Chandigarh: Clipping the wings of high-flying helicopter pilots of Haryana, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has blamed the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government for giving undue financial benefits to them and pointed out irregularities in the functioning of the Haryana civil aviation department.
According to a report tabled in the assembly on Monday, the government not only appointed a special executive pilot without approval, but also paid inadmissible allowances amounting to Rs 63 lakh to two other pilots, in violation of rules. The civil aviation department in 2012 had appointed a retired IAF officer as special executive pilot (SEP) without any vacancy. As per civil aviation department service rules, there was only one post of SEP in the state, which was already occupied.
On being pointed out by the auditors, department officials replied that in view of urgency and smooth operations of helicopter, the government created one post of SEP.
15/07/14 Sukhbir Siwach/imes of India
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According to a report tabled in the assembly on Monday, the government not only appointed a special executive pilot without approval, but also paid inadmissible allowances amounting to Rs 63 lakh to two other pilots, in violation of rules. The civil aviation department in 2012 had appointed a retired IAF officer as special executive pilot (SEP) without any vacancy. As per civil aviation department service rules, there was only one post of SEP in the state, which was already occupied.
On being pointed out by the auditors, department officials replied that in view of urgency and smooth operations of helicopter, the government created one post of SEP.
15/07/14 Sukhbir Siwach/imes of India
