A total of 162 officials, including three assistant commissioners, of the Trade and Taxes department were transferred after Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta found “serious irregularities” during a surprise visit on April 8, a Delhi government statement said on Friday.
Separate transfer orders for different ranks of officials were issued by the Services Department on Thursday.
“Under this strict action by the chief minister, a total of 162 officials, including three Assistant Commissioners, 58 Section Officer Grade-I, 22 Assistant Section Officer Grade-II, 74 Senior Assistant Grade-III, and 5 Junior Assistant Grade-IV have been transferred,” the statement said.
The transferred assistant commissioners of the ad hoc DANICS cadre include Sunita, Manoj Kumar and Surender Singh, the order of Services Department said.
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“These officials had been posted at the same location for a long time,” the statement said.
The chief minister Gupta has cleared that ensuring transparency and accountability is topmost priority and there is no room for corruption or irregularities in it, the statement added.
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