Sanction for Prosecution

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Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

03-December-2014 13:41 IST

Sanction for Prosecution

Sanction for prosecution received from the Central Bureau of Investigation is pending against 247 Public Servants in 108 cases in various Central Government Ministries/Departments as well as State Governments, as on 31.10.2014.

Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) vide its Office Memorandum No. 372/19/2012-AVD.III dated 03.05.2012 has circulated duly approved recommendations of Group of Ministries (GoM), wherein, the competent Authority has been instructed to mandatorily take a decision within a period of three months from receipt of request and pass a speaking order.

This was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Shri Nandi Yellaiah in the Lok Sabha today.