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12th May 2015

Petition from M N Vijayakumar to the Competent Authority requesting to withdraw

before 30th May 2015, the order dated 27th April 2015 compulsorily retiring him from

Service (with reduced pension) just a few days before the normal retirement to avoid

unnecessary legal proceedings against the Government which is bound embarrass

the Government more

(Attention: 1.Shri Kaushik Mukherjee, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka.

2. Shri Sanjay Kothari, IAS, Secretary, DoPT, Government of India

NOTE1: REASONS FOR MAKING THIS PETITION PUBLIC

1. To make citizens understand the existence of the IAS mafia. About 400 extremely corrupt

IAS officers in the country make nearly 70% of the IAS officers to also indulge in corruption.

The remaining honest IAS officers out of personal reasons watch helplessly. Only a handful

of IAS officers in the entire country take on the powerful IAS mafia risking everything. If this

is the fate of honest officers who are supposed to be protected by the Constitution, imagine

the fate of other officials and in particular in the lowest levels working in the fields. What

happens when even a small percentage of more than 125 crore people of India decides to

support the honest while opposing the corrupt?

2. To help citizens understand what happens to an officer who refuses to compromise with

corruption and gives reports about the corruption of senior IAS officers.

3. To help Constitutional Authorities to understand the misuse of power by the corrupt IAS

mafia

4. The corrupt IAS mafia misled the Hon’ble prime minister and H.E. the President earlier to

compulsorily retire me from service (23 days after I reached the date of superannuation) to

cover up the corrupt activities of many senior IAS officers. To prevent the corrupt IAS mafia

from misleading competent authorities again and also to warn other honest officers across

the country about the level to which the corrupt IAS mafia shamelessly stoops to harm

honest officers

5. To help citizen Groups to understand the need to support honest officers while they are in

Service and alive as they are abandoned by governments.

6. In the history of the IAS, I am the first officer to be retired compulsorily when only a few

days were left for me to retire normally for opposing openly my corrupt seniors. Leniency is

shown to IAS officers who loot public wealth and stash it abroad, Leniency is shown to

many who indulge in serious criminal and illegal acts. Though Whistleblowers Protection

Act is in force, still my whistleblowing activities have been treated as serious misconduct.

7. In support of each statement made in this petition, evidences were submitted by me during

the inquiry itself from Sep 2010 to July 2011. All the evidences were deliberately ignored

by the consultant Shri MP Chinnappa who was appointed as Inquiry Authority by paying

him 40 times more fee than what was paid to another Inquiry Authority in the case of another

IAS officer. According to information voluntarily given to me and my wife on 17th Feb 2011

by the Presenting Officer Shri Richard Lobo in my case, Shri MP Chinnappa was purchased

by the Disciplinary Authority & then Chief Secretary Shri SV Ranganath to get

predetermined findings- Shri Richard Lobo revealed this horrible information half way

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through the inquiry much before the completion of hearing in July 2011. Dr SK Sarkar who

retired as Secretary, DoPT in July 2014 was aware of this even before the hearing

concluded, when he was Additional Secretary in DoPT. Dr SK Sarkar was also aware of all

other unfair actions indulged into by Shri MP Chinnappa since August 2010 and by Shri SV

Ranganath since Jan 2010. Both Dr SK Sarkar and Shri Richard Lobo received a password

protected document from me which contained the details given by Shri Richard Lobo

himself to me and my wife on 17th Feb 2011. The password was something similar to SV

Ranganath purchasing Shri MP Chinnappa and opening the password protected

document using that password, it is clearly stated that Shri Richard Lobo told about the

purchase of Shri MP Chinnappa by Shri SV Ranganath. In fact, I had sent an email to all

IAS officers of Karnataka on 21st Feb 2011 about Shri SV Ranganath purchasing Shri MP

Chinnappa, more than 5 months before the hearing concluded in a coded manner.

8. Two former DG & IGPs of Karnataka who met my wife and me in person on their own on

7th May 2015 have warned me and my wife to be extremely cautious now that I have retired

from Service. They also agreed with my decision to make my petition public by releasing it

to the press (which helps to protect our lives) and also by uploading it on the internet. They

also informed us to take certain specific measures to protect ourselves and safeguard the

information we have.

9. The reason for IAS officers in DoPT for having brazenly colluded with the IAS mafia to

compulsorily retire me from Service becomes clear from my letters since Aug 2014

addressed to Shri Sanjay Kothari (who succeeded DR SK Sarkar as Secretary, DoPT in

August 2014). In particular my letter dated 27th Aug 2014 regarding the ill effects of DoPT

opposing making whistleblowing mandatory at least for senior AIS officers, my letter dated

17th Nov 2014 which exposed the level to which DoPT stooped to protect a corrupt officer

who had looted hundreds of crores of rupees of public money while humiliating an already

brutally attacked honest officer who exposed that loot, my letter dated 29th Jan 2015 which

opposed DoPT’s efforts to tamper laws to protect corrupt IAS officers and my letter dated

16th April to hold IAS officers in DoPT criminally responsible for the horrible deaths of honest

officers across the country for deliberately ignoring 2004 letter issued by the Cabinet

Secretary

NOTE 2: WHAT INFORMATION AND HOW IT IS MADE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET

1. . IN ADDITION TO MAKING THIS PETITION AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET, LINKS TO

MOST OF THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PETITION ARE

ALSO AVAILABLE AT http://depenq.com

2. My nearly 300 pages actual final argument along with nearly 2000 pages of supporting

documents would be gradually uploaded on the internet

3. Less than 10% of the material exposing the corrupt IAS mafia only have been put on the

internet. Rest would be added slowly.

10. My letter addressed to H.E. the President of India almost 3 years back through GOK

(mostly not forwarded) is made available at

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVtoPRESIDENT6MAR12.pdf . -1

In addition to giving an outline of what I was facing, this letter gives details of baseless

charges framed against me. Also see VI and IX in this petition for specific details.

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4. My letter dated 1st March 2012 addressed to various authorities in GOI is made available

at http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVtoDOPT1MAR12.pdf -2 show how

authorities fail to respond to issues which would have helped honest officers while creating

fear among corrupt officers. DoPT never responded to this letter even after I sent more than

30 reminders from March 2012 to April 2015

PETITION

For the Competent Authorities to withdraw the 27th April 2015 order compulsorily retiring me

just a day before I was to retire normally, it requires an understanding of the existence of the

IAS mafia, how it functions and how it even misleads the highest Constitutional Authorities. I

have evidence to show that the corrupt IAS mafia in 2010, to indulge in activities forbidden by

law misused the names of H.E. the President of India, Hon’ble Supreme Court and a few

dozens of very eminent persons in the country. So it is not the first time that the IAS mafia

misled highest authorities. As I have been a thorn to the IAS mafia, it was not at all difficult for

them to violate every law which finally led to my compulsory retirement. But in the process the

IAS mafia’s functioning across the country got exposed. The question left is will the

competent authorities exercise their power to give me justice without continuing to get

misled by the Mafia. To help the competent authorities to give justice due to me while

punishing all those who conspired against me, I have made this totally unconventional

petition public. Just like my punishment is unique in the history of the IAS, making this

petition public is also a unique decision as there is no other way of breaking the shield

erected by the IAS mafia. At the beginning of this petition, I have given other reasons

for making this petition public.

I. IAS MAFIA IN KARNATAKA

1. BIRTH OF IAS MAFIA IN KARNATAKA

Everyone knows that power corrupts. What many do not know is that tasting power for a long

time by a large number of people belonging to the same Group leads to the formation of a

mafia. The only pre-condition is that the government should be very weak. IAS officers who

taste power from the very first post they occupy till the last post they hold till retirement got

such an opportunity after 2005 in Karnataka. Those who were indulging in corrupt activities in

small groups became organized. They started violating all Rules and procedures but also

started weakening institutions meant to curb corruption and making all systems meant to curb

corruption nonfunctional. I wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary Sri KK. Misra on 4th July 2005

about taking measures to curb the spread of corruption. What happened subsequently though

unpleasant must be told.

In 2005, I gave a very detailed report as to how a Group of IAS officers were systematically

swindling public money in the Energy sector to Shri KK Misra then Chief Secretary. But Shri

KK Misra, though appreciated my report, made it clear that he was too afraid to take any action

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and he also warned me that those whose corrupt activities I had reported would go to

any extent to decimate me. Just before Sri KK. Misra was to retire, he called and asked me

whether I was willing to join the Lokayukta office as Registrar as I can pursue not only the

corruption report I had given to him but also many other corruption cases of senior IAS officers

pending in the Lokayukta’s office. I agreed and accordingly met the then Lokayukta Justice

Sri N. Venkatachala and informed him about my willingness to work as Registrar. The

Lokayukta asked me to give a consent letter in writing which I gave and he also asked me to

inform the Chief Secretary to take necessary action. By this time Sri BK.Das was Chief

Secretary. Before becoming Chief Secretary, Sri BK.Das was my immediate senior in

Department of Public Enterprises. In DPE, I had pointed out very serious lapses by Sri BK Das

and had also brought them to his notice in writing. The then Lokayukta Justice Sri

N.Venkatachala had publicly called Sri BK.Das as an officer who was shielding corrupt

officers. It was too much for Sri BK Das to depute me to the Lokayukta office as Registrar. As

per information revealed to me much later, at the behest of Sri. BK Das other very senior

corrupt IAS officers who were indulging in corruption in small Groups or individually joined

together and instigated District judges working under the Lokayukta to oppose the proposal to

take me on deputation to the Lokayukta office. Accordingly, serious events took place and

Justice Sri. N.Venkatachala called me and told me that he has been prevented from taking

me on deputation as Registrar and that Sri KK. Misra had been informed the reasons for not

taking me on deputation (Sri KK. Misra immediately after retirement had become the Chief

Information Commissioner). This is the origin of the birth of IAS mafia in Karnataka.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/14aug06.pdf -3

2. GROWTH OF IAS MAFIA IN KARNATAKA

On 28th August 2006, a few days after Justice Sri. Santosh Hegde took charge as Karnataka

Lokayukta, in a meeting with very senior IAS officers working in Bangalore, he sought co-

operation and suggested senior officers to make public the movable and immovable assets

held by the officers and their family members. I along with only two other officers expressed

immediately in the meeting itself our willingness to make public movable and immovable

assets held by us and our family members. The very next day, ie. 29th August 2006, I gave full

details of the movable and immovable assets held by me and my family members to the

Lokayukta with a copy to DPAR. The Lokayukta on the same day sent me a letter of

appreciation. Unfortunately, the other two officers who promised the Lokayukta that they would

give the details of their assets never did so till they retired from Service. I was the first IAS

officer in the country to have given the details of my assets to the Lokayukta to be made public.

When large number of citizens started asking information about assets held by IAS officers

under RTI Act, Karnataka Information Commission which initially had ordered officers to

furnish the details of their assets later under pressure from a large number of IAS officers

reversed this decision. For the first time, a large number of IAS officers who had

disproportionate assets found benefit in joining the corrupt IAS mafia which had just taken

birth. It is a paradox that a genuine request made by the Lokayukta to the senior IAS officers

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to declare their assets to the public instead of motivating a large number of IAS officers had

exactly the opposite effect. http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/Loka30AUG06.pdf -4

3. FURTHER GROWTH OF IAS MAFIA

Between 2005 and 2007, I had given reports about scams in Energy Sector, land grabbing

and corruption in Public Sector Undertakings including Mysore Mineral Ltd. If all the reports

given by me during this period are added up, the total amount of these scams were exceeding

Rs. 30000 crores. During the President’s Rule in Karnataka in 2007, with no checks and

balances the scams grew very rapidly so much that the corrupt IAS mafia were able to even

finance candidates of their choice in the elections that followed. The corrupt IAS mafia went

out of the way to promote illegal mining and land grabbing in Karnataka. Today, these two

scams alone exceed more Rs. 4, 00,000 crores. In all illegal, criminal and immoral activity that

has been taking place, at least one member of the corrupt IAS mafia is involved.

4 .SPREAD OF IAS MAFIA ACROSS THE COUNRY

To escape detection of illegally amassed wealth, the corrupt IAS offices found it more safe if

officers in different States act on a quid quo pro basis. I had reported to government about

illegal purchase of land by corrupt IAS officer of Karnataka in Andhra Pradesh. When I worked

as Regional Commissioner, Bangalore, for just three weeks, an IAS officer from Bihar mistook

me for another officer and told me over phone that the money had been delivered and Order

could be issued! Since most of the States have institutions like Lokayukta which does not have

means to know illegal acquisition of property held outside the State and further CVC and CBI

have no jurisdiction over officers working in State Governments, the mafia spread rapidly

across the country. Since 2010, money illegally earned under various scams made the IAS

mafia to spread across the country very fast and even started laundering money abroad.

Citizens and even some IAS officers would be surprised when the mask of honesty worn by

such IAS officers is torn away revealing the monstrous face.

II. MY STYLE OF FUNCTIONING HAS NEVER CHANGED SINCE I JOINED IAS IN 1981 BUT THE

INTEGRITY OF OFFICERS CHOSEN TO WORK AS CHIEF SECRETARIES HAS BEEN

NOSEDIVING FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS

I worked in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Scientific Officer from 1976 to 1981. I got

selected into IAS in 1981.I have been reporting corrupt activities of my seniors as early as

in 1982 after late Shri PS Appu, Director, LBSNAA, Mussourie (all those selected to IAS get

trained in LBSNAA) resigned from Service unable to accept the shielding of an IAS probationer

who indulged in criminal acts by DoPT. DoPT instead of punishing that probationer involved

in a serious criminal misconduct tried to protect the probationer by choosing to ignore the

recommendations made by Shri PS Appu. On that day itself, nearly 34 years back, I knew

how I would be thrown out of Service as I vowed to never keep quiet about illegal and

corrupt activities of seniors.

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Though I did not keep many of the letters I wrote to Chief Secretaries since 1986, I opposing

corrupt activities of senior officers, I hope they are still available in the government even today.

I have given links at the end of this para to some of my letters written from 1997 to 2013 to

show that I have never changed my style of functioning. I have always demanded Chief

Secretaries to take action against the corrupt. On the other hand the integrity of IAS officers

have been rapidly nose diving. Just to drive home this point, Sri KK Misra in 2005 as Chief

Secretary told me that he was afraid to take action against some IAS officers whose corrupt

activities I had reported to him. Shri B K Das who was Chief Secretary in 2006 kept quiet when

I brought to his notice his own corrupt activities but transferred me away. Dr Malati Das who

was Chief Secretary for a very short time towards the end of 2006, had told me when she was

Additional Chief Secretary to give a representation after I told her that my life was under threat

because of corruption reports I had given. After Dr Malati Das became Chief Secretary, after

learning that one of the IAS officers whose corrupt activities I had reported was none other

than her own brother, did not give effect to the approval given by the then Chief Minister to

modify my transfer. Shri PB Mahishi who succeeded Dr Malati Das knew his own corrupt acts

had been suppressed by Dr Malati Das to make him Chief Secretary and had no hesitation in

telling me that he shielded corrupt officers. Sri Sudhakar Rao who succeeded Shri PB Mahishi

after my wife made his corrupt activities public, sent a threatening email to my wife that if she

continues with her report against corrupt IAS officers, even honest officials who supported me

would be harmed. Sri SV Ranganath who succeeded Shri Sudhakar Rao was even more blunt

and brazen as he told me that to get any posting, not only I must forget all the corruption

reports given by me to the Government but also demanded me to close my eyes to corrupt

activities indulged into by other IAS officers. Shri Kaushik Mukherjee who succeeded Shri SV

Ranganath has been giving real demonstration of the function of IAS mafia repeatedly.

Links to my letters:

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/CS1997.pdf -5

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/BKdas25SEP06.pdf -6

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/BKDASshieldedCORRUPT.pdf -7

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MalatiDAS.pdf -8

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MAHISHIIignoringLOKAYUKTA.pdf -9

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/sudhakarrao.pdf -10

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/SVR.pdf -11

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVtoKM6NOV14.pdf -12

III. WHY SENIOR IAS OFFICERS HATE WHISTLEBLOWERS?

Law Commission recognized that whistleblowers operate on the border of what is legal and

what is moral. In fact, it is the risk taking by whistleblowers which makes things which are held

purely moral as legal. Those officers occupying key positions but having vested interests

deliberately treat whistleblowing as misconduct, deliberately ignoring that whistle has been

blown in public interest. Thus whistleblowers acting in larger public interest are always treated

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as indulging in disobedience lest their own corrupt and illegal activities get exposed. AIS

Conduct Rules assumes all senior officers to be honest while world over all Whistleblowing

Protection Acts take into account the ground reality that bosses can be extremely dishonest

and corrupt. Though Whistleblower’s Protection Act has been enacted in India (Rules have

not been notified), suitable modifications of the AIS Conduct Rules have not been made for

more than one year. Even before putting the Whistleblower’s Protection Act into practice,

amendments to make whistleblowing almost impossible for most of the officers is already

under process by DoPT. Law requires all government servants to blow whistle while DoPT

has been opposing it as a large number of senior officers’, including those who have retired

from Services lives would become miserable. Even action has not been taken to protect

honest officers from being harassed for taking principled stand as per the letter issued by the

Cabinet Secretary in July 2004 on the direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court while hearing the

case of murdered whistleblower Sri. Satyendra Dubey.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNV16APRL2015.pdf -13

IV. WHAT MADE THE CORRUPT IAS MAFIA TO TARGET ME AND EVEN WANTED ME DEAD

When serious action is demanded against a corrupt IAS officer, it is not that only that officer

is targeted, but the entire mafia is targeted. Mafia never wants any of its member to reveal its

activities. If anyone persists to expose the mafia by targeting any of its member, all the

members of the mafia make the life of that individual unbearable and use every method to

harm him including eliminate the source of problem.

V. DELIBERATELY IGNORING THREATS AND ATTEMPTS MADE ON MY LIFE BY THE CORRUPT

IAS MAFIA TO FRAME BASELESS CHARGES WHILE I WAS TRYING TO SAVE MY LIFE

As many complaints are still pending details are not given. However the following gives some

details.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MAFIAS.pdf - 14A

VI. HOW BASELESS CHARGES WERE FRAMED AGAINST ME AFTER I FILED COMPLAINT

AGAINST THE CORRUPT CHIEF SECRETARY WITH THE LOKAYUKTA

I have given links to my correspondence which clearly show that framing of one of the charges

was well planned.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MONNAPPA/SENGUPTA122JAN07.pdf -14

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MONNAPPA/SENGUPTA15may07.pdf -15

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/SENGUPTA19JUn07.pdf -16

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MONNAPPA/SENGUPTA28SEP07.pdf -17

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MONNAPPA/SENGUPTA19DECEMBER07.

pdf -18

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MONNAPPA/SENGUPTA4FEB08.pdf -19

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MONNAPPA/SENGUPTA5FEB11.pdf -20

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Regarding other charges and even as to why one of the charges framed in 2007 was

dropped in 2010 ,some details are available in my letter addressed to H.E. the

President of India given below:

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVtoPRESIDENT6MAR12.pdf . -1 Also see IX in this petition for specific details.

VII. PERMISSION GIVEN BY GOVERNMENT TO ME IN 2009 TO WRITE A BOOK BASED ON MY

EXPERIENCES IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT (GIVEN AFTER I REPLIED TO

BASELESS CHARGES IN DEC 2007 )

I had filed complaint against Shri PB Mahishi with the Lokayukta in June 2007. In retaliation

he issued notice after notice that too forcing me to go to Belgaum. He never accepted any of

my explanation. On 5th Dec 2007, even before charges were served on me, Shri S Krishna

Kumar who was then Adviser to the Governor of Karnataka (Karnataka was under President

Rule) wrote the following:

I am not too sanguine about the efficacy of the proposed action.It is open ended and

may not establish anything conclusive on which basis action can be taken. It may be

best to transfer the officer and give him a more suitable job.

True to the definition of Mafia, the corrupt IAS officers overruled the lawful senior authority’s

decision. Shri PB Mahishi went ahead and served charges making himself a witness ignoring

the basic tenet of natural justice that no witness can be judge in his own case. I replied to

those charges making it clear that only someone who could be made to give predetermined

decisions can prove charges against me. But Shri PB Mahishi whose corrupt activities my wife

had made public, was removed as Chief Secretary. Shri Sudhakar Rao who succeeded him

knew that any inquiry based on Mahishi’s decision would be held void ab initio. In fact officers

in DPAR who were loyal to Shri PB Mahishi in spite of many efforts failed to find a single

person willing to act as Inquiry Authority as they knew it would be highly illegal for reasons

already mentioned. After I gave a presentation at IIM, Ahmedabad on the Role of

Whistleblowers In Governance to more than 100 very senior IAS officers cross the

country and many insisted me to write a book based on fight against corruption,. I

requested the government to give me permission and Shri Sudhakar Rao gave me

permission to write a book I had planned based on my experiences in fighting

corruption implying that the charges against me were totally baseless as had been

concluded by one of Advisors to H.E. the Governor during President’s Rule.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/bookpermission17mar09.pdf -21

VIII. PERKS OF BEING PART OF THE CORRUPT IAS MAFIA.

1. Absolute protection at all levels as long as you loot public wealth and money as a group

2. Officers wearing the mask of honesty in other States will receive bribe both in cash and kind

on your behalf and vice versa

3. Officers in other States help you acquire benami properties.

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4. IAS officers Association would be forced to support in all possible ways any officer whose

corrupt activities get exposed and even issue press statements while honest officers have to

themselves address the Press to reveal the truth.

5. When an honest officer is physically attacked, severe injustice is done or even murdered, the

IAS officers Association is never unanimous in condemning such things.

IX. WE ARE READY TO BLOAT YOUR EGO TO ANY EXTENT IF YOU FALL IN LINE AND DO NOT

QUESTION US

Even the names of the President, the Supreme Court and the eminent people in the country

are misused to extort money. In this connection I am giving link to my letter I sent when I even

did not know that it was created to cheat people by those occupying high positions.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MENTOR.pdf -22

I am giving below only those names surrounding mine which were also misused in addition to

the names of H.E the President of India and the Hon’ble Supreme Court

X. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER ME ON THE PRETEXT OF HOLDING INQUIRY AGAINST ME THAT

TOO BY CREATING A NEW POST FOR ME TO WRITE A MANNUAL ON DEPARTMENTAL

ENQUIRY WHEN I MYSELF WAS SUBJECTED TO THE MOST BRUTAL UNFAIR INQUIRY

My letter dated addressed to all IAS officers of Karnataka on 27th Feb 2012 brings out part of

the criminal conspiracy:

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/allIAS27FEB12.pdf -24

XI. THE MOST UNFAIR ENQUIRY

On 17th Feb 2011, the Presenting Officer on his own informed my wife and me that Sri SV

Ranganath had purchased the Inquiry Authority. Immediately after that I addressed a letter to

all IAS officers on 21st Feb 2011. Here is the link to that letter:

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/HEIGHTofUNFAIRNESS.pdf -25

XII. EXTREMELY SERIOUS LAPSES AND CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY

SRI. PB. MAHISHI AFTER I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE LOKAYUKTA AGAINST HIM IN JUNE

2006

1. CR and APARs directly available in his own office would have revealed that I never

hesitated to bring to the notice of Chief Secretaries corrupt and illegal activities done by my

seniors since 1986.

2. I had sought permission to participate and address media, citizen groups etc., vide my letter

dated 22nd Nov 2006 addressed to his predecessor Smt. Malati Das.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MalatiDAS.pdf -26

3. Both my wife and I have been speaking against corruption and corrupt activities since 1993

which began as awareness program under the literacy mission.

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4. No other Chief Secretary prior to Sri PB Mahishi had objected to my speaking against

corruption. Corruption being like other social evils like dowry, drug addiction etc., I have

spoken in public programs even as Assistant Commissioner. In fact, not creating

awareness against social evils including corruption should be treated as serious dereliction

of duty and not the other way round.

5. Sri PB Mahishi , when he was Chief Secretary informed me that he shields the corrupt and

he was also aware of much bigger scams than what I had reported are extremely serious

misconducts. Mere removal from the post of Chief Secretary is not a proper punishment for

an officer against whom two serious cases of misappropriation were still pending(pending

even today)

6. Sri PB Mahishi ignoring till February 2007 ,the directions of the then Chief Minister in

December 2006 to give me a posting in Bangalore and insisting me to go to Gulbarga in

spite of being aware of threats to my life.

7. Transferring me within 24hours after I gave a report (along with video of the raid) about a

private house running a parallel revenue department instead of taking action on my report.

8. Transferring me to a closed company without providing me any support staff, facility, salary

and information.

9. Assuming that media would ignore transferring me six times in six months.

10. Assuming that media would ignore my frequently appealing to the Information Commission

to get information to help me perform my official duties.

11. Over-ruling the decision of the Cabinet communicated to the media by the then Chief

Minister himself and forcing me to go to Belgaum( in spite of being aware of the fact that

21 out of 23 predecessors were not IAS officers and out of 6 CADAs in the entire State, I

was the only IAS officer appointed as Administrator).

12. Sri PB Mahishi was the main conspirator in the plot to murder me by sending me to

Belgaum. Sri AKM Nayak was Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, was fully

aware of threats to my life but did not take any action. On the other hand, he leaked the

confidential dairy I had been keeping on a daily basis which was to be only made public if

I was killed.

13. Two attempts which were made on my life while I was in Belgaum happened under Police

protection but were never investigated because of pressure from Sri PB Mahishi

14. Sri PB Mahishi totally ignored the fact that my wife received from honest government

servants working in his own office, a photocopy of the FIR filed by the CBI against him for

misappropriating Rs. 8.67 crores. When this was exposed in the media, I was not issued

any notice. On the other hand, I was issued a notice when my wife gave to the Lokayukta

a CD which was placed in front of our house on a much later date after I had filed a

complaint against Sri PB Mahishi with the Lokayukta which contained the conversation Sri

PB Mahishi had with me and my wife As alleged, if I had that CD with me much earlier, I

would have myself given it to the Lokayukta along with my complaint against Sri .PB.

Mahishi. The sole newspaper report based on which this charge was framed was written

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by a reporter who was not even present when my wife handed over the CD to the Lokayukta

but had contacted Sri PB Mahishi one day earlier as admitted by Sri .PB. Mahishi himself.

The very next day the same reporter had written another report creating more confusion as

he had not spoken to me or my wife directly or indirectly, but had only spoken to Sri PB

Mahishi. If as alleged, if my wife had released the CD to all media, why he did not collect

the CD from the media itself instead of approaching the Lokayukta office to get the CD?

Even the Karnataka State Women Commission passed an Order against Sri PB Mahishi

for interfering with my wife’s independent anti-corruption activities.

15. Issuing notices to me excluding my predecessor that too by getting a complaint written

against me by calling a non-official to his chamber. What is even worse is the fact that the

attachment to the complaint relates to things which happened 6 months before I reported

for duty at Belgaum.

16. Issuing notice after notice within less than two weeks of my mother’s death and expecting

me to react normally particularly when my life was under serious threat because of him

show that charges were framed with extreme ulterior motive. It is relevant to mention that

my mother passed away unable to bear the tension arising out of serious threats to my life

as I forced to report at Belgaum in spite of Cabinet decision to give a posting where I would

feel safe.

17. What was worse is that in September 2007, Shri PB Mahishi had recorded in my APAR

that I was to be subjected to mental assessment. Prior to recording this and subsequent

to it, he kept on issuing notice after notice to me and thought it fit to examine the response

I gave. But he suppressed from me what should have been mandatorily communicated to

me immediately after it was recorded. Only an extremely criminal minded senior officer

can hold an officer junior to him mentally ill and simultaneously expect a reply on which he

can take further action. In my case, he framed charges against me taking into account the

reply furnished by me while holding me mentally ill (world over, whistleblowers are branded

mentally ill by corrupt seniors).

18. SRI PB.MAHISHI NOT ONLY ISSUED NOTICE AFTER NOTICE, CALLED A NON-

OFFICIAL TO HIS CHAMBER AND GOT A COMPLAINT WRITTEN AGAINST ME, BUT

ALSO NAMED HIMSELF AS A WITNESS AND FRAMED CHARGES AGAINST ME

19. Not compelling Sri Abhijit Das Gupta or issuing any notice to him in spite my many emails

sent to him from January 2007 to June 2007 to collect the file related to Sri AK.Monnappa’s

enquiry. Again not issuing to Sri Abhijit Das Gupta for not collecting the file from December

2007 to February 2008. It is very important to mention here that Sri Abhijit Das Gupta was

writing to the government that he never wanted to conduct the enquiry and the case should

be handed over to the Lokayukta. Sri Abhijit Das Gupta never informed me about this. Sri

PB.Mahishi just to frame the baseless charge suppressed all these facts and made my

insistence to hand over the file in the presence of Lokayukta as a serious misconduct.

Please see links to 7 documents listed under VI.

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20. The third charge against me pertaining the Mysore Lamps period was the source of all the

other charges but was dropped because the official witnesses named by Sri PB Mahishi

knew that the charge was totally baseless and was framed with criminal intention. The IAS

mafia knew that if those witnesses were examined, the criminal conspiracy to murder me

would have got exposed.

21. As far as charge of not attending meeting while I Regional Commissioner is concerned, Sri

PB Mahishi knew that the post of Regional Commissioner was subordinate to the post of

Principal Secretary, Revenue department as per government’s own notification. I had

written a letter to seek legal clarification to suitably change the designation as I was also a

Principal Secretary Grade officer and had been posted as Regional Commissioner. I had

also mentioned in that letter till the issue is resolved , I would be sending officer immediately

subordinate to attend any meetings called by Principal Secretary , Revenue department. I

had informed that however, I would be in constant touch with the Principal Secretary,

Revenue department. Without obtaining any clarification from Principal Secretary, Revenue

department, Sri PB. Mahishi treated my act writing a letter seeking clarification itself as a

grave misconduct.

22. If Sri PB Mahishi had seen letters written by me since I joined the Service, he would have

noticed that whenever it came to corruption and corrupt people, I have not changed my

style of writing at all. His guilty mind of having been repeatedly charged for misappropriating

crores of rupees certainly found my writing as intemperate. Nowhere have I seen any

honest person using pleasant language when it comes to writing about corruption or corrupt

people.

23. Sri PB Mahishi should not have accepted the post of Chief Secretary since two cases of

swindling crores of rupees were pending against him when he worked in Karnataka

Housing Board and in the National Tribal Federation. In fact, action should have been taken

to dismiss him from Service.

24. When Smt Malati Das, predecessor of Sri PB Mahishi was Additional Chief Secretary, she

had asked me to give a representation to the Chief Secretary Sri BK. Das about taking

action on my corruption reports instead of transferring me after promotion by downgrading

a post and accordingly I gave one more representation. Sri BK.Das whose many corrupt

activities I had reported to the government under pressure from other corrupt officers had

posted me to Gulbarga with criminal intention. As can be expected Sri BK. Das did not take

any action on any of my reports as long as he was Chief Secretary. After Sri Malati Das

became Chief Secretary, the then Chief Minister Sri HD. Kumaraswamy had directed the

Chief Secretary to give me a posting in Bangalore and not to send me to Gulbarga. Smt

Malati Das by this time having learnt that one of the officers named in the corruption report

given by me was her own brother Sri Dilip Rau ignored the direction given by the then Chief

Minister to give me posting in Bangalore and instead she started issuing notice after notice

compelling me to report at Gulbarga though fully aware that my life was under threat.

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XIII. EXTRMEMLY SERIOUS LAPSES AND CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY

SRI. SV.RANGANATH (AND SRI MP CHINNAPPA THE CONSULTANT HE APPOINTED IN

APRIL 2010 AS INQUIRY AUTHORITY) AFTER I REFUSED TO COMPROMISE WITH

CORRUPTION AS DEMANDED BY HIM ON 26TH OCTOBER 2009 TILL SRI. RICHARD LOBO,

PRESENTING OFFICER VOLUNTARILY REVEALED TO ME AND MY WIFE ON 11TH MARCH

2011

1. After I reported illegal purchases of land by wives of IAS officers including retired Chief

Secretaries to the government, I was transferred out of Karnataka Appellate Tribunal

without giving me any posting in August 2009. Sri SV.Ranganath took charge as Chief

Secretary on 1/10/2009. He gave an appointment to meet him on 26/10/2009.When I met

him in his chamber ,he made it clear that unless I forget all corruption reports given by me

so far and further that I would close my eyes to corrupt activities of IAS officers, I would not

be given any posting. Immediately, I gave a Note making it absolutely clear that I would not

be compromising with corruption in any manner for the sake of getting any posting. I have

mentioned about this particular incident in more than 50 letters addressed to him starting

from 27/1/2010 to 26/10/2013 (just 4 days before his superannuation). My letter dated

27/1/2010 was also sent to Dr. SK. Sarkar, who was Additional Secretary, DoPT at that

time. I was fully aware of the consequences and retaliation I would have to face from such

a dishonest officer. In retaliation to this, he called his predecessor Sri Sudhakar Rao and

made him to write certain things in my APAR to harass me. But in this process, he made

the mistake of allowing his predecessor to use his office seal even after retirement. Luckily

for me, his predecessor forgot to put a date which would have shown that he had written it

while he was still in Service. Misusing this, on 19/12/2009, Sri SV.Ranganath tried to

humiliate me by forcing me to appear before some of the officers whose corrupt activities I

had reported earlier. As I have already filed a criminal complaint against Sri SV.Ranganath

in a conspiracy to murder me, I do not want to give further details here as it is being put in

the public domain.

2. After three attempts on my life and police ignoring threats to my family members, I kept my

residential address secret even from the Chief Secretary after I was transferred from

Belgaum to Bangalore. Immediately after Sri. SV.Ranganath took charge, against my wife’s

objection, I gave my residential address to him making it very clear that he should not reveal

it even to his personal staff. Sri SV.Ranganath gave my residential address to the very

officers who had earlier conspired to get me killed.

3. When I reported to Sri SV.Ranganath about the attempt made by another IAS officer to

murder his subordinate, he did not take any action. I even sent that official along with his

mother to meet Sri SV.Ranganath. He did not even them a hearing. By supporting that IAS

officer, Sri SV.Ranganath clearly communicated to me in unequivocal terms that not only

he wants officers who are willing to compromise with corruption but he wants officers who

even indulge in extreme heinous acts such as murder. Sri SV.Ranganath is aware of the

fact that there are irrefutable evidences to show how he treated the official who wanted to

meet him along with his mother after attempts on his life made by a senior IAS officer.

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4. Sri SV.Ranganath was fully aware of the fact that he had been named a witness in my

enquiry case in December 2007 itself as he was the last person found to be in possession

of one of the corruption reports given by me. Sri SV.Ranganath was also aware of the fact

that after I gave reply to charges in December 2007, government had given me permission

in March 2009 to write a book based on my experiences in fighting corruption while in

Service. Sri SV.Ranganath was also aware of the fact that no officer/judge was willing to

act as an enquiry officer in my case as Sri PB. Mahishi had framed charges against me

naming himself a witness. Sri SV.Ranganath being a witness himself knew that no honest

person would be willing to be an enquiry authority in my case. What Sri SV.Ranganath did

to make a person to act as an Inquiry authority in my case was revealed to me and my wife

much later on 17/2/2011 by none other than the Presenting Officer in my case Sri. Richard

Lobo. The extremely shocking information given by Sri Lobo was that Sri SV.Ranganath

had purchased (bribed) the Inquiry authority Sri MP.Chinnappa, a Consultant and retired

High Court judge. Sri Lobo also asked my wife to get certain information under the RTI Act

about the abnormally heavy fee paid in my case compared to another case involving

another IAS officer and a judge as an Inquiry authority. IN that case, though that inquiry

authority had demand Rs. 25,000/- after the conclusion of the enquiry, Sri SV.Ranganath

restricts the payment to only Rs. 15,000/- in January 2010. In my case, even before the

enquiry began, without raising any objection, in April 2010, Sri SV.Ranganath orders

payment of fee 40 times more than what was paid in January 2010 in the case mentioned

earlier.

5. Though I had not objected to the appointment of the Presenting Officer made in April 2010,

that officer was changed, most probably because that officer also knew that any enquiry

conducted in which disciplinary authority is named as a witness becomes void ab initio.

Just like he found Sri MP.Chinnappa who was willing to ignore all the principles of natural

justice, he also found Sri, Richard Lobo willing to act as Presenting Officer. Sri Richard lobo

had written along with another retired officer a Guide to conduct Departmental Enquiries in

June 2010, which had a foreword from Principal Secretary, DPAR. As per his own Guide,

my enquiry, if ordered by DA who is also named as a witness is void ab initio.

6. As one of the judges whom an official in DPAR had contacted to function as Inquiry

authority in my case revealed to me only a person willing to criminally conspire with DA

who is also named as a witness can agree to become inquiry authority in my case. That

judge told me not only he refused but also warned that official from DPAR against using

dishonest methods to appoint any inquiry authority in my case. Soon after the appointment

of Sri Richard Lobo as presenting officer in August 2010, Sri MP. Chinnappa sent a

messenger to National Law School where I was undergoing training asking me to contact

him. This infuriated me. As there were many retired judges in the National Law campus, I

spoke to them about this act of Sri MP.Chinnappa asking me to meet him even before the

enquiry began. I also told them about what was revealed to me earlier about another judge

informing me about the total illegality of a witness acting as a DA. All the judges told me

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that both are not only extremely illegal but also unethical and certainly they told me that I

cannot expect a fair enquiry from such a person. One of the judges even went a step further

and informed me that Sri MP. Chinnappa had an extremely bad reputation as a judge of

the Karnataka High Court. Mentioning most of the things revealed to me, I sent a letter to

Sri SV.Ranganath expressing my total lack of faith in Sri MP. Chinnappa conducting enquiry

in my case in a fair manner. At this point of time, I was not aware of the fact that Sri.

SV.Ranganath had purchased Sri MP. Chinnappa to act as IA in my case as no other

person was willing to work as IA in my case. As can be expected, he never changed the IA

in spite of sending many reminders. The very first time I appeared before Sri

MP.Chinnappa, I expressed both orally and in writing, that I had absolutely no faith in him

that he would conduct the enquiry in a fair manner. Sri Richard Lobo , who himself had

written the Guide that if an officer undergoing enquiry expresses lack of faith in the enquiry

authority, the enquiry method must suspend holding the enquiry and wait for the DA’s

decision did not object to Sri MP Chinnappa continuing with the enquiry. In spite of

informing Sri MP Chinnappa that I had written to the DA that I had absolutely no faith in him

and was awaiting for the reply from the DA, Sri MP Chinnappa continued with the enquiry

as he knew that the DA would never change him.

7. During this time, I also learnt that Sri. MP.Chinnappa was a practicing consultant and had

suppressed this fact in the information he gave to the Hon’ble Supreme Court Website.

When I asked Sri MP.Chinnappa for details of his clients as I had vaguely remembered that

in a case in which I myself was the enquiry authority, that charged officer had informed me

about having engaged a retired judge as his consultant. When I searched whether any

other retired judge from Karnataka has also been acting as a Consultant, I could not find

any name at that point of time. I also filed an RTI application seeking the list of clients of

Sri. MP.Chinnappa as a consultant. The reply from DPAR clearly indicated that Sri

MP.Chinnappa had suppressed even from DPAR that he was a Consultant. The abnormally

hefty fee paid by Sri SV.Ranganath is given only to consultants and not to inquiry

authorities. I was fully aware of the fact that not only Sri MP.Chinnappa was heftily paid to

act in the most unfair manner to humiliate me and give pre-determined findings, but also

was a party to an even more extremely threatening criminal conspiracy to finish me offwhich

was revealed to me 8th March 2011, details of which will be given later.

8. As and when Sri MP. Chinnappa and Sri Richard Lobo indulged in any unfair act, including

Sri MP.Chinnappa frequently mentioning in a very derogatory manner that his consultancy

work was suffering heavily because of my enquiry, I not only reported to the DA but also

other authorities including Dr. SK. Sarkar, who was Additional Secretary, Vigilance, DoPT.

9. While Sri MP Chinnappa, the consultant was all the time worried about his consultancy

work and never gave me long adjournments even when sought for specific reasons

regarding the enquiry itself (regarding witness, documentary evidences, awaiting DA’s

decision on my representation etc.,), he never objected DA’s decision to send me on

election work as he was kept informed about the real reason behind sending me for election

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work by the DA. On 23rd Sep 2010 I received a letter that I should immediately go as a

substitute election observer for a constituency in Bihar. I also information form a well-wisher

that extreme malicious intention is there behind sending me to Bihar. I immediately wrote

to the Election Commission expressing my fear about the real reason behind sending me

as an observer. I simultaneously sought information under the RTI Act the file notings

appointing me as an election observer. To my shock, I found that ignoring all the

suggestions made by other officers, Sri SV.Ranganath had handpicked me as a substitute

observer for an officer 17 years junior to me confirming the malicious intention revealed to

me. http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/election.pdf -27

10. When this conspiracy to get rid of me failed, I was relieved from the post I was holding

(Chairman, KSMBL) without DPAR issuing any transfer order. In fact, till today DPAR has

not issued any transfer order in that connection. On the other hand, I was relieved without

transfer order just to deny me salary, vehicle, and any assistance etc. to make me very

vulnerable during the enquiry to help those who were conspiring to harm me. This is an

extract from my 12th reminder to Sri SV Ranganath and it summarizes what I was forced to

go through on the pretext of inquiry:

It is unfortunate that if an officer is not corrupt, not a drunkard, not a womanizer,

not a drug addict, not willing to suppress facts, not willing to distort facts, not

willing to act illegally, not immoral then the Chief Secretary has no time for

giving any advice let alone consider giving any posting. I request you not to

harass me physically, mentally and financially for continuously refusing to

accept your condition of either to become corrupt or close my eyes to

corruption of my seniors to get a proper posting as has been repeatedly

informed to you in writing since 26/10/09

11. Though I had given the list of documents needed and witnesses to be called well in

advance to Sri MP.Chinnappa, what he did to deny me both the documents and

examination of witnesses have been exhaustively documented in my submissions. The

truth behind the fact that critical documents sought by me were not produced and none of

the witnesses listed by me were summoned were revealed to me and my wife voluntarily

on 17th February 2011 by none other than Sri Richard Lobo, the Presenting officer in my

case. He made it clear that Sri SV.Ranganath had purchased Sri MP Chinnappa to give

pre-determined findings and that Sri MP. Chinnappa would not compel the attendance of

any of the witnesses listed by me or compel the production of critical documents sought by

me. This was confirmed when he refused to act on my representation made to use specific

provisions which enable the IA to compel production of documents and summon witnesses.

12. Already I had been repeatedly expressing my total lack of faith in Sri MP.Chinnappa

and I also knew the extreme bias Sri SV.Ranganath as DA had against me for having

refused to compromise with corruption as demanded by him on 26th October 2009. The

new revelation made by the Presenting Officer on 17th Feb 2011 shell shocked me. It made

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me abnormally angry as I knew from that point onwards I had sit in front of a consultant

who was not only acting unfairly but also had been bribed to criminally conspire to harass

me in the pretext of conducting the enquiry. Within 3 days, I sent an email titled the height

of unfairness to all IAS officers of Karnataka cadre and to various authorities in Government

of India. This email contained in a coded form what was revealed by Sri Richard Lobo about

Sri SV.Ranganath purchasing Sri MP. Chinnappa to conduct enquiry in the most unfair

manner, mentally harass me and give pre-determined findings. This incident made me write

a letter to H.E.the President of India on 4th March 2011. On 7th March 2011, I sent a letter

to the Secretary, DoPT to place the harassment I have been facing for refusing to

compromise with corruption before the Supreme Court Bench which had taken up the PIL

filed by the former Cabinet Secretary Sri TSR Subramaniam and 87 other retired officers.

In my letter, I had clearly mentioned that I had been relieved without DPAR issuing any

transfer order. On the same day evening, i.e., on 7th March 2011, I received an email

containing a scanned copy of my posting order. As per that order, while I myself was facing

an enquiry, I had been appointed to a newly created post to write Departmental Enquiry

Manual. The next day morning, on 8th March 2011, I went to the Chief Secretary’s office to

know the location of the office. As nobody knew, I was forced to wait hours together in the

cabin of the Personal Secretary to Chief Secretary. When I was waiting, I got an even more

shocking news from a person who came near me and told me that I had not been posted

to write any Manual but on the other hand, to kill me by pushing me from the 21st floor of

VV Tower and show it as suicide. Later a person who was brought by PS to Chief Secretary

confirmed that my office was located on the 21st floor of the VV Towers. This news terrified

me as I had already survived three attempts on my life, twice while under police protection.

When I saw my room, the topmost floor was used by visitors to see Bangalore from the

highest point in that area, but the chajja next to my chamber did not have any protection

wall (parapet). I took photographs and uploaded on a websiteI created on the same day.

To my horror, next day, another officer met me and he also told me that the location of

office is extremely dangerous and made it clear that posting had been done with evil

intention and that I should be extremely careful and immediately seek shifting of the office.

Then I understood that my enquiry the findings of which were pre—determined was also

being used to eliminate me forever. On the next day, 11th March 2011, I filed a complaint

with the Police against Sri SV.Ranganath and others for their criminal conspiracy to murder

me. On the same day, I also applied for leave and gave the compliant given to the Police

as the ground for applying leave. I also gave a confidential letter to DG and IGP explaining

the criminal conspiracy against me and that I would reveal certain things only in person to

a very senior officer. I had also indicated that DG and IGP should be contacted to know

about my whereabouts during the period of leave. I also informed Sri MP.Chinnappa that if

any other person was there as inquiry authority in his place, he would have felt extremely

humiliated and quit as inquiry authority as it would be extremely embarrassing to continue

with the enquiry against an officer who has also been asked to write Enquiry Manual. How

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Shri SV Ranganath harassed me during this period can be understood from the

following letters:

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FinalrequestSVR12FEB2011.pdf -28

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/SCtsr7MAR11.pdf -29

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/trnsfr_mnv_7311.pdf -30

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNV8MAR11.pdf -31

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/21Memo12March11.pdf -32

13. More shocking news was awaiting me which confirmed the criminal conspiracy. I had

sought information under the RTI Act to give notings made in the file in connection with my

posting. To my horror, I found that though the then Chief Minister had approved my posting

order in December 2010 itself, Sri, SV.Ranganath to deny me salary, vehicle and other

facilities during enquiry had not issued the transfer order at all. Without obtaining the

approval for the modification of the order already approved by the Chief Minister, Sri

SV.Ranganath had tampered files and given me an entirely a different posting to write a

Manual by locating the office in a very dangerous place. This further confirmed the criminal

conspiracy to finish me off and certain things recorded by Sri MP.Chinnappa in the order

sheet corroborated the conspiracy to finish me off and show it as suicide. I was already

angry to stand before Sri MP.Chinnappa who was bribed to give the pre- determined

findings to conduct the enquiry in the most unfair manner and after learning that the enquiry

itself is an excuse to get rid of me, I not only became angrier but felt extremely threatened.

I knew it would be totally unbearable for me to stand before Sri MP Chinnappa and control

myself all the time during the rest of the enquiry. I went to NIMHANS to consult the Head

of the psychiatry department Dr. Gangadhar. I informed him about my inability to control

anger as no honest person can control anger before a person who not only has taken bribe

to do extremely illegal things but also has criminally conspired to eliminate him. Dr

Gangadhar after listening to my problem informed me that I have taken a decision to walk

bare-foot on a path full of thorns. He also diagnosed my condition implying that as long as

I have stand before Sri MP Chinnappa face to face, I would not be able to avoid the anger.

I asked him to prescribe some medicine which would reduce my anger without affecting

significantly my ability to apply mind to argue my case. Though he prescribed a particular

medicine, he left it to my choice as to whether to take the medicine or not after reading

about the side effects of that medicine on the internet. Unfortunately, what I read was that,

the prescribed medication would take a long time to give some effect which I wanted. I

showed what Dr. Gangadhar had recorded to Sri MP. Chinnappa and sought for a long

adjournment so that I could control myself and face the enquiry. Sri MP.Chinnappa who

had already been bribed and had also criminally conspired to finish me off found a very

good excuse and denied me long adjournment ignoring the diagnosis made by one of the

best psychiatrists in the country.

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Sri MP.Chinnappa never took any action to summon even a single officer whom I had

named as witness. I had named my wife also as a witness and she had produced a large

number of documents collected by her under the RTI Act which would make it impossible

for him to arrive at the pre-determined findings. The documents produced would have

proved beyond doubt the criminal conspiracy to murder me when I was in Belgaum. The

unfair methods Sri MP Chinnappa indulged in throughout the enquiry, his extreme inhuman

and brutal actions were all documented exhaustively in my 172 pages representation dated

27th June 2011. Since each page in that document is very important, this entire

representation is made available on the internet at

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/mnvREP.pdf What is extremely horrible is the fact that

Sri SV.Ranganath as DA ignored the entire representation as it would have revealed his

own role in the criminal conspiracy to harm me. Sri. MP .Chinnappa though was aware that

I had made a serious representation to replace him after what he did on 22nd June 2011,

shamelessly continued with the enquiry even though he himself had recorded that no

authority can proceed with the enquiry. As it took more than three years to find a dishonest

person like Sri MP. Chinnappa to act as IA, both Sri MP.Chinnappa and Sri SV. Ranganath

knew that no other person would be willing to act as IA after what I had recorded about Sri

SV.Ranganath’s extreme criminal conspiracy to finish me off on the pretext of conducting

enquiry. After this, I was not given any choice either to examine other witnesses

named by me nor documents sought be me were produced. Though I insisted on

making oral conclusion, the IA did not allow. Thus, I gave my 289 pages final written

argument. This argument along with nearly 2000 pages of supporting documents

would be uploaded over the next few weeks at http://depenq.com. However, the

covering page of that 289 page argument is reproduced below to give an idea as to

what was deliberately ignored and what was maliciously done.

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http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/coverTRIAL.pdf

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XIV. DELIBERATELY WITHHOLDING COMPLETE INQUIRY REPORT AND IGNORING MY

REPEATED REQUESTS TO GIVE COMPLETE INQUIRY REPORT

Not only my signature on the order sheet were forged, but even documents not given

to me were added. Though it is mandatory to give complete report, I was denied the

same. The following letters addressed by me give an idea about the efforts made by

me to get the complete report. It is to be noted that DoPT though was aware of this,

never directed Shri SV Ranganath to give me complete report. On the other hand, my

letter dated 6th March 2012 was deliberately ignored by all.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN31OCT11.

pdf -33

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN4NOV11.

pdf -34

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN5NOV11.

pdf -35

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN26NOV11.

pdf -36

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN21JAN12.

pdf -37

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN3FEB12.p

df -38

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN23FEB12.

pdf -39

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/FullReportNotGiven/FRnotGIVEN6MAR12.

pdf -40

XV. MY LETTER DATED 6TH MARCH 2012 ADDRESSED TO H.E.THE PRESIDENT THROUGH

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

This letter though given to the Chief Secretary was not forwarded to H.E. the President.

This gives you brief account of individual charges framed against me. It also shows

how both the IA and the DA made mockery of the calls given by H.E. the President

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVtoPRESIDENT6MAR12.pdf - 1

XVI. ABSURDITIES AND FALSITIES IN THE PARTIAL INQUIRY REPORT GIVEN TO ME

These letters bring out the extreme absurdities and falsities in the report which have

been blindly accepted by all. Though one feels like laughing while reading most of the

things, it is unfortunately a life and death situation for me. It brings out how corruption

makes even those who had spent better part of life ina very responsible position, to act

not just irrationally but also with extreme criminal intentions.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNV25APRIL15.pdf -41

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVFIRSTapril15.pdf -42

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XVII. DELIBEARATE SERIOUS LAPSES BY DOPT AND SOME

OBSERVATIONS/SUGGESTIONS BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED IN MY OWN CASE.

1. DoPT was informed about the threats to my life much before any notice was issued

to me. DoPT had even sent a letter to the Chief Secretary in January 2006 itself.

But everything in Government requires pushes. Unfortunately attempts made on

my life had no impact.

2. DoPT silently accepts that Leaking of my confidential dairy by Sri AKM

Nayak to the very officers who were conspiring to get me killed as a

good conduct even though an attempt was made on my life after such

leaks that too while I was under Police protection. The confidential

dairy mentioned clearly that it had to be made public only after I am

killed

3. Though repeatedly brought to the notice of DoPT, it appears that for some reason,

DoPT wants witnesses to act as judges. It would have been not only cheaper but

also less harassing to me if compulsory retirement is introduced to get rid of those

who expose corrupt activities of their seniors.

4. If bribing the Inquiry Authority to not to produce documents and not to summon

witnesses is acceptable to DoPT, then it is high time it comes out with a separate

Manual to inquire honest officers. As I have been subjected to almost every type

of harassment in the name of being subjected to inquiry, the vast documentation I

have made can be used to write such a Manual. I want to place on record the fact

that but for a tip from someone in the Chief Secretary’s office on 8th March 2011, I

would not have been alive to make such a documentation. Till the preparation of

such a Manual, my submissions dated 27th June 2011 and 27th July 2011 could be

used.

5. By legalizing withholding part of the inquiry report, DoPT has made proving

charges very easy.

6. Not just my letter dated 6th March 2012 has been deliberately ignored by DoPT to

frame baseless charges, many documents have been ignored.

7. I had addressed in my official capacity a letter dated 1st March 2012 to the DoPT

and others. I must have sent more than 30 reminders till April 2015. It appears

responding to those queries would have made it impossible for DoPT to take the

worst decision in the history of IAS. For ready reference I have given below link to

that letter

depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVtoDOPT1MAR12.pdf

8. It is extremely horrible that in spite of the Law Commission’s report DoPT has

considered my whistleblowing activities as disobedience and insubordination.

DoPT has deliberately ignored my two decade long efforts to promote

whistleblowing.

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9. It is extremely unfortunate and horrible that DoPT accepted mockery of H.E. the

President of India by the Inquiry Authority

10. My 27th June 2011 representation has been totally ignored at every level. This

document has not been mentioned anywhere. I have made it available now. I hope

someone in DoPT at least for curiosity sake reads it and even may act on it if he

reads it fully. http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/mnvREP.pdf

11. It is strange that an important program like VIG-EYE is not recognized at any level

during the inquiry and even while imposing punishment. It is not clear what

message DoPT wants to send to honest officials across the country by ignoring an

important program of the CVC. Though I have not used it,Someone did and has

exposed admission by a Chief Secretary that he shielded corrupt officers and even

worse that he kept quiet about serious scams brought to his notice. It appears

normal that IAS officers at all levels more than accepted his action to punish me.

12. I was under the impression that only Chief Secretaries in Karnataka reduced the

Week long Vigilance Awareness Program to a two minute morning session, but I

never knew that even acting as per the anti-corruption pledge during that period

attracts severe punishment.

13. It is odd that DoPT has remained totally silent about Dr D Yadav and about his

disappearance (murder?). It is not clear as to who has the information I was

sending to him regarding my inquiry. No wonder, DoPT has acted on partial

information.

14. Extreme absurdities and falsities in the Inquiry Authority’s report have now become

technical and extraneous even though each influenced the finding

15. The abnormal delay in the appointment of the Inquiry Authority after I gave reply

has been accepted as normal.

16. DoPT never monitored failure to appoint the IA or direct the Chief Secretary to drop

charges after government of Karnataka gave permission to me to write a book

based on my experiences in fighting corruption.

17. It is not clear as to whether the Chief Secretary suppressed from DoPT the incident

that happened on 19/12/2009. This is because DoPT has remained silent in

respect of many serious matters.

18. My repeated demand to revitalize the 2004 Cabinet Secretary instructions to help

harassed honest officers, confirmation sought by me about my interpretation of

absolute integrity at all times from DoPT , making whistleblowing mandatory would

certainly not only have inspired honest officers across the country but would have

even to punishing those who framed baseless charges.

19. DoPT did not intervene even when I repeatedly brought to its notice about the

extreme unfairness in conducting enquiry against me

20. DoPT was aware of the conspiracy to murder me on the pretext of conducting

inquiry. No one did anything.

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21. I was repeatedly seeking the full enquiry report from the Disciplinary Authority with

information to DoPT. But DoPT chose to conveniently ignore all these while

forwarding my case to UPSC for advice.

22. I had written many letters to DoPT about corrupt and illegal activities of senior IAS

officers. I never got any response.

23. When I brought DoPT’s own serious lapses to its notice, DoPT should never have

become vindictive.

24. Though my enquiry file along with the IA’s report was lying with the DoPT for more

than two and a half years, innumerable falsities and absurdities in the report were

all ignored.

25. Yielding to the pressure from IAS mafia and seeking advice from UPSC when just

70 days were left for me to retire from Service.

26. Suppressing large number of documents produced by me during the enquiry from

UPSC

27. DoPT is extremely lenient towards those officers who have indulged in very

serious mis-appropriation , corruption, destruction of files, leaking sensitive

information affecting the integrity and security of the country, those involved

in serious criminal activities etc. thinks a very long time before giving

sanction to prosecute corrupt officers. But my act to uphold core values of

the IAS and acting as per the calls given by H.E. the President of India and

the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, acting as per the anti-corruption pledge

taken every year during the Vigilance Awareness Week became serious

misconducts calling for punishment with compulsory retirement withholding

part of my pension and pensionery benefits.

28. Serious evidences brought to the notice of DoPT after receiving the UPSC advice

were all brushed aside as technical and extraneous. How can my observations

given in the following link be technical and extraneous:

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNV25APRIL15.pdf -41

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVFIRSTapril15.pdf -42

29. DoPT has even ignored my five years’ Service from 1976 to 1981in Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre as a Scientific officer while reducing my pension.

30. Now also it is not too late for DoPT to rectify the serious lapses committed

by it under pressure from the corrupt IAS mafia as the decision taken by

Hon’ble Prime Minister based on the wrong and highly misleading input

given by DoPT has been termed as the worst decision taken to punish an

honest officer in the history of IAS.

31. DoPT was fully aware of the fact that in my 34 years of Service there was

never any complaint against me from the public or other officers.

http://depenq.com/PRESSRELEASE/MNVNOENQ.pdf - 43

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XVIII. UPSC FORCED TO BREAK ITS OWN NORMS

A very senior officer who was also a Member of the UPSC was extremely surprised

that DoPT did not send my file for advice at least six months before my retirement and

was shocked when he heard that my enquiry file which contained, 172 pages of

representation to the DA, 289 pages reply along with nearly 2000 pages of

documentary evidences was examined and advice was given in less than 20 days’

time. What is shocking is that none of the Members who examined found the above

mentioned lapses by the DoPT as highly unacceptable.

What is even more unfortunate is that none of the lapses listed above were ever

noticed by even a single member of the Commission. It is odd that a witness acting as

a Judge though repeatedly mentioned is ignored by all. It is even odder that not giving

complete inquiry report when the Presenting Officer himself has told me and my wife

that the Disciplinary Authority had purchased Inquiry Authority. It is even odder that my

27th June 2011 bringing out innumerable unfair acts of the Inquiry Authority have been

fully ignored. Even my letter dated 6th March 2012 is not even mentioned either by the

DoPT or the UPSC. It is extremely odd that not summoning witnesses listed by me,

not producing records sought by me have all been accepted by UPSC as though they

do not matter. What is extremely bad is the UPSC legalizing the witness acting as

Judge in my case.

XIX. UNFAIR INQUIRY ITSELF IS A SEVERE PUNISHMENT

The Expert Committee headed by Sri PC Hota appointed by DoPT has expressed

GOI’s inability to help officers subjected to baseless inquiries in States and I

reproduce the relevant extract below:

One of these is the tendency to browbeat members of the All India Services through

motivated action, including frequent transfers, transfers to posts which do not

normally warrant posting of an officer of his seniority, suspension and initiation of

Disciplinary Inquiries without adequate basis. Through such steps, State

Governments humiliate and harass several officers of these Services, in effect

warning others what can happen to them unless they, too, toe the line… there is need

to do much more because the large proportion of the All‐India Services Officers

serving in connection with affairs of a state feel quite let down by the inability of the

Central Government to protect their interests effectively…

In my case it is not just that I was subjected to an extremely unfair inquiry but on the

pretext of conducting inquiry, there was a criminal conspiracy to finish me off.

DoPT’s own report tells the harsh reality in Civil Services Survey - Report 2010 as follows

A majority of respondents felt that corrupt officers get away without being punished...

While commenting on the plight of honest officers, respondents said that enquiry on

baseless allegations itself is a punishment; it does not matter if (s)he is exonerated at

the end..

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XX. SRI SIDDARAMAIAH, HON’BLE CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA SHOULD STOP

BRAZENLY DISLIKING HONEST OFFICERS TO PLEASE THE CORRUPT IAS MAFIA

1. Chief Minister is lenient to officers against whom Lokayukta wanted severe

action to be taken

2. Chief Minister is lenient to officers who have amassed wealth

disproportionately and whose have been raided by the Lokayukta.

3. Chief Minister is lenient to officers who joined Service by producing false

caste certificates.

Would it be too much to expect Chief Minister to recognize my honest efforts to promote

transparency in government, my efforts to expose corrupt, illegal and criminal activities of

senior IAS offices, my efforts to create awareness among citizens about serious effects of

corruption, my efforts to prevent looting of public money and my efforts to improve

accountability of senior officers. While the Hon’ble Prime Minister can have the excuse that

he has no direct knowledge of my Service of 34 years in Karnataka , the Chief Minister who

has access to each and every thing done by me cannot have the same excuse. If Hon’ble

Chief Minister wants to send a message to other honest officers, he should compel

government of India to not only withdraw the 27th April 2015 Order of compulsorily

retiring me from Service, but should also demand government of India to give the

promotion due to me if enquiry had been conducted within the timeframe fixed by DoPT

itself. Hon’ble Chief Minister at least now should not listen to the corrupt IAS officers

from influencing him in any manner. The Chief Minister must fight to remove the blot

on Karnataka. If Karnataka supports such an unfair inquiry that too after allowing me to write

a Manual on Departmental Enquiry, though it makes the corrupt officers extremely happy, it

will be at the cost of citizens. Honest officers in Karnataka have already approached me and

expressed their fear as to what dangers they would be forced to face. Senior officers keeping

quiet about corruption affects ordinary citizens as has been demonstrated in the recent

demolition of buildings and throwing poor people mercilessly onto streets. A day is surely going

to come when ordinary citizens will not keep quiet after learning about the deliberate lapses

by senior officers. Hon’ble Chief Minister has got an opportunity to set things right and prevent

such things from getting repeated. The inquiry conducted in my case is sure to go as the

worst in the history of India. The punishment given to me has already been judged as the

worst in the history of IAS.

PRAYER

I REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THE 27th APRIL ORDER AS IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF HONEST

OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND EVEN MORE IN THE INTEREST OF INDIA.

If the lapses at every level and the criminal conspiracy behind the inquiry mentioned above

are too difficult to understand, then it is high time a Panel of Officers known for their impeccable

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integrity be set up and I should be given an opportunity to personally appear before the panel

and explain the issues ignored. I hope all those who matter would advise the Competent

Authorities to immediately withdraw the 27th April 2015 order compulsorily retiring me from

Service with reduced pension and pensionary benefits to send the proper signal to honest

officials across the country. If by 30th May 2015, decision as requested by me is not taken,

then I would take recourse to legal remedies.

Date: 12th May 2015

Bangalore (MN.Vijayakumar)

Copy by email to

1. Hon’ble Justice Dr Y Bhaskar Rao, Lokayukta for information

2. The Accountant General (A&E), Karnataka- Even my reduced pension etc

and my salary for April have not been released

3. To selected IAS officers of Karnataka Cadre: On 21st Feb 2011 I had sent

an email titled the Height of Unfairness describing what was being done while

conducting inquiry and on 27th Feb 2012, I had sent a detailed email exposing

the conspiracy. At that time the general public did not know that most of you did

not care.