Bangalore: In the backdrop of transfer of Haryana IAS officer for probing land deals, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Thursday asked state and Central governments to leave issue of transfers to bureaucracy. "Issues of transfers should be left to bureaucracy itself without there being any interference whatsoever by central or state governments to curb corruption," Hegde said.
Hegde said there was lot of "discontentment" amongst state and central officers in regard to the transfer policies of their respective government. "The common complaint seems to be that there is no proper policy and transfers are effected at the whims and fancies of the decision-making authority which is mostly influenced by the pressure from the politicians' various hues," he said.
Such transfers are likely to have serious adverse effect on the efficiency of the government itself, Hegde said, adding, "To have an independent attitude and peace of mind, a government servant must have some assured tenure on any post to which he is posted before he is transferred."
Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka was removed as Inspector General of Registration in the wake of his ordering a probe into all the land dealings of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in four districts of Haryana....
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02:22 PM, Oct 18, 2012
The BJP has once again called for an impartial probe into the DLF-Vadra land deal in Haryana. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has said that the transfer of the IAS officer Ashok Khemka reveals the Congress's emergency mindset. "The moment Vadra's matter came in public domain, Congress has been trying to save him. Instead of acting on Khemka's directions, the government acted against him and transferred him. At 10 pm, someone ...
01:45 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless" charges that a senior Haryana IAS officer was transferred in the wake of his decision to probe alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi. "The allegations are baseless. There is no witch hunt. We do not question the integrity of the officer. It is prerogative of the government to transfer any bureaucrat. The... 
New Delhi: Criticising transfer of an Haryana IAS officer probing alleged undervaluation of properties dealt with by Robert Vadra, BJP on Tuesday said Congress is suffering from an "emergency mindset" and demanded that an impartial inquiry be held into the matter. "Congress is in complete shambles and in doldrums. It is trying to save Robert Vadra. We want an honest and impartial probe into the charges. An honest officer with... 
