Lucknow: Taking a cue from the judiciary,
three senior IAS officials and an IPS officer of the Uttar
Pradesh cadre have disclosed their assets.
Those, who have disclosed their assets, include
Vijay Shanker Pandey, Sunil Kumar and Renuka Chaudhary, all
Additional Cabinet Secretaries, and Deputy Inspector General
(DIG) (training) Jasbeer Singh.
Renuka Kumar and her husband Sunil Kumar, who are from
UP cadre, are currently on central deputation.
"We have written letters to the Central Cabinet
Secretary and have demanded that all public servants whether a
government officer or political leader should disclose their
moveable and immovable assets," Additional Cabinet Secretary
Vijay Shanker Pandey said.
He said that a public scrutiny of assets of public
servants should be done and the data should be updated every
year.
An arrangement should be made wherein public servants
can disclose their assets, he added.
"The UP IAS Association had been raising this demand
since long and a resolution was also passed in this regard,"
said Pandey, who had been spearheading a campaign to
identify corrupt IAS officers in the state.
A 1979 batch IAS officer Pandey, who also hold charge
of principal secretary information, has bank deposits of Rs
1.17 lakh, Rs 2.5 lakh in post office account and owns a 1990
model Fiat car, sources said. However, details of assets of
other three officers were not known so far.
On November 2, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan
and 20 other judges of the Supreme Court made public their
assets.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 15:56