PIL highlighting delay in prosecution sanctions
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 16: Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani have appreciated the efforts put in by the office of the Advocate General in collecting and compiling the information regarding the list of the officers including those of All India Service against whom the investigation stood finalized in the corruption cases but are awaiting the prosecution for want of sanctions under Prevention of Corruption Act.
When the much publicized Public Interest Litigation titled Sheikh Mohammad Shafi & Another Versus Union of India and Others came up for hearing, the Advocate General D C Raina assisted by AAG Raman Sharma in the open court filed a status report in the shape of 4 compilations.
The Advocate General apprised the Division Bench that the first compilation gives the picture of the cases where the Government has granted sanction for the prosecution of the officers year-wise with full details of every officer, the second compilation was regarding the FIRs registered with the Anti-Corruption Bureau, wherein sanctions are pending with the GAD.
The third compilation was regarding the Regular Departmental Actions (RDA) taken in the last two years and the last compilation was regarding the advisories and alert notes issued by the GAD to the officers of the various departments.
The Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal took on record the four compilations filed by the Advocate General in the open court. The Advocate General submitted that the message is very loud from the Government that there shall be no delay in grant of prosecution sanctions in corruption cases and the message is also very clear from the top echelons of the Government that no tainted person shall be assigned the sensitive/prime positions.
After going through the four compilations and considering the submissions made by Advocate General, the DB, in the open court, observed, “we appreciate the efforts put in by the office of the Advocate General in collecting and compiling all the information within the short span of time”.
The Division Bench further observed that Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed with Advocates Rahul Raina and Supriya Chouhan appearing for the petitioners have also been provided with the set of four compilations and they have prayed for and is allowed a month’s time to go through the reports and to come up with their suggestions.
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