Air India’s task force yet to begin probe into employees’ forged caste certificates

Mumbai: Air India’s probe into the alleged forging of caste certificates by employees to get a job is waiting to take off.
Acting on a Delhi High Court order, the airline’s headquarters on April 15 issued a list of 83 such employees and formed a task force to complete the probe within eight days.
But the task force has not yet begun the probe.
According to the procedure, the task force is supposed to submit caste certificates of staffers under the scanner and relevant supporting documents to a state-appointed Scrutiny Committee, which verifies the authenticity of the caste certificates.
Urmila Subbarao, the airline’s chief vigilance officer, confirmed that the task forced had been set up. “We have not begun the process yet,” she said, but did not explain the cause for the delay.
Sources in the airline claim that the exercise is eyewash.
“It is a big sham. The senior management is shielding some employees,” said an airline official requesting anonymity.
In 2007, V. Thulsidas, the former chairman and managing director, had ordered a similar probe but it made no headway.
19/05/10 Soubhik Mitra/Hindustan Times

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