Court slams bureaucrats for not working
21 Nov 2014 4:19 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday slammed bureaucrats for ‘not showing interest in work’ and said they were making a fool of the people, politicians and courts.
A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul, expressing anguish over the working style of bureaucrats, said they just pass on files and don’t come up with any decisions. ‘All the bureaucrats, IAS, IPS... are just not interested in work. They don’t face the music at all.
Politicians face (it) every five years. You (bureaucrats) are just passing files. When will you see the light of the day? We are fed up,’ the judges said. The bureaucrats were making a fool of the people, politicians and courts too, the bench said. The stinging remark came after a central government official told the court that new forensic labs were still not ready and 14,000 additional police officers had not been recruited in Delhi despite the court’s directions. The home ministry was ‘sending files to police. Police sending back to ministry. It’s a badminton game,’ the court added.
‘Most cases end up in acquittal because of lack of investigation,’ the judges said. ‘Innocent people are being put in jail and criminals are roaming free.’ The court directed the government to complete the work of setting up forensic labs within two months.
A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul, expressing anguish over the working style of bureaucrats, said they just pass on files and don’t come up with any decisions. ‘All the bureaucrats, IAS, IPS... are just not interested in work. They don’t face the music at all.
Politicians face (it) every five years. You (bureaucrats) are just passing files. When will you see the light of the day? We are fed up,’ the judges said. The bureaucrats were making a fool of the people, politicians and courts too, the bench said. The stinging remark came after a central government official told the court that new forensic labs were still not ready and 14,000 additional police officers had not been recruited in Delhi despite the court’s directions. The home ministry was ‘sending files to police. Police sending back to ministry. It’s a badminton game,’ the court added.
‘Most cases end up in acquittal because of lack of investigation,’ the judges said. ‘Innocent people are being put in jail and criminals are roaming free.’ The court directed the government to complete the work of setting up forensic labs within two months.
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