Senior bureaucrat Sadakant, holding three important posts in the Government came under sharp criticism by a social activists over various corruption charges pending against him. Pioneer news

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Senior bureaucrat draws flak over corruption charges

Thursday, 24 October 2013 | Pioneer News Service/PS | Lucknow | in Lucknow

Senior bureaucrat Sadakant, holding three important posts in the
Government came under sharp criticism by a social activists over
various corruption charges pending against him. She demanded that the
officer must be immediately suspended and to constitute a high level
enquiry against him.



Making the above request to the state government and also dispatching
letters to President, Governor etc, Urvashi Sharma, a Lucknow based
social activist claim that in a reply to imformation sought by her
under RTI from Union Government of India, she learnt that Sadakant, an
IAS officer of 1983 batch presently posted as Principal Secretary of
Housing & Urban Planning Department, Principal Secretary of
information Department and also Principal Secretary of Bal Vikas &
Pustahar Department in the State, was an accused in cases involving
not only Corruption but Anti-National activities also. He was accused
of leaking confidential information related to security of the nation
to the private companies for his own vested interests.



Sharma claimed that Government of India prematurely repatriated
Sadakant and put his services at the disposal of the State Government
for his alleged involvement in Anti National activities and
Corruption. She said that the IAS officer who was repatriated on May
20,2011 has been given many key positions in the State Government by
previous and present Governments without any formal enquiry into the
charges of his alleged involvement in Anti National activities
,Corruption cases and his using graft money for building a Hanuman
temple in his home town.



She further said that in her RTI Central government had informed her
that CBI enquiry is still against Sadakant. However, they refused to
give other details claiming that it would impede the process of
ongoing investigation against Sadakant. She said that this is ironical
that the IAS officer , who is an accused of leaking confidential
information related to security of the nation to theprivate companies
for his own vested interests, has been given chargeof three key
departments of the State. She claimed that as Sadakanthas an attitude
of colluding with the private companies for his vestedinterests, he,
as Principal Secretary of Housing & Urban Planning

Department can easily collude with land mafias and cause
irreparableloss to the State. Similarly, the officer who is an accused
of leaking confidential information , has been given charge of
Principal Secretary of information Department. This simply means that
all confidential information of Information departments of State
Government is at stake.



She said that these are very sad state of affairs that state
government is exuding confidence in that IAS against whom CBI is
probing charges of corruption and antinationalism for the last two and
a half years. She claimed to be having no hesitation to attribute the
poor quality of mid day meals in schools to the corrupt attitude and
vested interests of Sadakant who is also Principal Secretary of Bal
Vikas & Pustahar Department. She said that as all charges leveled
against Sadakant are of very serious nature, so state government
should place him under suspension so he could not influence the probe.
She also demanded a separate enquiry against Sadakant by the State
government.



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