CVC forms panel for scrutiny of prosecution sanctions

The experts are A K Jain, retired IAS officer and former secretary, Department of Disinvestment, Vivek Mehrotra, retired IAS officer and former secretary Ministry of Minority Affairs, V S Jain, ex chairman, SAIL and three former IPS officers Uday Shankar Dutt, Balwinder Singh and R N Ravi.

Besides them, Prakash Chandra, former IRS, the then chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), D L Rawal, for Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank and M Venugopalan, former CMD, Bank of India have been chosen as experts for the committee.

"Depending upon the nature of the case, a committee consisting of three members including the chairperson (i.E. Vigilance Commissioner) shall examine the CBI recommendation and the tentative views of the Ministry or Department concerned in greater detail.

"Two members of the Committee would be drawn from the panel of experts and one of the Vigilance Commissioners in the Commission would chair the meeting," the Commission said in its order.

In view of the expert committee's recommendation, the CVC would render appropriate advice to the competent authority within 15 days of the meeting, it said.

The tenure of the panel of experts would be for a period of two years from July 1, 2012. (MORE)