Complaints against IAS, IPS officers rise in 3 years

In a span of three years, there was a 40 per cent rise in complaints against Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and almost 50 per cent rise in complaints lodged against Indian Police Service (IPS) officers.

However, till date, none of the officials have been found guilty as probes in these cases are yet to reach finality.

According to information available with this newspaper, in 2013-14, as many as 246 complaints were received against IAS officers. This number increased to 342 in 2015-16, a 40 per cent jump.

Though the department of personnel and training did not reveal the nature of complaints, sources said these could be mainly service-related, civil or criminal complaints filed during the course of their careers.

Similarly, complaints received against IPS officers, which were only 89 in 2013-14, went up to 132 in 2015-16, a jump of around 50 per cent in three years.

Sources, however, said that probes in none of these cases have reached the final stage, so, as of now, nobody has been found guilty.

They said that as per norms, complaints received against IAS and IPS officers who are stationed at the Centre are probed by the respective cadre-controlling authority in consultation with the concerned ministries or departments with which the officials are associated.

If the IAS or IPS officers are posted in states, then the inquiry is forwarded to the concerned state governments for necessary action.

Sources informed that normally probe in such complaints takes up considerable amount of time, keeping in mind the various procedures which have to be followed.