The Delhi High Court has ordered Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to take disciplinary action against its personnel. It is for creating false bids and failing to properly plan before issuing purchase orders for GSM mobile phone lines, as CBI indicates.
The high court made it clear that it had not determined the veracity of the accusations against BSNL officers. Also, any action taken by the telecom operator should be taken to its logical conclusion. They are based strictly on its own merits.
The court’s decision was made in response to a petition alleging that BSNL personnel released unauthorised funds to a Chinese company’s subsidiary by forging paperwork, resulting in a loss to the exchequer of around Rs. 1,000 crores.
“At the request of this court, the CBI registered a preliminary inquiry (PE), and once the probe was over, it provided status updates to the court. After reading the status reports, the court decides there is no justification for disregarding them and issuing additional instructions.
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In its most recent status report submitted to the court in January. The CBI noted that M/s Trimax IT and Infrastructure Ltd had received money from ZTE. But there is no proof that the funds are used to bribe BSNL employee
However, the status study recommends a departmental investigation against a senior BSNL officer. They are altering the payment milestone without considering the efforts to acquire the sites. This led to a loss of money and a decline in technical capability. Moreover, they add-on a work contract with ZTE at the rate of 2011.
Additionally, departmental action will taken against the BSNL officers for creating inaccurate tenders before releasing purchase orders.
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According to the plea, BSNL requested bids in 2011 for 14.37 million GSM mobile telephone lines on a turnkey basis for the north, south, and east zones. After a transparent, competitive bidding process, ZTE has won the bid for all three zones for Rs. 4,204.85 crores.
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According to the complaint, BSNL has set eight milestones for releasing money in its tender. Only 50per cent of the total amount payable up until delivery. The remaining 50per cent may likely to deliver in stages upon installation.
According to the plea, certain BSNL and ZTE officials agreed to release 95.10 per cent of the payment “illegitimately for all such uninstalled equipment.”
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“It is obvious that the respondent (CBI) is not acting on the complaint filed by the petitioner for some unknown reasons. Even in such a serious matter where hundreds of crores of rupees have exchanged illegally in a criminal conspiracy between officials of BSNL and a Chinese contractor by forging documents in a contract worth Rs. 4,204.85 crores.”
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