klngB to the CVOa. aa admlasib].e to rKeyoi'f :leL.e.l"sri of the undentaklnre; and
( o,t
(c) The 91./O mey be pnovlded Etsff cer facllLtLeE forof f Lcirsl dutlee lncLudlng plck up etrd drop atresldence ag a speclal case. Thig feclllty hagbeen €!l-v€!r ln lleu of the csr allowance. ?h€ CVOhaB the optlon to avall elther of the twof aellitlee.
4,,
7.7.tsl",!IJ.sjl[cal. RE?uRNs !
The 'lommlEFlon cal].a €or qua.rter].y statlEtlcalL.eturn6 f i?r}m a]-1 alepartrnents ln orden to exetrclgegenerel ;:.lir,-'.r and supervlglon ovep the vlgl].ance andantL-eorruii).! j-,,!.r '.sq: rk in the depar.tments. The quarterlyr:eturnsr s|s :]reficrtbed by the Comrnlssion, are nequlnedto be eerrt iry the Ctrlef Vlgllance Offlcene so aE toI.each the Cor|tnlBelon L'y 15th cley of the month follo9rLn8th€ resEl,ectllre quarteFa. It ls negr.etteCl that In nany
L4U
csses these are not recelved by the due dates. It. 1sa1so observecl thSt l-n many ca6e5 there are d1s <.:t,epsncl-ealn f18:u*es. Annexut:e I.2 (NB" L & Z) eontains the namesof those ongarrl-gatlons whlch have fallecl ln submlttlngone or more quarteri1y returns during the year., or whogefl-gureE coul(i not be lncluded gor wantreconcl ]- I atlon.
of
7,8 WORK DOFE trL! cvos :
7.8.L The wort< done by the Chl-ef Vlgl1aneeoff1cers, &s t:eported by then, is glven :i-n Annexure I.1.The pendency wlth them as on 31.12.1990 has beenana.]"ysed 1n Annexure I. 3. f t would be obselcved thatthere l-e eonsLderabl.e pendency with tliem. TheCommisslon rrss be€n suggestlnB & number of measures tovar,lous organl-satlons, depenctlng on the clrcumsta.nceE ofeach, to deal wlth thls prot-rlem. Some of them which areB€nera1]-y epp].lcable have been lncorporatect ln theChapter on Preventlve vlEita.nce" fhere ls hoerever noga1nsaying the faet that 1f grr.eaten lnterest l_s taken inv1g1]-ance work b}" the Chl-eg VLgl].ance Offlcers and theChlef gxecutl-ve*,/HeadE of Organlsatlona, the wor"k. bothln tiespect af preventive viS1:.a.4ce and in respect of,lndividuat v1gLlanee case6 cou].d be sl-gnlfleant.]-ylmp:roved. The other factox whlch cou1d c.onslderablylmproove the pPoductlvity of the Chief Vlg.1].a,nce Offlcersand thelr atsi'f le the need .for tnalnl.ng at a].1 leve1s.One maJor l3essoll for comparatively iow output is alr4aysthe lnaclequate knowledge and understandlng of rules andFFot:eduree 1n desll_ng wl_th .vigl_lance cases.
7.8.2 Th.e fol.l-oerlng table lnillcat€a the numbelr ofthose caaes deatt wlth by the Chief Vlgl.].ance Offlce:rg1n whlch Conmlgelon f e Advl.ce was not r.equlred for thereaeor.r that the employeee l"nvolved w€L4e outatcle theCVcrs jurisdlctlon. and ended ln formaL punlshmentgdul^lng the l&st ten years: -S, NO. YEAR MAJOR FENALTY MINOR PEITALTY TOTAL
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2.
4.F
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': il
x9811982x 983198 419851986t9871988r9891990
1321L58"1551r14It121_97237728eo291025342606
30 6139073086286635ltl-32004e11tttt87t18965641
438?5t18911640Ir307573855777o31739770308?.ttT
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IIOTE : Thls lnfornatlon le baeed o'n the gu&rterlyretunnB submltted by the onganldetlone and, therefor€ldoee not lncl.ude the Lnformatlon pertaLnlng to thoseorgan1Batlons whoee returna were not recelved' or thefl.BuFeE dld not reconc1le.
DELAY IN A.E,PQ-L["EMEE,fE. !
Tota1 number of posts of Chlef, Vlgl].anceof,f lcers ln varlous departnaentB,/pub11c sector.undert akl n ge,/nat lanal L sed banke,/autonomou s organlsat lonsetc. (hereafter referred to as deDartnent ) IE 486. ofthese, ln X64 departments, elthen the po6ts of SVOB arevacant or ad hoc and teutpoPary a.ll?angement s lrave, beenltta<t€ by the clepartments, as the poal-tlon stancls as on31.12.1990. All auch poEts ere tFeated as vacsnt bv theComrntrsslon. The naneE of Eome of the lmportant andIartge organlBatlons where the po8ts of CvOa aLe vscantare glven ln Annexure-Il.
7 ,9.2 The followlns pol-nts earBe to notl.ce lneonnectl.on wlth the va.csnclee of CVOg mentloned ln th€annexur€ : -(a) Some offlcers approved for the poBtE of cvoa werc
not i41l-11ng to Jol.n the pub].{c BectorundertsklngB 1n the capaclt;r of CVoE due to lac|(of &dequate facllltleE i
(b) Some of f l.eers, selected f,or the p()ats ltere notrellevedl elther by pal.ent departments or by thegtste Govefnment s concerned after theLn seLectlon;
(c) The chlef Ex€cutives had ta look after thefunctlons of the CvOs, as add1tlonal chergie, inthe absence of a eult8ble CVOi oti
{d)
7.9.3 In 6ome departnentg, acl troe postlnaa*snSietnen t s to the posts of CVOa heve contlnued folsperrLode whlch cannot be Ju6tlfled. The poaltlon I'nrespect Gf some sueh lmpoJPtant deBa'rt&ents where CVOS
have not been appolnted on re8lulBr basls ls dl.scuasedbelo{4:
Ad hoc atr,rangements hed to be macleERecutlve gor the tlne being tof,unct J.ons of the cvo.
by the chlefcar1ry on t lre
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(a) BETIGAL q$EMICALS g PHARFISQEUTTCALS LTn I
The nstter regardlng the eppoLntment of CVO
ln Bencal Chemlce].s & Phsrmaceutlcele Ltd' le belngIrur6ued Elnce August, 1982" Thouah a gane] of nameg waa
l.l*ita;a for the . cofiln.{psl-on r E cotral'de!'atLon trn
;;;;;;;;; 1983.' the comelet€ cR'cosglers or-the orrleersreco$nnended fbr th€' poat w€P€ not 6ent' The dogelerswere sent to the.'eommlgslon 1n Septenber" 1986 and theCommlaaion ! E approval for tbe sppoLntnent og Dlrectors{Finance ) .rs gvo eta's canvol/ed ln october:' 1986' The
offtceP. howevrrP. was not apgolnted' After a penlod oftnolae than thL€e years' the Mlnlstry of Petr'oleum and
CherBlcals recornmended the nase of Dlnectou (Flnanee) forthe post of t:vo as an adctl"tional at!8138e ln vlew of thcreeported glnanclaL conetnalnte belng fscecl by th€cornpany. The commlEslon. howevelr ' asked fo!:' a 9an€1 of,
naitea of three offlcers, as per the glrescrlbedproedure | !or lta gonelt!erstlon' A penel' lncludlnEthe name of ornecto* (Flnanee) wae furnlEhad Ln october'1990. The Comniselon apPfoved the namee of tsfo offic€rson the panel, other then DLrector (Flnance) ' It 1E'
ho{even. not known as to whether the work of CVO haa
b€en entrustecl to anv of thaae two officers' 1n addlt{.onto the other r"tolrks belna handle(t by hln'
The Chlef Vlglla'nce Off,tcer Ln Bharat wsson
and Englneerlng C(}. Ltd' wes &lf,owed to ?ep&trlate tohls parent cadrer on htg own request ' wlth eff,ect f,rol!30.[.8?, Slnce trren, the Comml-sBlon baE been pursulngwlth the Depetrtm€nt of Pub1lc Enterpnleeg ' aelklng fot! 4
ban€l of naines r for th€ conmxsalon I s conslde!'gtlon' butto no eveI}. The Depentment h86 not even sent anv
lnterlm reply to the Commlgslont E communlcatlone'
(b) BHARAT I^IAGOI{ S ENILUTEEBItrS CO.. LTD. :
(c) BoIGATGAOil BEETNEETES & pETROCTIEIIIICALS J..ID :
It waE lntlnated to tfre commleslon that lnthe dleeuEslona thst took place 1n the Cebl-net
Seclretarl-at. tt $tas felt that l-n the OII Sector' the CVO
nay have to pf,ay a Eqnewhat arore &ctLve role i'n keepLng
&br€ast the Eense end mood of the wonkera end thefebystten0pt to foresee the type of unreet that aou:.d
Jeopa:rdl.ee the grrowth af the Oll Industrv unlesB e.ationls tetten ln advanee. Ttleregore. efforts er?e belng m&cle
eince March,. 1982 to apDolnt an IPs Of,fl.r:er sg Cvo 1n
BongalSeon Refl.neFles & Petnoehestlc&ls Ltd' (BRPL) '
()n recelgt of a pan€l of nat es frorn theDepartuent of p"t*f r"'t*. the commleglon aggroved the
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name of an lPS offLcer fore thls post ln JuIy, 1-gg2. ?he{rff lc€r" hohr€v€L^, 9{as reportedlv not avai].abl-e f,orcent!.&L r!€Dutatlon. tn FebruarJ/, 19glt, the n,rqe ofanother IPg offtce? Itecotnendeat by thc depsrt.nrent rrs6eonel.dored but he waa n<:t found euLtabte. In ovesbelt,1984, the Comnl^egl"on agproved the nane of yet snotherlPS offic€s but he $ras not nelleved by the State{lovernnrer"lt to r4ho6e cadne the off1cen belonged. InSeptearbeF, 1986i the comrnl€Gi.on aDproved the nartre of,snothelr rPs offlcer". ThouStr thc Appoinhrents gorttlrltteeof the Ceblrret alao approvect the offlcer for the post ofcVO in niRpl.. the proposel. fon hle deputatLon waecllfia€3led Later oR. In Decertb€r. 19g6 afsor theC€nmlaalon hetl rpproved the nalre of, a othe? Ipg Ogflcer,but the undertakln8 p?oposed to entrust the functlons ofthe CVO tg th€ Dlrector (Flnarree) aa en addltlonalchen'Ci,s. The Counleelon holreve!, s.dvlaed the ttl.nietrythat rhe cvo J.n BRPL shouldt be & v.hor€-tr.ne offlcen anasheuJ,d not be burds:ned wl.th othes duties and to be moreef8€cf,{ve' t'}€ ahocld be en offlcer talren on deputatlon.It fulpths:r advlsed that offlcerr apDt oved bv it 1nDece$ber, X.986
'tay be .conrl.dersd f.otr th6 post snd lncaa€: the se:r.vlceE of the of f lcer rrere no ]c,ngerevalrablc. tlxe cholce mEv be broad€ned to conElden theoff i.cers hs:..)ngln8 to other centrelleed aervlces elso.It l^raa 1rr6*insted ln .llanch. 19gg thet the offlcelrapproved b&/ tFie cohniE6iort wa8 not evalLable for centlal.al€I'utatton" Fr€sh gropoBal
'.E yet Br,ralted. although aperlod of about three years hBe pa.6aed.
{d) "RB.LrISU lirprA coRpoBtTror !
The ComnLesLon h.a bse.n aaklng for a panel' ofnaltea for tbe I)o6t of Chlef Vlgllance Offlcerr Ln Br,ltiahIndla eoFp('ret Lon c l-nee 1g8a. ?he panel r^r&e tlotfuPnj.shed ti:L June, 3986 *rh€n the Conn lselon suo Dotor€commerided ttle naire otr sn of'f 1c6? for tfrfg poet, out ofa panel of, netmeg of IpS officen,e rceeLved frou theE.tAbli.shment OfpLce". In A,uguet. 1986. the turtLatry ofCommerce furr.rlshed a panel of four nase6r lncludingi the'riet|re of,'th€ off,lce? at.neady approvedl bt/ the eomo1as!.on,but LndlcBtlng the p?efe?ence for another offlcer. Thecornr|tlsgion €lFp:?ovad th€ tr ame of the offl.ce? r€soDbenatadby the lll.nl.atry. ?he !t!.njatry, troHever, refcrred theinrtter back to the ConrrrLs e Lon ae€lrlng lte concur3riclnc€for sppolntlnG the offt c€r earl.ten reconnended by theCornnrl.eslon. Th€ CourmiEelon a$reed to thLs propossr &Iaotn ovember. X986. llowev€t3. the off,lcer dtd not Jolnend had to b€ debsrr.€d fon c€ntral deputa.tron fotp thrceyeare, In Flerpctt, f988. Lt wa6 lntlnated that lllnt at€rof ?extl]"ee bed afrprovect ths nasre of an ogfi_eerrpp€ari,ngi on th€ panel apgrov€d by thc Conmlssl.on for
1[8
I
the 9oEt6 of CVO ln r)ublle aector undertskl.ngs. the AeCalEo agplrov€d th{s Bro906al . Ilowevar. tt!3a offtoor a!Br,dld not Joln 6nd r.rar !160 d€baFred fForB c€ntn€ri.deputatlon for thlree year!.' In Juty, fg8g. the MlnEsttryof rextl'193 furnlahed a ganel 0f na&es af two of,flcera.already appr*ov€d fon th€ por.ts of CVOa ln l)ub!.l.c gector!undertal(l.ngla. .€eklng Lta appreoval for apgol.ntucnt ofone of than sg the CvO Ln Brltlafir Indla Corgopation,The connlcslonrs aDpfovel to1t5 conveyed gon both. leav:lnalt to the nlnlst!.y to seieet 61ther of then. Xon€ oEthem, howewerl haE been apl)olnted ao ftr. nol' hAa anyfraeh panel bean aubnttted to the Comnler:ion fotf tteaontldlcratiorr .
(c) .ElIEf, saillDARD 9Q.^ l.IQ r
?he Chief Vlsll'ance Off,lce? {n Bunr St&ndsFdCo. Ltd. n'etlnqul,ehed the charFse in Ju].y. 1r?g?. fheDeDsrtoent of Publlc Entengn isea entru8ted the wonk ogthe CvO to the Henaalna Dl^neeton, of the undertaklncr aaan adatltlonal. cheDge, tl]-1 the n€w, lncuEbent Jolne.AlthouAh the Conn1eeion haa b€en aat(l.ng go? a 9an.$l ogna[€B top tt8 con€ldepatlon, no Dane]' t,rae f,un,nlahed. Intrsy, 1988, tbe comleslon infor,med the undert.rkLns t-h.tI p.nel' of ne6er of lpg Offlcerg, dul.y apprarred by theCoIrtlaalon. forp placeD€nt eE CVOE 1n publlc sector\3unde?tsklnSa wes belng nalntslned by the Dagartnent ofPeraonnel & TnaLnlng ,and that the undentaklng !!ay obtrlnthe fl.oc of' a 6ultabl-€ offlcen fr.oo that d€gatlta€nt.?hc DoBt o? CVO, however. haB not been fllled ug ao far.(f) co?lofr coRPoRltLI}x Qf rNprA LtD :
The lrsqte? regrPdi.ng appolntnent of ChlefVl.g1laDee Ogflcer l.n Cotton Cor$o!,stlon of In€ll,a Ltd.(CCI) ls betng pu.rBurtd wtth tha uinLat!:y of C@e!.ce(now ltllnt6t?y of TextlleE) elnce June, 19g6. Theillnl.stry of CoBnerce, th\cb{rsultatlon. wLth the eCI . haddeclded thet rn of,ficer..\g the undeptsl(ing shouldt be6ppolnt€d aa eh!.ef Vlg!lance Offl.eer and for 'thatpurpoee. furntEhcd a panel 0f n6rres for theConnl,agionrg congl.deratlsn, The Colrnlaelon, hos.everrt'oolc the vr.ew that thc Chlef Vl8llsnce Offlcetp ln CCIarhoul.d' not be sn of f lcer belorrgl.ns to the und€rtaklngr$d th6t he rhould be ag.-gff lce!' taken on deDutatlonfFon othe? c€.ntralt.scd egnvleea to hrol.k ae a r.rttol.€ - t lneoffl.cer. noweveF. Dendlng sDpotntoent of a.n outsl<t.!r.the Corrlri.ggLon epi'roved thc agpotntmettt o? DlFector(Pinance) aa Cblef, Vlgtlance of,trtcer upto 3('.6.198?. InJune,1987. tho ltLnlatny of eolur€rce gunn{Ehed a Dsnel ofnoles |'f forlF IPS offl'cera. The Comttr1aslon aDproveCl thcntee of one of tlrgu. The officer, howevetr. dtd not Joln
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lr he r,ee6 aeleeteq tn Intelllcenee BuFeeu' 'fn Itiav '19C8, the DoPT recon[anded the na[€ of snother IPsofflcetr *hlch was also aS!'eed to by the coE'nlsalon' HG'
hor,|!*vap. wa€ not ?ellevcd by the gtetc qovernnent towhoE'€c.drehebelonSetl.'|eenwhlle.theDirrectorr( Finance ) , who wes el'e<r et<'rkln8i as DsPt-tlue chiefVlgllance -offlcer. 8ot pronotlon ae chlef Executlve - andcontlnued to perform the funotlqna of CvO ln acldl't'-on tohlr or.tn dutles. The Conoleslon toot( a vlew that Fuch anrPrengen€nttntheecrhraanotdeelseblegnd'therrefolre.advlFed the lllnletrv of ?extLlee, end the cCI lnFebrruapy, 1989 that ttI1 sueh tlne 4n offlcer Lseppol-nted ae Chlef Vllil]'ance off1aerr' ln consul.tatlonwLth the co [ls3lonr 811. casca,/neturns l)eftat'nlng to CCIahould be l'outed throuah the Chlef Vlsl1anee Offl.cer'lil.nlBttpv c,f Textllea. The panel fon the aggolntBent ogChlef Vls.llanee offleen, hoeteveF. haB not been furh1Bhedto the C,cnal'ee'.{}n €o gar.
(c) CYCLE CORPORATIOII AE I"UDIA I.TD !
The Flnancial Advl's€'P & enief Acaountaioff''cer, htho was al'eo functlonlns as chlef Vlc.tlaneeof/f Lc€ie with the comlgElon r e Bppro\ta!. ln Clrcletiorgorstion of Indl.a Ltd. rreslSned the servlceE' and theCorDoratlon entrusted ttie functLonE of chlef Vl'tllanceofficer3t(,gnottrero'flc€!..9'lthoutevenlntt'ttatlnathlaiact to the com[leslon. Thrt offlcer alEo !.elfnqulshedthe charge on 3.11.1986. ThouEh Ghe conltl.eeion haE bacnagtrlrc for a Danel of narocE for ltE conslderatlon ?o!the Euc.ceeeor Chlaf vletlance OSgtcer, thlE haE not be€nnode avallable. .ThG central viallance co@lsglonen hae
alao revlewed vlSllance actlvttler of thls oF3anlEetlonln a meetinc hald ln SepteEber. 19E9. and obebrved thstvlgllance $rort( ln the ortianleatlon tB rt e Etandgtll.I.'The SecretaFy of thc CorPonatlon' letro replr'eBente'l theonganlaatloa Ln th€ BeetLn8, €xglalned that vLgllrneeactlvltv waa very llEited because of the fact that theorgrnlaatlonwagaslchunlthavlngrnu1ttglcen6conDlGxpteoblems whlch consurne all the enerSleg of the toDiar,"g"t"rrt. The Codnl€dlon. holt€v€rr waB of the vlewth&t ttrefe r,raj' no eo-relltlonsblD bGtwe€n the glcknessof the unlt and thc fact that vi'cill.ance act'-vltv etaa eta standstlll elrcePt that corruPtLon ili&ht be a'
contrlbutory caut€ fot lnduttrlal 'tlclcna6s' r'rh lchn€ceselt4tes apgolntment of s ful'l-tlse Chief Vlcilanceof,f,leer. Acco?dln8ly' the contnl'galon asked folr a ganelof nades for conalderstlon. The Coffilealon waa xaterlnf,orncdthatcoPpor.tlonwasgagglnsthr'oughflnanclalcrllt.ElandltwsenotpoaalbletoaDpolntCV0ef,ro[outrld€. The Cotrporetlon. hot"Gvetr t reconnen'ded thcn.Degoftv'ooffle€rgtowoakegSar't*tlnccvo.The
r5o
lnformatlon wl.thCot3l'oPstlon. itreEp]-oyeea. a6ked$rl.th a vl.ew toawal-ted.
?egia:ed to woFk and actlvl'tiea of tho''turn overr 8nd th(! total numbeii aC
foz' by the Comisalon tri JuIy. 199O.cxanrl,nl.ng th€lr p!'opoEa]. 1c sttll
{h) cARDEif BFACU SHISInrLD$RS & EIS.tuEsSs. LID' :
The CornnrlsgLon has been gursulnc tbe matter'regar}dLnS appolnt.nrent of chtef, vigl1ane6 off,lcet? alnceDecenber. !g7g. wlth garden Relch Shl9bul]'ders Ltd' Butthe und€ri'takLng hes not submltted the panel of na'lre a ofsulteble ogflcere f,or th6 comlesxonr s conElderetlon.Even the Fegerences fronr the tllnLBtt^y of D€fGnce to theunderitaklng o!1 thls subJect do Rot see$ to have recelvedany positlve neagonge. fhe undertaklnc appol.nted one oft h{iltr own offlcera 8s chles vl81la.nce OffLcer ttlthoutobtalnln&l the Comlrlggtonre apgrovel ' Later. theComnleslon dlcl not eDDrove the nerne of that offlcer ?ot'the EloEt of, CVO and desllred that tlII 6uch tLne a
trecul6r CVo iB appointed wlth the Comnleslontg aDgroval'the clitD fi8y ?rtng€If perforPl1 the functlone of, cvo. Thouchthe conlrleelon hscl rei.tel.ated thla stand gevetral tlnes'ltwagn€v€rlntlnAtedwhetherthec!{Dhadtgkenov€rasCVO. snct tf 60' 6ince when. tn llarch, 1989' theltl!.nlBttry of Degence propoeed the n4lr€a of t}'o ofgleergg'r aDpolntment of CvO ln tvro Defence Shipyards vLz'GRS'E 3r1d !{8zason Doct( Ltd. The Corntrl-eglon appFoved th€ltina&eB polntlng out. however' that one of then htag
ittat.nlng the aSe of, 58 veara ln Mavn 1989 and the othenln JuIv, 1989 and lf, the ret{rement age ln thelr' caaewlg 58 y€8F8, there bti].l be no advantagie l.nBelectlna,/appoint lng then. Later. 1t wae lntfiretcd bythe lllllnlstry of Defenc€ that the Departnent of, Per'aonnal& frsalnlna alco did not agree to the appolntnent ofthese offlcera ln view og thetr tmpendl.nS rP€tl.r€naht,but reconmended the nase8 of t!^to IPS offlcera. gtlro weltenotf,oundaultable.NamegoftwootherI'PSofflc€Fsreconmentlecl Dv tha DOPT btere a.lso conaiderecl by thelllnl.strv of Defence, but they too were not foundaulteble. FPEah gropogal le awalte'l' It would thua beobastrvcd that no regiular arrangeoent hag been nadeeiirl.nat the pogt of cvo for tha last 11 steBrs'
(r) "uEAyx EffrItrEE&IXg coEPORAaIOtr .[.ID :
Th€ Cvo ln IIEC rPellnqulshed the ehatiSe oh[.12.1986.InFebruafy.1988theDeparPtncntofPubtlcEntertDrlees rrecofilrehded the nase of an IPS offlcer'grh1ch $ta€t applroved by the Comlgelon' lfelther theofgI'cer approv.d by the Connrleleon has b€en epgolntedtrof anry f,re6h Dane1 haE b€en Eent for lta eonEld€retlon'
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Laoklnc to the naturG 6nd ri". of tub unalertskj.na. theConnl.eslon 18. of the vl€w th.t the poat o! evo be fltl€dup ur8€ntl}/ bv eDgolntlna ar| b3flcer taken on deDutetlonfroer other eGrFvl,cea .ra-lull-tl,uta CvO.
(r) IfrrpuslArf FERTrtr?.E8,g coRItoRArIOl| l8D I
The Dost of CVO ln lfl.nctustan FertilltcrECorponatLon (HFL) fell vacant on 31 .1A.1985. .On recelptof e p.anel of ngBea i thc Conulselonra approval waaconvay€d for rl)t)ol.ntnent of rn IpS offlc€r a€ CVO lnllarch. 1986. The of?|c€!' howeve!' dlct not Join. InIfovomber. Lg$T, th€ Departnent of Fertl.l.lgere aelectodanoth€r IPE of,f'lcer eggeerlns on the r}ane]' il?eady€,9ptoved by the Combelon foa the Dosts of CVO8. Thieofflcer alao dtlit not Joln and waa therpefofG debsrrrodftroo Ccntna]' ..d€pl!?etl.on fop 3 yecra. In Decetnber. 19E9,the Depar.trnent Eel€cted rnotlie! of flcer fpom thee9grov€d panel.,. but later h€ wes. not apDol.nted. InFebPu a!y-! 1990. t$e DeDartDent of Fertlll,zene .!.ntlDBt€dtthat a f,ne8h t,rnel tt|!e(!lved fro[ Departn€nt of pcp6onnelend Training rraa undeF eonBlder8tl'on of the unatertaklna.llo fulttrsr pposres3 Ln the gatter has been regont€d.(k) HII|DUSTAII !!TFTLi{ORKS COXSTRUCTIOTI L?TI 3
There has becn no recular. Chlef V1al1atrecoffleer wlth thc apgrovar of ttr€ couclgalon Etnce lriy.t979 ln Hlnduata.n SteetwoFt s Constructlon Ltd. (HSCL).Ae thore waa no aat!,afactofy naaDoota gron th€ fiE eLr thecoml'Erlon cdvledd ln ,Iltarch, lgga. thrt the Cbf6tExccutl.vs !!ay hl.llrelf funetlon aa Chtof Vtal].aneoOffl.cer untll I auttebls offtcer could be appolnted totha I'oet. Thls ho|{ever r.'aa not ddne end the funct'.on6of tho Chlef V:lgllanee Offio€r wcre a8slgned to anoth.rOon€ral llanacer tn ADrpll. 1983. on the rgt!.renent otr tho€.n€tpat lrtanaSer earll.ef funct10n1n8 .,a6 the chlcfVlgllance Officor. ThcFeafter a declclon braa taken btthe DepantDent of, Steel to .Dpolnt an off,''cer notb€lon$lng to BSCL .t the CVO snd for thet Durposc rpsncl had been obtrined fron the DepartDent ofPeigonnel . Howavcr. later looklnei to the future og theors.rtlE.tLon .nd the GoveltrDent ft lnt€ntlon to winct tt.EDr the rp?olntu€nt of en outeidorn eras not eonsl,d€rF€dnecnarat.yi arrd a pa,n€l of na0es of, offl.cerpF b+lon8lna tOCha OFaianl.sation wae s€nt to thc eonnl.telon in Au8uatr1985. Thlg pancl howcvcr could not bG const.d€red gorrrant of conglete C.8. doagtcrg.
On recclpt bf e fr€sh lranel l,n Rarch, 1gg?,tha Connlr.lon approvad thg n6[€a of two I'pg offtc.Fafon aDpoin*ncnt of ctrth€! ot thcil ?or th€ Dost of CVO.
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The offer of s.ptrolntment was sent to one of them 1nIfovembep, 1982. but he d1d not Joln. In Feb}usny, 1989,It wae 'nt'nratect
that e creclslorr hacr beefi tarten to f J.lr.up tfie rlost on deputatlon be61e gl:om other pub1lc sectorundertaklngs. lhe name of *.n of f !'cel3 bel.onglna toanothen publlc secto'. qnder'taklng wss arsc Feccrnmerrdectfor the CommLselori t e apppqval in October, 19g9. TheComnlsElon I e' approval was eonveyed on 1st December,1P19: _ Brti nelther^ the offleet, neeomrnended ron the poat{r€e oeeil aFpolnted. nor s freeh paneL hae been aet)t foFthe Conmlsg1on f g eonel.denatlon. Thus no r_e$ul^aratlranBenent haE been nade agalnat the post of cvo gorsbout 11 yeere.
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' In Februa.ry, 1996, the ConmlErsion ep!,ro_./ectthe name of an offlcer, who wag alreadty lookj.ng efterthe functlong ol CvO a.E a tenpoliary arrangement, f or. thepoat of CVO/on regu]-ar basls. The Undentat.tnC" however,BtateCtJhet the appolntoent ot that 6ffleex. &a CVOrwcluldadve'.aerv affect the p€F60nner and ooirni""r.attonfuncttons end pr,oposed flllLng up the po€;t thrrough anopen advertlsenrent. Th€ Conmieglon, flowever. d1d notconcur in the ptropoa€lj. for -f,lllLng uD tlre po6t of CVOthrbuCh open advertlsenent and sue:giested that theDepal"t$ent ml'g:ht otrtaln . a panel from .rhe DOPT. InSeptember, 1986, 1t was intlmated thaU tne otflcerworklng aE CvO hact been tranEferred aB Manager. (p&A) toe plant. In M&y. tg9?, 1t was intlmatecl that theDepertnent of pereonnel & Tr.61nln$ had furnlBhed a panet.of nan€6 of three l.pi of,?Lcerta but elt of them trerdexDresged thelf unhrll]"lneness to Joln that post. Slnceno regu].ar aralrangiemen t couLd t,e rnad€ agalrrst the post oeCVO tLll March. 1990. the ComnIsslon &Fprovecl theaFpolntment of an of f tcel., wfro waE looklng aftel, thefunetl-onr of CVO on adhoc basls ti].1 h{s l3etl rement 1nOctotrep, X99O. on hls retirement, the CMD has takenovef the functl.hs of cvo r.rlth effect fr-om L.tr.lggo, asper the Comml.esionf s advJ.ce, a6 .: ternp orfi?v a!,rangenen?.?he pnos'ogal for the appolntment of a regu]"er Cvcr tsawat tect.
rNS?RUMENTATION LfD :
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vlews of the Ch1ef ExecutiveB' 'A panel of n atlleg for thepo6t of CVo tn IAAI wa6 sent to the Commle'sLon lnSeptember ' Lg82t but the ordef, of prefenence by the chLef
Executl.ve wa€! not glven' Th{6 wag done ln ' December'
1982, snd the Con*nlsglctl approved the nene of th€of f lcer, r.tfro ws€! the f Lret cholce o9 the Chl-efgxeeutl"ve. i-n February' 1983' It $raa however latelintlnated that the ,officen seleeted bv the ConnrleeLon
waa due to netfre ln June' 1984' As such' he etas not
agpolnted. A fnesh panel' of naneE w:ie ?ot'warded lnFebrualy, x98"
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""J -tn" Coqmlsslon'e epproval was
conveved l.n lo"t' ' -iga4
' The lvillntetnv of rourLsm and
Clvll Avlatlon. however' wanted the Comlesion toreeoltalder' 1tE rreconmendatLon Ln favour
. of, s'?oth€t'
off leerr. tsut. ti" i<r*f tslon'relterated itg e&Llletidecteion. rn
-it'*"=t ' 1984 ' the ltllnlstt?v agaj.n-'
appr.oached the Conniesion lntlnating that the off lc€t?
approved by l.t e'aa due f,on pronrot 1on and t'{aE not , 11ke].y
to Joln IAAI. A6 sucb' the Coumlgslon agreed t{t the
appointment of another IPS offlcer' reconmended br/ the
ttlinl.stry. rn June. 1985. lt wse lntjmated thet the
State Governnerrt. to who6e cedre th€ of gl-cerr b€longed'Ited ref,useCl "()
t'f f ttte the offlcer' A fresh panel" wa€l
Erent ln ttovemuer, iSAO "tta the comnrlselonrg approvel wa'
conveyed Eot ott" "s them ln February' L987' It waar
trowever r latetr repof l-'ed th8t the get-vlcea of thAtoff1cer were no longer aval-lable' In June' 1988' +"? *t:Lntl$3ted that the ACC hact apt]roved the agpolntrnenq ofone trPS officer appearlng otr the ganel a'pproved bv the
Connnlsslon for the poatE of CvOs ln publlc sectotundertakingE. The offLcer' however' dld not Joln an'l
was deba?red f x'oB! Central deputatlon' In July'. " 1989'
the MiniEtry of Clvt]" Avlatlon l"ntLmated that '6 CVO
working at Bombay Ln anaEher undertaktng under tfra
adml-nls tr'st lv€ contlrol o? the E&ttre Mlnlatry had
€xpressed h1s ulrwllllngnees to conttnue ther€ on- fa$ll.yand persona.L ";;-;;;t;d
probteins' but was wllllns to
work ln anv "ti"" "iaertalilng, based at New Delhl' As
suchr tne commi""fo" approved' hle name for the poet of
CvO ln IAAI, but by then he was not at/al-lab1e fols thl.a
pogt. Fresh panel ls st111. awaLted' 1
(n) MAZAGON DOC.K .LI.D :
conaequent upon nie r'etlre!trent ' the chlef
vl.$l-Lance ogflcer'i ln trlsasgiofr Docl( Ltd' (!{DL}
t€!fLnqulEhed the lt"t*" on 22' 2'Lg85' In october' 1985'
the MLnlatry Gf Defence reeommend'd the name of an
offlcer be1ongl.ng to BortlerP geaurttv f3rce' ThB
codlml.sglon. nowever, asked gor a panel of three na'n€s
for itB considerstlon aE peri the procedure prescrlbed Ln
thls beh&lf. oi--i""*fBt os e' Banel of nannes ' the
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'Co$mlesion t s approvel was corrveyed for the apFolntmentog an IFS offlcel" in Jul.y, 1986' It was howeverreported that th.i srrld officer we.e not svailable torpostingi as CVO ln MDL and therefore ttre Commlssion rpspproval wea cot'Iveyed for appolntment of anothePofflcer. In November. 1986, lt wgs brough E to theCommissLon's rrotl ce that the offlcer approved by thecommlssloir was l-nvotved ln a dlsclFllnary case gndfacln8! Court Martial . Therefore. the conlml6slon aslredfol. & fFesh Fenel. In Febrllar.yr l-987, the Mtnistrry ofDefence llecommended the name of onlv one of f lcer', whor4&B arrproved by the Commis3l-on. This offlcer, frowever,cortld not be &[rBolnted &a t]r€ ACC to whom the case etassubmltted f,or s.pproval , eelected lllm gor snothel" post.Anotlrer, n&me was recommendecl ln June, t987, whlch r4tasepproveit by the Comml-BBion tn JuIy, L987. He. however,w&c not wl}llng to ioln. AE the ad hoe alltlangement 6 tothe post of CVo had been eontlnutng el.nce February.1985. the conmlsslon advlBed the cMD to take ovetr thefunstLons of cvo t111 the regiulsr Cvo Ls appotnted btlthtlre Commlsslon fs epproval . The CMD. hot4ever, Etatedthet ln the c()ntext of the vigil-lance ancl ant I -corl'up tlonwol3k it1 MDL. a fu]"]. ttme gvo 1g requlned and thst hlsd\{t1es aa CMD do not L-'ermLt hlir to be the fu}l-tlme CVOof the company, in e.ddltlon. The co/Bn1sslon brought 1tto tfre rrotlce of the Minlstlay of Defence thet l-t r^rouldnof be ln the interest Df the comparry to contlnue wlththl,f' ad-hoclem &ny mo!'e and that threy may tlot conflnethelr cholce to fPS off lcer^s on1y but consider theof f ieer.s, approvecl bJ' the comrnl-sslon, from othePor"ganlsed serv1ces €rlso. The Mlnlstnv hte L'e also advlsedto .!mr.,r'e s s upon Lhe CMD the necegslty of taklng over thefunctlons of CVO b:r hl.m .8111 a r,egu]-er cvo le appolnted.witlr the ass16t&nce of the offleer htorking aE acl hoecvrl.
In Ma.rclr, 1989, the Mlnldtry of Defence hadpnoposecl the nemes of t$ro offlcet-s for tl're posta of CVO6ln trro Defence Shlpyards vLz. Mezagon Doclt Ltd andG&l.,Jen Reach Shl.pbqll ders anct Englneens Ltd. The{:ommlasLoo apgr3617ed their n&nes polntlng out, however,that one of them l^rag attalnlng the age of 58 y€&rs lnt{ay, 19IJ9 and ttre other 1n iuLy, 1.989 and th&t lf theroetlrement age in their. case waE 58 yeans, tber.€ wlll beno advantege ln sel ec t L ng,,/eppolnt inei them. Laterr 1tws lrrtlmated bv the !tlnlEtrv o? Defence thst theDepsrtrnent pf Per-sonnef & TPalnihe had also not agPeedt() tite!r appoLntment in vl-ew of thelr: impendlngretlr€ment and that they fiad instead raecommended thenaries of two IPS ofglcers, who wslre not found sultable,Thulr, it would be obaelved that n€lther the Eost of Cvohr:s been fl11ed up gor" about s1x vesr6, ttor anothen
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paneL has been sent to the C(}mmlEelon for ltecorrsl-ilel?ertLon. The Clt{D has also not taken over thefunctlons of CVo sg suggested by tlre Commisglon.
(o) MINERAL EXPLORA?ION CORPORATION :
The Depar"tment of Mlnes took a vlew that theCVO in Mlnenal Exploratlon corporatlon should be ar^rlrole-ti-me offLeer' taken on d€putatton from All IndlaServlceg or CentFal Serv1ceg. Fo.n that pul'pose, theyfurnlshed a penel" of names of three offlcera belonglngto l.!1dian Po.].i.ce Servlce fo:e the CommlseLon r sconslderatl.on, ?he Commlsslon I s appL.oval fot.aFpointrnent for one of the$t as CviJ was convey€:d ln Jul.y,1986. The State Governnrent oF Madhys Pradestr. to whoseeailre the officer belonged, however, dld nbt re]-levehlhr. A fre6h panei of name6 fox. the Commlselon I sc.ons lrXer-at lon l.s stll-1 ar^ralted. and the functlonq of theCVO contlnuee to be perif ormed by the Company Secretaryl"n a.dditlon to his own dutleE.
NATIONAL JUTE IMAUUEAC.I,U&E$ CORPORA'T:ION LTN :
In December, 1982, the Mlnl6tr)r of commerceEousht bhe cor miEsXorrIE app|3oval for the appolntment ofa retlred Inepector Genepal of Pollce es Chlef, VigllanceOfflcer ln Nclttonal Jute Manufacturaea Corporation Ltd.
.- { NJI',IC ) agalnet a newJ-y created .poet. The Commlssl.onlrowever asked foP a panel of names as per the preBanlbedlppocedu!.e. On recelpt of a panel of ns.mes ln Decenrbelrl1984, the commlsalonre approval was conveyed ln Apr"ll.1985. In Deeeaber, Lg85, l-t wae. trowAver, reportecl thatthe s€rld offlcer wae not ava11ab1e Son egpolntlnent aECvO ln I{JMC. On r.ecelpt of a panel of ns.mes og IPSof fj.ce.r,s from the Eat&bl.lshment Offlcer, the Commleelonspproved the names of tfrPee IPS off lcerrs f,on thia postin Fetrruary. X986. Perheps. thq/ wetre not evenconsldex'ed. In November,, L986, the MtnLEtry !'eeoramendedlthe rr{rnle of another. IPS of f lcer for the poat, who'liowever, i.va.s not approved by the Comm1sslon. The nameof €rnother offlcer r^rsa recommended ln Janusry, 1987,- andthe (onrmigsJ on's approvaL was conveyed 1n February,1987. The State Government to wlro6e cadre the of f lceribel-onsed lssued sn order ln May, LgB7, placlng theserir'ices of' the officerl at the dlsr()osaL o!- the Centrefor. thie assl-g:nment. But l-atel', the or4der, was csncelledL'}. tlre Sterc,c governrnent 1rr September, L987, Anothenpanel ie yet lr.wslted,
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(s) O-tL INDIA LTD r
Ctil Indier Ltd. became a pub].ic sectorenterppl3e with effect f,!'om L4. Lo.1981, The n:&tterf'e,qar'rllng ap!.'olntmerrf c,f CVO in thl-s compeny 1a t'eirigpursued sl-nce AF rL1./MF.y. L963. Jn Lueaust , L984. theOepartment of Pet},ol eum furnished e p&ne1 of names ofthpee IPS officeFs and the Comnisgi.rri sppr,oved the name{)f one of them. The State Gover,nrnent. to whose cadrlethe afflcer L'elorlged. frowever.. was not wilLlng to sF,&rethe eervices of the off icer... In S€:pterhbe!., 1986, theMlrtlstry of Petrol^eum & NatuPiL Gas pecommended the nafieof ranother IFS offlcer anci the CommlssLon spproved thisg,roposa1. lt w&s ].gter trltLnated that th€ offlcer hadjotrred the Mtlrlstry of Home Affairs. In June, L987. theMlnletpy f ritrnlshed a fresh F&nel of three n&mes to th€ContblesLon and the Commlsslon appr.oved the nannes of t!,toogftce?s leavllig lt to the Mlnlstly to appoint either oft lr€ln. The Minlstr.y sent the offer for sgpointment toone of them ln September, 1987, but he dld not JoLn. InSepternber. 1988, the DoFT recommended the name ofanothen IPS offlcer. Tfre Conml.sslon howeve!. asked for apanel of nelree &s per the prescribed procedure. Ir'rDecember, 1988, the rtoPT Etatect that they have nofu$thep n.sm{! to suggest Jor the Eald poet except theof fLeer. already recommended. As such the CommlsBlonappBov€d the name of that offtcen. The Governm,entts8r'?rova1 to the appolntment of thst offlcer was eonveyedto the undertaking 1n Februay'y, 1989, but be was a].Eonot appolnted. In June, 1990, the Commisglon concurred1n the propoE&l that the cF.&rge of CvO may be entrustedto the Dtrector (Extr'Ior.ertlon & Dewel-olrment ) &s anaddl'tlonal charg€, on temporary basis. and that they ma.yrake qulck action to appoLnt a reguler CVOexpedltl-ously. The proposg.l in tble regard. however.rias not been sent to trte Commiselon eo f a"r. Thue l.twould be seen tha! no raegular CvO h.as been appolnted 1nthLa Iar.Ee undlertaktng slnce its ihceptLon ln 1981.
(r") PROJECTS & EOUIPMENT COF,PORATION OT. INDIALTD:
In February, 1981{, the MlnLstrv of commer.cer.ecommendecl the names of two officers, for the post ofCVr) 1n ProJects & Eguipment corporatlon of Indla Ltcl.(PgC) and the Commieelon is &ppFova] i^tas conveyed gcr oneof t h{erD 1n Ju1y, 1984. In August. 1985, 1t wa8lntlmated that the Mlnlster bed not a.prr!.oved theappol.ntment of that offlcer as early &s August. 1984.Anotfrer ?en'e1 was f ul'nlshed by the DOpT and theComm{eglon re ap$rova]- 9.taE conveyed for appolntdrent <tfone of thern. The Mlnlstry. howevep, reque6ted f,or
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lreconstdera.tlon by the Commlsslon for another offlcer 1nthe psnel-. Thl.s $ra6 agipeed to by the Cohml-sslon ,.nNovembe$, 1986. The ACC approved the proE,o€al- 1nFebruary" 1987. The offlcer, howe\iep, was not $rllllncto Joln. Ln Febr4uary. 1988, the Mlnistry Eeleeted antPS offlcer, duly approverl by the Comm1661on. but he dlilnot Jol.n. In lvlerch. 1989. the tt{l"nlst!3y Eelected another.ofgleer from the panel approved by the conmlssion forthd post6 of CVOE. He ha6 a]-so dld not Jolr:. InNovenber. 1989, the Mlnlstry of conmerc.e furntshed af resh panel. of n s.rBe e of three of f lcers f,or theCommlsslon I s consldetratlon and the €omrnlsslonrE approvelr^r8s eonveyed for one of them. Lste:r, trowever, 1t wagrepor.ted that servlces af that offlcer were notaveL1sble for thlE post. Fresh pr',opogaf ls etll1awaLteCt. Thu6, 1n thls unclertaklng, t hr.e po6t of CVO hasBot Lieen fl}Ied up on r,egu1ar basls for the J.ast sevenyear&.
(s) SMITH STANISTREET PHARMACEUTICALS I,TD 3
The CommLsslor) hae been puraulnei the guestLonog appol-ntment of e r.egulsr ChLeg Vigltance off,lcer lnSmLth Stanlstreet Pharmaceutl.eals Ltil . (SSPL) sl'nceFebruary, 1980, wl,tl'rout any poettlve responae. Thedl f fer.ent functiona?7e9 of the undertaklne were belnsCleslgrrated by the lBanagement as ad hoc Chlef VlgtlanceOfflcerB f r,om tlme to tlme resultlng ln poo:: attentlohto vigilsnce wcrk ln the or.gahlsErtlon. In Sept€nberl1985, e r,E nel of two nannea lAras f urnlshed to th€CotBmlsston fol. consl<leratlon wlth the CRE for. one yegronly. The Conmiiislori apE,r()ved tf)e nsme of one of theEprovislonal Iy and a:6keil for complete CR dogeleus whlehwere not furnlshed. f.n June" 1986, the Comnleslonpolnted orit to the Department og Chemlce].s andP€trochemluals the deflclencles ln the vlslLance etork o?the orsanisatt-on and emBhasised the need for a thoroughreorg€rnlsatlon of the vlglLrrnee unlt of SSPL, pr€ferqblvwlth &n outslder as the eVO and deslred then takegulck steps for the purpoee. ft e"aa only ln geptember .
1989, tha.i the Departm€nt of Chemlca1s E n.lPetrrochemLcal8 Etat€d that the f,lnanc1al poeltlon of thaSSPL was qulte poori lt was one of the slcl< publleEector phal|maceutlcal comE,anles, and that {t hacl baSndecl-ded that the Company SecretaPy who wa8 slreedyworklngi as eVO, ln actctltlon to hls own Clutles, shouldcontlnue to do ao, and sougiht Comm!.eelon I e concurrenceto chla a:rrangie$e.nt. The Conrllaalon, howaver, dtd notagll?be tb thlB &rt-artgem€nt on the gnourrd tllat a CompenyS€cretary had rr&ny other routlne dtay-to-day ttutles topenforrm and r.ras slso c6mparetlvely a ,iJniop ogflccr flhomay. not be ebl.e to Dull hl3 welght vlg-e-vla sbnlor
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executlves of an undertaklng. The Commisslon,theregor.er Buggiested that even thoug:h a full-tlme CVOme,v not be appointed for the pnesentr a senlor 1evelexecutlve of the unde!'taklng should be entrugted wlththe dutleg of evo. wlth prlor approval. of theCornmteslon. and that such offlcer 6hou1d penforrlufunctlons of cvo dir.ectly under the Chlef ExeeutLve.The proposal 1n thls regiard, however, hs6 not beenrecelve(l ton the Commigslon t s concurrence 60 f a;ttglthough mol^e than a year hag paseecl,
(t) TRADE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY !
The po6t of CVo ln Trade DevelopmentAuthoplty fell vsaant ln Septenbetr, 1986, on account ofretlrement of the incumberr'c of the post. After 15honths. the MlnLstry of, Comrner.ce aent the psopoaalnecommendlng that th€ Secretary of the Ml.nlstry mey beallowed to functlon as CvO ln addltlon to hle othernorma1 work. The ComlnieBlon. hor^rever. ssked for a ganelof rrameE of three officers for its conglderatl.cn- as perthe prescnlbed pnocedure for spE,oLntrnent of CVO8. Aftena period of sbout thraee years, ln August, 1990, theltl'nlet:ry of Comnlerce recommendecl the names of thrieedf,fLcers, belonglng to Tr ade Developnert Authot3lty forth€ postr as &n intenlm ar.rengiement, untlt such tlne 8lroffleer 1e appointed &s Secretary in the autrrorlty. TheCom'nisslon, .however, lnfofmed the Mlnlstry that 1t wouLclpr'efet' an outsldel. to be the CVO ln the or^ganlsatlotl andthat a pane1 of names of ,Buch off icers rnay be furnisheclto the Commlsston. Such panel is awalted.
(u) TRTVTWtr STRUETURALS LTD :
It hes repeatedly been repcrted in th€CommLeslonr g Annual Reports that the -Ccmmlssicn
hectunclertal.r,en a revlew of the vl.gllance actlvlt5/ 1n Tr.tvenlStructura].e LtCl . and observed that thel:e bras nosrorthwhile vlgl:.ance actlvlty in the undert{rk1ng.. ThcCemfil€slonr thePefolre, advlsed the admLnietL-attveDegar.tment ln JuIy. 1983 to appolnt an outeicler as f ul.I-tlme chlef vlaltsnce offlcer in the conpanv ln plsce ofthe CvO then functlonl-ng. In March. 1984. theDegartment hact recomrnehdecl the name of an IPS offlcenwhlch waa apprioved by the CommlEsLon. Laterr lt Ita6intl"mated that thb Eervlees og that offlcer, were notavel Iable. and thiregore a penel comprlelng of two nameaeras furnlahed fop the Cdflm1gslon I s considerstJ-on. TheConulg6ion approved the ,na.me of one of then. but thaaenvlces of that offlcen too wene report€d to be hotavallab1e fon thie purpose. The CornmlsaLon, therefotetadvlEed the Departnrent to wLden thelr chol.ce. to Central
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Servlcee elso and not to conf,lne to A].t Intus se:rvLcesonly. A panel of three nameB $raa .trurnl6hed ln May.1985. fhe Commleelonts epproval r.re8 conveyed for one ofthen. But reSirettably the aervl.cee of thls offlcer weit€a]'ao stated to be not avallable fdr the purpo6e. TbeactLng Chlef Vl.ailance Off:lcep hrea alao lr€ported to hevereslgned. Though the managiement need to give urgientattentl-on to staffl.ng of vlgllance pagtg for meanlngfulvl"glLance work, no progreEE has been nade th th16 re8;arclf or3 yearg togiethel?,
7.lo TRAINING :
The CommlEsion a]6o leld emphaelg on thetpalnj.ng of Chlef Vlgllance OfflcerE and otheFvJ.gl].snce Btaff. The comnrlsalon ltself orgtanXEectralnLns cour8es gor chlef vlal].ance Offlcera. Tralnl'nBfor Presentlng Offlcers and Ingulry of f.t cep6 LE anran8edby the concel.ned Organl-satlons. The Connlgslon ho$r€ve?provides aes1Etance for. the proFeF organl.satton/runnLnsof the6e eouraes by. l.ntero al1e, auS*e6tlng suttabtrecurrlculum, na.meg of speakerg" and provlBlon of fgcu].ty,etc. Dul.l.ng 1990. four tr.alning course€ for CVOa erereheld by the Cornmlssion 1n which ?1. Cvos partlcJpatecl.The L:ommlsslon alsq deputed as faculty membere {tsofflcerE 1n 53' vigilL&nce tralnLngi courstea organleed byvaFlous or gianlgationa to glve talke on 78 gccaslone ondlfferent eapects of v1g1].ance r^rork.
7, lt BULLETINS :
In orde? to keep the Cblef Vlgl].ance offlcersetc. awsre about the lnstruct 1ons./proceClures to befollowed l.n vlgilance cases, the Corelsslon a16o bnlng:eout bu1let1nB. Theee contaln. lnterr aIls, summarl.es ofimportant Juiticla1 declsl.onE and .lmpontant cl?culargrelevant to vLgl.Iance wonk. Durlng the !/ear, tr4obul1et1n9 were brouaht out..
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I{EED TO CUT DOWN DELAYS IN VISILAITICE MA?TER,E3
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The Commlsslon feels concenned sbout theavo1debLe de]-ays ln varlouE aspects of vlgi1ance caaeErna.ne]-y, Lnvestlgatl-on of eomp].alnte. appolntment ofCommissloners for Deparrtmenta]- Inqulrles, lmplementatlonof Commls6Lon I a adlvlcer Froeegsl.ng of, vlgl].ance ,casegetc. Suah de1a:/g, ag&yt from be1ndi undeelrab1e from theadmlnlstr-atlve potrht of view, slso tenct to demoraLisethe offl-cl-aLa agalnst whom.esses ar'e contempleted. Itlg, therefope, lmperatlve that th€ oreianleatlons shouldevolve an effectl.le monLrorlng Bystem almed atexpeditlng vigllence cases at alI stages, frollinvestLgation to the flnal ectlon. In its eer1{erreports, the CommlsBlon has had occaBlons to emphaeleethe de6lrabll.ity of taklng prompt action ln vlgL].ancemattc:rE. Howevel.. .e.vol"dab].e delays perei'et apct Elncereeffcrts are requlned to be rnade to enerure that delsyE 1nvlgtl&nee matteps (1re consl-derbbly cut down.
8.2 Some of the inFtances Lnvolving delalrs whlchthe Comrnlsslorr has come acrosa are glven Ln thesubsr.guent p&ragraph.s.
8.3 DELAT IN INVESTIGATION OF' COMPLAINTS ;
'fh6. Comml.sa1on h&6 obeer"ved that eonslderabl.edeLay occurs ln investlgation of complalnte by sorne ofthe Depar trnents,/organ l sat lon s. Norma].ty, lt l_s expectedthat Chl.ef Vigi].ance Offlcer.s r^rill be able to completean lnv6stigation withln tlrree nonthF. It 1E, however,observed that out of the coup]'a.lnts forwarde(l by theCent!'aMg:11{rnce Commlselon to the Central- Bureau ogI nves t l gatl" onl/Departmects upto June. 199O. investl.gationr.eports on 757 complal-nts rrad not been Fecelved ln theComml.ssLon by the end of the year. 199O. Out of these.l.nveBtigatlon repol'ta on 259 comptalnts were pendlng fonm(rre than 3 yearE and treports on 311 complaLnts werependl.n8i for. per"iod6 rsnglngi 1-3 years, Or.gianiaatlon-wlee bre&k up of these caaes ls glven beLow : -
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35. DEPTT. OF ATOMIC ENERGY36. DEPTT. OF CHEMICALS AND
PETROEHEMICALS - 137. DE,PTT. OF CI.VIL AVIATION - 138. DEPTT. OF COAL 5 1
39. DEPTT. OF CULTURE - 740. DEPTT. OF EDUCATJON IT 4 .
41. DEPTT. .OF F'EFTILIZERS '
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nomlnatecl by the Commlegion l-s heid. The l"nstructionelssuecl by the DeBartmenlt of Perrsorrtre!. & Trelnlnc areth&t the char8le-sheet Bhoulcl be l.ssued withln one monthof ttre recelpt of. CVC?g 'aclvl.ce and that the InquLry.Offlcer shou].d be appointecl . Lf neceesary, Lmmedlatelyaf L€r the recelpt of written statement of defencedenyingi the ch&rge3. As Eruch, l.t ehoulcl be posslble toappolnt the CDI nomlnated bv the Commisslon as InqulryOf fLce:r. wfthl-n two morltfts of tl"re Pecelpt of CVCreaiivlee. However, &t the end of the year under report 'there were L77 cases moloe than 3 monthe ol-cl Ln whlch thecllselpl-inary authorttieB had not lseued ordersappolntLng the cDIs as Inqulrv of f lcer:s. of theae. LLIwere more than one year o1d. organi satlon-wl ee break-upof these cases of detay I'n appointing CDIs ls glvenItreL ow: -
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The following are sone illustnatlve eases ofdelay on the t,B.rt <rf author"i !l.es conce:rned in procees1ngvlgitl&nce ma t trire i .-
(a) CENTTTAL EA-A8II A.E EXgJ.E-E ASD Cg$AqMS :
Ir J&nuary 1989 the Centra1 Board of Exclseand Cusfoms (CBEC) sought the Cornnlsglon t e edvice foPlnLtletlng me.ior. pana'l ty F roceedlnss ag;alnst a Supdt. ofCentr€r1-/Exc I se, oh the al-Iegatlons that rre fal.led tosatlsf&ctor.ily account for. cert&in srnugg]"ed goodssLezerl/ rec ovei'ed durjlngi searach operatlons, On scrutlnyof the !'eeoT,ds. it wFtsj observed ths.t on comf,l-etion ofthe trrveetlrqation, the c.:oncerned Collqlctor of customsand {:errtrel E.rcise fre.d for:waFded the matt€r to the CBECln Decemtrer" 1-986 and that the CBEC ln December,, 1986 hadthere&fter t&ken mor.e tbarr two years to refer the cageto the Commj-ssion for erdvlce. The Colnrnlssion could flndno justiflable reasons to explaj n thl€ de1ay on the par'tof CBEC.
t b{:?ecomrnendatlon for lnifl.rtioil of ma;! or ltensltyproceedlng:s the Comrnjss.ion dr'ew the j.r att.*ntion bo thelnordlnete del-'3y 1n trrocessl.ng tf\e case, The f)epartmentr.'ro te back to the Commission g:Lvi ng a cfironoloEicalaccount of the Fraog!'€siszrpr.ocesslng of the cas(-: r whLchhowever" dial not convince tl:e Commisslon. The only polntwhlch emerged f rorn the Departnrent I s verslon w&s thst theCol].ecto:rr s r,epor.t recommencling: <lieciF ll"nary acttonagalnet the of f lcer4 was bent to them ln August. 1987 andnot 1n December. 1985. But even .th(:Il . in theComml-sslon t g vlew, thr: Det)artment sfiould not h&ve takenI7 morrths to tefer the cs-se to th€: comnissl.on for3adwice,
{b) CENTRAL BOARD O.E ,EXE.TSN & CUSTQTIS :
, Ttre Central Boa.r'd of Exclse(CBEC) referr.ed a =L.e* t6 ttre Cornml.seion,
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Whl- ].e sdvlalng dleclp].lnary proce€dLngeagal-nst the concerned of'f lclels oh
"6.2.1990, the
Commlsslon brought the de].ay arpect to the notlae of theDepalrtment. I{owever, the Department took about sevennonths 1n issulng charge eheets to the concerrtedofflcers.
(c) DEPARTI,IEI'IT qE TELECOMFTUilTCATIOilS :
On the baels of a CBt .CnveEtlgatlon whleh plnpointed reaponEl'bl]-Lty oe a Jun1or Engtneer and eDLvl.sl.onat Englneer of the Depentnent ofTeleadnlmunlcat ions for awarct lng the contp&ct of Clv,.ltdor3k of a bui.].dlng twlcer and thua. causlng Losa to the
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Government, Commleslon. ln January. X988, advlsed maJorpenalty proceedlngs agal-net the Junlor: Englneen for hlsdlnect involvement. and mlnor pene1ty proceedlngsaeialnat the Dlvlslona]. Engineen fon Lach of supenvlslon.Af ter about 2 and t/2 yeerpE, Deps.rtment proposedrreconE l.derat Lon of the Comml_ssionr 6 advice, informing 1tthat the Dlvlslona]. Engirreer had net1red in Mqy, 1990and th&t a6 a mlnon penslty would not be effectlve atthls stage, case agalnst hlm ma.y be dnoppecl.Commlselon, trowever, noted thet despl-te know].edtge ttratthe offlcer vras Clue for retlreme t. the Departmentshowed no urgency ln flna]-leln3 the prroeeedlnEs beforethe offlcer lretLred. Department I s explanation for thede1ay wa6 that the re].atecl documentB wer.e l_n the custodyof the cBI who did not make them avslLab1e to 4h€Dlsclpllnary AuthoPlty 1n tlme f or. examlnatl-on of thecharged offlcerts reply. Thls l.s not tenab.].e ae firstlythere waB de].ay tn ttre lssue of charge sheet l.tse]-fwhLch took 8 months from the date of Commleglon I sadvlce, and second].yr the charged ofg1een was al1otred aslonB a perlod sa !5 monthg to glve a rep].y to the chargieEh€et. wfrereas norma]-ly only 1.O days I tl.me l.s requiredto be glven. Thlrdly, the Department could take up themettetr regardlng non-avallgbillty of docunrents wLth theCBI at hlgher level. Further^, the documents had beenrecelved l-n the Departaent on 8.5.1990, and thuBr amr}].etl-me was ava1lab1e to the Departnent t111 30.5.1990 for3tak1na s declEl.on wher) the chal'gecl offl.cer retLred.CoilmlsElon has advLsed the Depat?tment to f lxresponsl.bl].lty gg? rentlenlng the ml-non pena].tyProceedl.ngs lnfructutous.
(d) DEPARTMENT OF fELECOMMUNICATIONS !
In June, 1985, Commisslon advlsed initlat.ionof mlnor pena.].ty pnoceedlngs agali1Et a DlvleLonalEng;lneer of the Department of Telecommuni cat lons fororal1y lnEtructlng the Asslstant Eng1neers worklnE undel3hlm to advance heavy amountg to a Junlor EngLneen, evenwhen 1t was brought to hle notice that the JunlorEngl.neer tr aal mlsutllised the edva.nceB, anct alao a].lowedhl.m to pass bi jL]-s 1n the caBaclty of an AsslstantEnglneen. CommlsEion lE conceloned to note thst 1t h?aaonly 1n September, 1990. that the Department l-a8ueillnstpuctl-ons fon lnltlatlon og mlnor penalty proeeedlnggagial"nst him. ThuE no actlon was taken on ?heComrnleslon I B advlce for more than glve yeaFs. MeanwhiIethe off1cer gras promoteCl as Aaslgtant General Menagierp.
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A buslnessman of ALlahabad made F comp].alnt1n June, x988, a!].eglLng th&t two offlcers of theEnforcement Director&te, Vatianasi. extorted a. brlbe ofRS.2OOOO from hlm, under threat, dur.lng the course of &search conclucted by them ln the office and r.esidentlalpremLses of the complalnant on Zg.3.gE. pre].lmlnaryinvestigatlons made tnto the complalnt showed that theallegatlon was prlma facle true and, consequently, thetwo officers were' p].aced unden sug penglon ln Ju].y, 19gg.However, l-nstead of r?eferrlng the case to the commLsElonat thLs stage, the DepalPtment took up the matter w1ththe CBL The CBI L.ep]-ied to the Dep€rtment ln J&nuary,1989. say1ng that the evldenee on record was notaalequate to make out I caae undel. the pl.ev€ntlan ofCorr3uptlon Act and that the Department ma,y take auch&ctlon as Cteemed fl_t aAatnst the suspect of f,l-cl_als, atthe depertmental level r orr the basle of ava.llab].ematerrla]- . It was, however, only Ln D*ecemben, 19g9, thstthe Department approached the cornmission for its advrce1n the matter pnopoglng lnltlatlon of majon pena1typr.oceedlngs sgal.nst the two offlcla].e. Whlle agreelngto the Department I a proElosals, the Cornml_sslon wasdlstressed to note the undue de1ay ln pnocesslng thecase and 1n eeeklng Commlsslon I s advlce. In theCommlssion I s vLew. the Department shouLd have ref ertiedthe c&se to the Commlsslon l_mmedLateL5/ aftel3 theprellmin&rSr lnvestigation lnto the complalnt was ovetlend aftep the two offlcls1s had been placeCt undersuspenslon. Not only that, but the Cteps.rtment tooka].most an year' 1n refenrtng the case to the Comlnlssioneven after pecelpt of the CBfrs reply Ln January, 19g9.Though the Bepal.tment attemptedr Eubsequent]"y. toexplain and Justlfy thls detay, the Commlssion found theexplanation to be unconvinclng and unsatlsfactory. Infect, one of the polnts mentj_oned by the Department inthls conneetlon was tha.t delay oecur€d Ln the process ofsscer3taining the frstetusft of the offlclars concer"ned1. e. hrfretfr€r they were gazetted of f l_cer^s olt non_gazetted. It was inconceivab1e when the lderltlty anddesl-gnstlons of the offlcerls r^re/'e atready on r€rcoJ3Ct.
(f) INCOME IAX :
In September. 199O, the Centtra]- Board ofD1rect Taxes (CBDT) sought the ComnrLssion r s ailvl_ce Ln acase lnvo]-vl.ng an Income Tex OffLcerr (ITO) end a DeputyCommlssLoneP of Incorne Tax (DCIT). The baslc 8'L]-egatlonln the case wes that an &mount of Rs.16 ]-akhs approx.was deleted, for the purpose of sBsessment of lncometax. from the income of e prlvate tra.den unjustl_flsbJ.y
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and wlthout reason, thus bestowlng undue favouL on theprtvate party in ttre nratter of aEseE6ment of Lncone taxwlth correspon(lfng loso of ta5/j61'"ttue to the excbequer.
The Commlsslon was dl,sma5red to note thst th€case had Lts orlgln Ln a clmplalnt. r"eceived by theDepartment ln October.. 1983. and that .uhe lnpugnedtransanctjlon. re1ated r to the aasessment yean 19gO_91.Thus, it tcok the Depar..fment about Z yeare to grocegsthe c&Be and to j?eport Lt to the Comnlseion. Ir waaa'leo reen that the ITO concerned had retlneat frons;ervlce on 30.6.86 and tberefore. no actlon was posalbleagainst hlm even under the penslon Rules as the irnpugnedinclttent was more than four yearer olat. Thris. there vteano opt1on but to close the ca6e agialnst the ITOewenthough . as per the Departmentts own aaaeEsment. lt$ras dlstortl-on of facts etc. hrhleh r.esulted in an amountof Rs.16 lakhs beLng exempted from the taxabre incorne ofthe pr'lvate pal.ty. This sl-tuatl_on wogd have beenavolded Lf the complalnt |n que.stlon, lneceLved 1nOctober. 1983. was lnvestlgated withln a reaEonab.le tl.mel1mit. Thus. ln short, 6n account of the inexorab].ede].ay on the p&rt of the Dep&rtment ln investlgatln8 checonll&alnt and plrocessl'ng tt.e clrse, an offJcer, who :}r8!'gpr1na facLe gullty of trsve mLederoeengur, hros allowed togo Ecot free.
(e) MINTSTRY OE URBAII DEVELqPMEN? S
In Ju.1.y.1986, a complain.b containlng c€rtalnallegiatlons against a Chief EngLneer ( Food ?one). CPWD.Ite.s s€Dt to the Ml.nl.str:5, of Urben Deve.Lopment for afactual Feport. The Mlnlstry of Urban Developmentlnfonmed the commlsslon Ln wtay. 199? that they were notlnvesttsiating the rnatter.-aa the eBI hed tsken up thecase for thvegtlgat1on.. ' Therreafter, the CommLssl.on altdnot rrecelve any repor.t elther from the CBI on f,rom thetllnlgtry t111. on 3X.1.1990, the day on r^rhlch theofft.cl.al complained agialnEt was due to Buperannuate, th€lll.nlstry of U:rban Deve1optrerrt refetrred theLr:l'nveetlgstLon report to the Con0nilsaLon for advlce.. Th€Ml.nt atry of Ur?ben Developnent thue took about 3 end L/2yeare to reEpond -to the Conrmlsslonre caII fop a rneporat;
(h) MII{TSTRY QE UF.EAN DEVELOPME T :
' The Cornm-lge lon had advleed. ln Augiust,. 19ggLn6tltutlon 'iof mt|}sr penalty proceedlngg agelnst aDeputy Dirrector (Hontl. ) CpwD for certa1n Lnlregularltieal'n the executlon of horticultural hrotrks at Hydenabrd.lnvof,'vlng -
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dlgglng of rroles for pl.antlngi trees and shrubs and&lso f 11.L-l ng them wittr good e&rth and manure;
purcfr*lse of tool-s 11k€:sprayers etc.; and
ptrawr&s, Pick-axes '
(c) painting of tree-guards
In these works, the raates at whlch works orderE wer€glverr or purchas€.s were mede were found to be exo*bLtantandhavlngnorelationwlthcontemporaPytnarket-trends.Ttte eogt of ceftain vTork_1tems wag manlpu],ated td keepit !41thl.n tfre Dv. Director"t s flnancial power' Properaccount of palnt l-ssued anal eorrsumed was not malntelned'
In MaY. 1989, the Mlnl-strY of urbanDeve;Lopment issuecl the charge sheet to Dy' Dlrectol3 whorepl1ed to tfte same ln June, 1989. The CPwD,/Mlnlstrv ofUrban Deve].opfitent took nearly one year to process therep1y of the chal ged offlcer and on 2.7.L99O a tentetl-veview for imposl.ng a minoF penalty was taken wl-th theepprc,vn]. of the Mlnlster'. The I-IPSC I s adv1ce wag
received on 1.9. 9. 199O. However, by the tl.me theMLnlstry could pase f 1lr&1 orders of punlEhm€nt ' theDepu.ty Dlrector retir-ed on 30.9.1990. No pen&1 ection+ras posslble theFeafter LrndeP the pens1on rules as theease lnitlated w&s for a minor penalty only' thedelte!'trltent h&nclled thts case l-n a verlz lethat?glc manneritii. t h the rr:sult ttrat the guilt)' of f lclal" escapedpunlshment.
(i ) EUNJI.S C EJ.ND EANK :
Dur'l.ng;. a987. the investlgations 'made byPunJab and Sind Batlk revealed thet the Manag;er of one oftheir" Bnanche's 1n Delhl- Reglon. h€.d Eranted hugeadvances to the extent of Rs.1.70 croreE, InregulrEr].y'under: dlfferent heads, ln vlo]-atlon of the rules. thusputtl-ng the tr.snkrs futlds in Jeopardy. This Manager had..e16o ]-eft 1n€11-a wttrrqu t permlssion. MaJor penaltypr,oceecllngs were lntilateO agalnst the Manager ancl onconclugton of the pt'oceedlngs, he r^?as dlsmlssecl f rtom
servl-ce. The lnvesttgatlons elso revealed that theReElons]" Manager had falLed ln hls control and$upervlsory dutles !n as much as he fa11ed to carefu].]-:'exalnine the lncreases i.n the adv&nces on the 6aidBriericir. When ca].led Lrpon to explal.n' the Regl-ons1MenaEer gave h1€ expl&natLon in hls ].etter datedl10.8.1987. Thou-gh- the B&nk helcl hls explenstlon , a€unsatlsfactoryr iney made & reference to the CommlgeLonrecomrnendlng l-nltlatlon of ml-nor penalty pnoceedlngeag&lnnt the Reglonal Manager in May. 1989. When the
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS I
Delay 1n f ina1l-sation of dlsclpllnaryp.roceedlngs ls nelther' 1n the lnterest of the Departmentnor 1n the interest of the employee faej"ng suchproceedlngs. WhlIer on one hancl , the deF,ertments arebound to ke.ep e dlshonest and unwa ted empl.oyee on 1tsroll- i the honest employee,, on the ottrer hand, al-so fee]-sdemor,af ls'ed and Coes. not take th{: i-nitiative in hlsClutle6 in guture. The Governmen t tr&ve Efreref or€ lalddolrn 1R6tructl-oils for expedi-tlous fl.na]-i satlon afdlsel-pllna.ry ca.ses. Accor,dlng to these lnstructlons, 1tshould be posslbl-e for the detr)ertments tr issue char"geshects wlthin tfriree montfrs of the t'ecelpt ofLnveatlgetlon r.eE,ort, to lgsue or,ders for. thear,polntdent og the lrrquiry Off lcer snd the Pr.qsentLngOfflcer lmmecliately &fter J-t is cleeld€:d t<) held an1nqulry, and t() conplete th€ oL.&1 tnquil.y within sixfirontl.e tfieleaf ter. If the tlme-11nits pr.escr-lbed by theGover.nment &re adher"ed to by the depar"tments, 1t shoul'lbe poss1ble to teke a fl-na]- decislon on a d1scipllnar,ycase ln sbout s year I s tl.rne af ter pecelpt ofLnvestlgation report. But it is not so, as it would beobserved from the, precedl-ng par&graphs tfrat a Iot oftLme
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8.7 .2 Delay ln lnvesttg;ation is also one of thematters causing concern to the Commlsston. Conduct.Disc1plln.e ancl Appes]. Ru].es of msny or"g&nisetions do notppovLde ?oy contlnuance of disclpllnary proceedlngsafter retlrement of the emp]-oyees for the xlurpose ofwlthholdlng gr&tulty €-nd. tfierefore. the departmentalpr?oceeding:B Lnitl&ted &g&l-nst them wl-ll' heve to beconcLuded before the:/ retlr.e. It 1s, therefore.essentla]. , that lnvestlgetlon 6hou1d be done asexpegltlou6ly &s posslbfe. nartltu]-ar]-y Ln the iasesinvo'lvlng offlcers who are about to rettre.
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94. DELH].I]RBAN ART CO}4MTSSION95. TT]NGAFHADFA BOARD96. D. D- A.97 - DELHI STATE MINERAL DEV. CORPN. LTD98, SAMYIJKT KENDRIYA GRAMIN BANK99, ANDAMAN & NICOBAN AD}IN.1OO GOA DAMAN & DI{J101. PMs OFFICE102. PLANNING CO}4},IISSION103. PRESIDENT SECRETARlAT104. DEPTT. OF SPACE105. DEPTT. OF STATlSTICS106., MINISTRY OF WELFARE107 . C. M. C. LTr)108. E. T. T. D. C.109. SEIIICOND1ICTOF COMPIEX(p) LTD110. NATIONAL TNSTT.FOR THE ORTHOPAEDICALLY
HANDICAPPBD111. TNDIAN IAII INSTITilTE112. CENTRE FOF DEVETOPMEN? OF TELEMATICS113. SOCIETY FOR APPI,IED MICROWAVE ELETRONTCS
ENGINEERTNG & RESEARCH714. NATIONAT RE}40?E SENSlNG AGENCY
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AllilExuRE - rI( Pa*a 7 .9 .1)
LIjUI A,E SOME IMPORTANT AND LARGE ORGANISATION WHERE
POST A.g. CHIEF VTGILANCE OFFICER I"S VACANT AS."3-.12.1qqo.
(A) MINISTRIES./DEPARTMENTS
(B)
l-, Department of ChemLcals & Petr:ochenlca1s2. Department of supplv3. Depsrtment of cul ture4. Depsntment of Mlneg5. Department of Industrlal Development6. Departrrent of Power7. Depertment of Publlc Enterpnlees8. Depaptment ()f fe].econ?munt catlon59. f,lelrartment of Steel10. Department of Food11. Minl€try of Hea]-th & Fsrnily Welfsre
PUBLIq sE-cfAB UNDERTAKINGS !
7. Hlnduetan Antibl-otics Ltd.2. Hlndustan Insectleldes Ltd.3. Internatio.na]- Aj.rports AutftorLty of IndlaU. Br'ltish Indla Corporatlon Ltal .
5. Cotton coPpor:atlon of Indle Ltd.5. Bengal Cherolcals & Phelrmaceut L ca1 s Ltd.7. Bherat wagon & Englneer'lrlg co.Ltd.a. Bone:algaon Reflneri es & Petrochen1cals Ltd.9. BuPn Standard Co. Ltd.l-o. Garden Rea.ch Shlpbul1ders and EngLrreers Ltd.X1. Heavy Engl-neertng Cqrpo!'at1on Ltd.1e. Hindustan Fertlli"zers Corporatl.on Ltd.13. Hl-ndusten Steelr^rorks constructlon Co. Ltd.1^4. lt.aaa&on Doak Ltd-L5. O11 Ind1a Ltcl .
16. ProJects & EquiFmetrt coPpn. of Indla Ltit.!7. Smlth Stanletneet Pharmeceutlca].a Ltd.18. Northern Co&1fle1ds Ltd.19. East€rn Co&lf l-elde Ltd.2A. Tr.ade Felr Authorltv of Indla Ltd.2L, Hlndustan Zlnc Ltd '22. Hlndustan Teleprl.nters LtCl.'23. fBP Balmer Lawrle Group of Companl.ea24. Mehenagsr Telephone Nlaam Ltd.
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(D)
BANKS :
1. Central Bank of Indla2. Punjab Nstlonal Benk3. State Bank of IndoreU. State Bank of Mysorre5. Stste Benk of Patia]-a6. St&te Bank of Tl.eva.nco?e
'JTHERS :
x. Bombay Port Truet2. Calcutta Pox't TL ust3. Cochln Port Truet4. Delhl Traneport Corpn. LtCl.5. New De]-hl Mun,lclpeL commlttee6. Super Bazer7. Staff Se]-ectlon Commlsslon
189
ANTEXURE - III( Psna 6.7 . t)
LIST QI. SOME ORGANISATIONS, WHO DID T,TOT SEND OPR FOP. TWOOE IIiORE OUARTERS :
ORGANISA?ION QPRs NOT RECEIVED FOR THEQUARTERS EI{D.ING
L2,/89 3./90 6,/9a 9r'90=========
1. AIR INDIA X X X X2. CEMENT CORPN. OF INDIA X X X X3. COCHINSHIPYARD X X X XII . CTIANDIGARH HOUSING
B{:'ARD5. CHITTARAN.TAN LOCO-
MOTI,VES (RLY. )
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Cr P. W. D.D. D. A.DENA BAIIKDREDGING COP,PN. OFJNDIAHMT LTD.HOTEL CORPN. OF INDIAI.I. T. , KANPURINTEGRAL COACI.IFACTORY {RLY. )
1II . KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA15. N. P. C. C.16. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.L7. NHAVA SHEVA PORT18. N. F. RAILWAYS19. PONDICHERRY HOUST$G
BOARD2O. RAILWAY ELECTRIFI-
CATION. ALDAI{ABADZL. SHIPPTNG CORPN. OF
INDIA22, S. C.RAILWAYS23. SOUTHERN RAILWAYS24. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CONSULTANTS25. TEHRI HYDRO-ELECTRIC
FROJECT26. TRIVENI STRUCTURALS27. VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL
PLANT28. hII{EEL & AXLE PLANT
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AITISEXURE . IV( Pa:ra 6. 9 )
YEARWISE BREAK UE OE CTES! coMplArr{rs pEr[]rilc FoRII,IVESTIGATIoN IIITH SVOg:
(OnIy cases referued upto 1989 and Organlsatlong wlth D ormorre casea arre ltsted )
S. NO. ORGAI{ISATION I{O. OF EASES REfERRSD TO CVOS IN
82 83 84 85 86 g7 g8 89 TOTAL
1. D. D. A,?. DELHI ADIVIII .3. C. P. W. D.4. r.T.D.C.5. M. C. D.6. N. D.M. C.7. N.T. P. e.8. aovT. oF GOA9. I.A.A.I.10. DEPTT. OF PUBLIC
ETITERPBTSES11. DEPT". OF FOSTST2. DCPTT. OF TELECOM13. AIR TNDIA14. CENTRAL BANKt5. r.T.r'16. L.I. C.L7. MAZAGON DOCK LTD.L8. N. P. C.C.19. O. tit. G. c.20. }4ARUTI UDYOG2L. N. B. C. C.22. R.C.F.23. DEPTT. OF TOURTSM
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ANTIEXURE - V(pana 6.9. )
r]FTGANISATIONS WHQ HAVE CASES PENDINGFOP. MORE THAN FIVE YE1!'BS :
L. c. P. w. D.2. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA3. CENTRAL WAREHOUSII{G CORPN.lr. D. D. A.5. DAMAN & DIU (UT)6. DEPTT. OF EDUCATIOI{7. DEPTT. OF FOODE. HTNDUSTAN
^ERONAUTICS
LTD.9. r. T. D. C.10. I.A.A.I,Xl.. INDIAN TELEP$OHE IilDUSTRTEST2. INDIAN OVERSE}.S BANK'13. JESSOP & CO.tII . MUNICIPAL CORPN. OF DELHIx5. l,l . T. P. c.L6. N. D. M. c.L7. DEPTT. OF POSTS18. DEPTT. OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FOR tr,INVESTIGATIONS
1,92
