Inquiry committee asked to complete probe into illegal upgradations.

Byline: MUHAMMAD ASAD CHAUDHRY

ISLAMABAD -- After de-notifying 42 officers of the authority who got illegal upgradations and re-designations, now the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is trying to complete the remaining inquiry which is related to illegal upgradations of non-gazetted staff members. CDA with the approval of its incumbent Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed de-notified illegal upgradation of its 42 officers in last week.

There were a total of 1068 employees of CDA including 86 officers, who were upgraded in violations of rules and regulations during 2007 to 2013.

The successive managements formed committees but not to conclude the matter but to further drag it. However, the incumbent management formed a committee headed by the Member Planning and Design CDA Dr. Shahid Mehmood with a task to scrutinise all the cases.

The said committee scrutinised 86 cases of gazetted employees and submitted its findings in which the committee recommended to de-notify dozens of officers who got illegal upgradations in violation of rules and regulations.

But, Mr. Mehmood after submitting his findings rescued himself from the committee for probing rest of the cases of non-gazetted...