Hyderabad: An RTI query to the Tribunal for Disciplinary Proceedings, Hyderabad regarding the liquor syndicate scam in which 1,118 tainted officials were named, has revealed that 24 case references pertaining to Telangana region was received in 2013 from the government of Andhra Pradesh.
Thereafter the tribunal wrote to the ACB director-general seeking original records for taking further steps. After receipt of the records, the references were registered as tribunal inquiry cases and taken up for framing charges.
During this time, the issue of the state’s bifurcation came to the fore. Of the three judicial officers — the chairman, member II and member III — the posts of chairman and member II were allotted to AP. The post of member III was allotted to Telangana state.
The posts of chairman and member II have been vacant since 2013. The additional chief judge, city civil court is conducting inquiries in the tribunal once a week.
