Oil regulator V K Sibal has accused the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) of flouting norms by not concluding its probe into two-year-old allegations of receiving favours from RIL in time and reviving it now to deny him an extension of service.
Allegations of Director General of Hydrocarbons Sibal receiving favours, including a Rs 3 crore flat in Mumbai were first levied in August 2007 but the CVC did not conclude the probe into them in time and it is now reopening them just when his extension is due, in violation of set norms, he wrote to the government.
In a letter to Petroleum Minister Murli Deora, Sibal asked why the then Chief Vigilance Officer Arvind Jadhav (now the Chairman, Air India), who was referred the allegations for probe, has not been held responsible for not taking action or for the delay in the investigation.
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