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| Governance J&K style; Babus to choose vigilance commission body | | 'Suspects to decide judges' | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Jan 7: State government has obliquely empowered powerful IAS lobby to name retired or retiring officers of their choice for being appointed to the much-hyped State Vigilance Commission (SVC).
Seeking to constitute State Vigilance Commission (SVC), administrative heads of 34 departments/ministries have been asked to sponsor or recommend 'competent officers' known for outstanding merit and impeccable integrity. They have been advised to ensure impartiality and also cite reasons while recommending names of officers of their choice for heading the high profile office.
Hence, the entire process has been 'bureaucratized'. GAD has asked the desirous retiring or retired officers both IAS and IPS not to approach government directly but allow HODs of various departments to do the job on their behalf. Though empowered HODs should have been directed to follow some kind of concrete investigative mechanism while recommending names of officers, GAD has preferred otherwise.
It is known fact that IAS babus in Jammu and Kashmir go strictly by documentary evidence and consider even thoroughly corrupt officer 'innocent until proven guilty'. They are known for favoring; saving as well as ensuring prize postings of their friends and close ones. Even GAD knows well that a particular lobby of IAS officers, having close friendship with an in-service senior police officer, would do everything possible on earth to get him appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
GAD also failed to take note of the fact that even the thoroughly corrupt IAS, IPS and IFS officers have gone scot free in Jammu and Kashmir. None have been able to hold them accountable for looting the state exchequer. There are some who have serious cases of corruption against them and yet being Head of Departments (HODs), they would also be recommending/sponsoring names of their known officers to the GAD.
These officers who dare to show their fist to all rules and regulations have been asked to choose man who would be keeping an eye over them. In a recent event, a 'courageous corrupt senior officer' was handed over a charge-sheet and asked to write reply by his HOD in his private room in the civil secretariat around month back. Insiders said that Charge-sheet was prepared in the presence of accused officer.
Another HOD violated transfer policy and is known for seeking favours for his relatives and close-ones. A particular head of department is staunchly against a bureaucrat couple purely for personal reasons. A particular IAS lobby does not want a local to be named for the high profile office and instead, have already begun canvassing for a non-local. This is just tip of the ice-berg and if one goes deeper, GAD's action becomes questionable.
Same is true for the politicians. One is reminded of a Chief Minister who once said 'I would prefer a corrupt but efficient officer over honest but delinquent one." One officer saves the other. One obliges the other. One supports the other. One gets good posting for the other. One damages APRs; other used best possible vocabulary to describe the same officer. It all depends on the lobby of which you are a part.
To add to the confusion, no time limit has been set for the empowered HODs for sending their recommendations. Sources said that the directions have been issued to ensure a particular IPS officer, who has been lobbying hard does not stand even a small chance for being appointed as head of their newly created anti-graft body. They added that government strongly wants to appoint an IAS officer for the job.
After receiving the recommendations from 34 administrative heads, government would forward the same to the empowered committee for taking a decision. This consists of Chief Minister as Chairperson, a senior minister to be nominated by Chief Minister, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and leader of the opposition in the state legislative assembly. This empowered committee would recommend a panel of three names to the cabinet for appointment.
Hence the entire process would be government controlled. "A police officer desires to be re-engaged after retirement. But he has a serious case of HR violation pending against him. So, he cannot be given the job until the matter does not come to close in the court of law. Government wants to appoint people to this commission on the central pattern," said a senior officer. He added that CVC is headed by an IAS officer and has an IPS and a Banker as its members.
Regarding the directions, another officer said "These are actually guidelines issued by government of India pursuant to direction of Supreme Court regarding appointment of Chief Vigilance Commissioner and Vigilance Commissioners." He said both in-service and retired officers, having the requisite eligibility, can be considered for appointment if their names are forwarded by the respective administrative heads. |
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