THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Vigilance court here on Tuesday directed the Vigilance and Anti- Corruption Bureau (VACB) to submit the files related to Additional Chief Secretary Tom Jose and former DGP T P Senkumar.
The directive was issued while hearing a petition against Chief Secretary S M Vijayanand, who is alleged to have scuttled all inquiry reports against top officials.Vigilance Director Jacob Thomas had sent several letters to the Chief Secretary seeking action against Tom Jose, who is facing a probe in the illegal assessment case.
However, according to the petitioner Paichira Nawaz, the Chief Secretary had taken the stand that no action was needed. The files against Senkumar were also concealed, it was alleged. Though the Vigilance had filed a report last week, the court said the report did not cover all aspects of the petition and asked the investigating agency to file a comprehensive report on Tuesday.
According to the petitioner, the Chief Secretary, who advises the government on important issues, suppressed many of the reports of the Vigilance Director, Home Secretary and even ministers. Instead of taking steps against the people who were mentioned, the Chief Secretary had only tried to scuttle the reports in the last seven months, he said.
The petitioner also said the recommendations of the Vigilance to hold a probe into the allegations levelled against ministers and IAS officers were concealed without taking a decision.