Saturday , November 16 2024

Fun opportunity! Three IAS officers in controversy over luxury trip to Paris with public money

The CAG report has revealed that three IAS officers from Haryana took a luxurious trip to Paris with public money. These officials booked business class tickets, stayed in luxurious five-star hotels and spent lavishly. The audit report has revealed shocking irregularities by IAS officers.

CAG audit on unaccounted expenses

All three officials had gone on an official visit to France in 2015. Questions have been raised on the unaccounted expenses incurred by him in the CAG audit. These three bureaucrats are Chandigarh Administration Advisor Vijaydev, Chandigarh Home Secretary Anurag Aggarwal and the then Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt. At that time, former Governor of Punjab Kaptan Singh Solanki was in charge.

Officials spent a total of more than Rs 25 lakh

These officers spent a total amount of more than Rs 25 lakh. When Rs 18 lakh were approved. He landed in five stars. He bought business class tickets worth Rs 1.77 lakh. Rs 6.7 lakh more was spent on changing the hotel. Vijay Dev spent Rs 6.5 lakh, Anurag Agarwal spent Rs 5.6 lakh and Vikramdev Dutt spent Rs 5.7 lakh for the trip. Today Vijaykumar Deva has retired from this post and is the election officer of Delhi. Vikram Devdutt is the director of civil aviation regulator DGCA and Anurag Aggarwal is the Chief Electoral Officer of Haryana.

Investigation revealed that officials allowed each other's travel

In 2015, the Chandigarh Administration received an invitation from the Le Corbusier Foundation in Paris for a meeting on the occasion of the 50th birth anniversary of French architect Le Corbusier. The master plan of Chandigarh city was made by Le Corbusier. Chandigarh administration had nominated four officers for this planning. Approval was sought from the Home Ministry for Vijay Dev, Vikram Dev and Anurag Aggarwal. The itinerary was prepared and approved. The investigation revealed that the officials allowed each other's travel. Dev's tour was approved by Dutt, Dutt's tour was approved by Dev and Dev's tour was approved by Aggarwal.

They drank the rule: audit report

The CAG report said the invitation was primarily for one officer and one architect, but three secretary-level officers went, that too at the taxpayer's expense. The trip was sponsored by the Host Foundation, with all expenses borne by the Chandigarh Administration. The officials also ignored the rule that foreign travel of more than five days is not allowed without the approval of the screening committee. When this journey was of seven days. So he drank the secret. The audit report explains how they obtained this approval.