A Social activists knocked the Madras High Court (HC) door through a writ petition, seeking direction to the Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) to file case against three police security officers to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunandhi allegedly purchased housing plot from Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) by paying of Rs 75 lakh each.
The three police security officers are drawing the salary ranging Rs 10,000 to 12,000 per-months, the petitioner submitted.
The petition was filed in the criminal jurisdiction of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the DVAC to probe into allegations of corruption against three security officers of Mr Karunanidhi.
The petitioner C.Selvaraj, Financial Controller of an Non Governmental Organisation(NGO), Federation of Anti Corruption Team submitted in his writ petition alleged that C.Vinothan, C.Ganesan and P.Pandian are working as security officers of the Chief minister, in possession of assets disproportionate to known sources of income and in this regard he had launched a complaint with the DVAC in September 2009.
Even after a lapse of about a year, no enquiry has been ordered by DVAC, Selvaraj contended.
The three security officers are in the rank of Inspectors of Police in the Core Cell, Security Branch CID of Tamil Nadu Police whose carry home salary is between Rs.10,000/- and Rs.12,000/-.
The three security officers, who were allotted a two ground plot in Chennai City under the Government Discretionary Quota, had paid Rs.75,00,000/- in a single payment, for which they do not have legal sources of income, Selvaraj submitted.
While the government of Tamil Nadu has allotted housing plots to Vinothan and Ganesan under the discretionary quota for their ‘unblemished service’ Pandian’s wife Meena got the allotment under ‘social worker’ scheme.
Documents in the possession with a private television channel reveal that all the three Inspectors of Police had paid a sum of Rs.75 lakhs and odd, on 29.03.2008, in a single payment to the Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
Since his complaint to the DVAC had not elicited any response, Selvaraj had sought a direction from the Court to register cases against the three police officers under Section 13 (1) (e) r/w 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The maximum term if convicted would run up to seven years. In his affidavit, Selvaraj avers that the DVAC, which was set up by the Tamil Nadu government as a first organized measure towards tackling corruption in public administration have failed to investigate his complaint which is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.
The petition is likely to come up for hearing before a division bench on Wednesday.
Asian Tribune -
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