Finance dept senior assistant suspended, notice issued to others

FINANCE MINISTER HARPAL CHEEMA SAID ACCORDING TO A PROBE REPORT, SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS OF OVER ₹86 LAKH WERE FOUND IN THE STATE TREASURY OFFICES

The finance department has issued orders to suspend a senior assistant besides issuing ‘show-cause notices’ to several other officials/employees of the state treasury offices, while the services of three officials/employees were already under suspension for suspicious transactions of over Rs 86 lakh.

The action was taken on the directions of finance minister Harpal Cheema who had ordered to start legal action in this matter.

Cheema said that a departmental inquiry committee was formed on June 2, 2022, to investigate various complaints regarding corruption in the state treasury offices under the anti-corruption campaign launched by the government.

He said that on the basis of the inquiry committee’s report, one superintendent, one senior assistants, and one junior assistant were already under suspension, while a senior assistant has been suspended on Monday and ‘show-cause notices’ have been issued to several other officials/employees of the state level and regional treasury offices for suspicious financial transactions.

Cheema said that according to the report submitted by the inquiry committee, total suspicious transactions of Rs 86,44,022 were found and are being further probed. Cheema appealed the honest and dedicated officials, and employees of the Punjab government and the people of the state to support the initiatives of ending corruption in the state. He said that the state government would not tolerate corruption at any level.