Tuesday, December 16, 2008, (New Delhi)
CBI is plagued by a staggering 23 per cent vacancies in its sanctioned strength, especially in investigations and legal department, resulting in unusually longer probe and pending trials.
Top sources in CBI said the country's premier investigating agency has 1402 vacancies of the total sanctioned strength of 5960. While 3209 officers are available in the executive cadre which investigates the cases handed over to the agency, its actual sanctioned strength is 4077.
Similarly, while the legal department of the CBI has a sanctioned strength of 230, the agency only has 156 legal heads at its disposal.
"Yes, the vacancies are a problem as the number of cases that we are investigating is too large in comparison with our strength. Many a times, a single Investigating Officer ends up heading 4-5 different cases which ideally he should not," a senior CBI official said.
The toll of the vacancies can also be seen in the CBI annual performance report. While in 2006, 650 cases were disposed off and 8293 were pending, in 2007, 674 cases were disposed off and the pending cases rose to 8730.
Similarly, as per the latest data available for 2008, while 537 cases were disposed off, the pending cases have risen to 8871.
"The legal strength was sanctioned when we used to handle about 1400 cases but now we are handling over 8000 cases and hence our endeavour is to increase its strength by three times," the official said.
Top sources in CBI said the country's premier investigating agency has 1402 vacancies of the total sanctioned strength of 5960. While 3209 officers are available in the executive cadre which investigates the cases handed over to the agency, its actual sanctioned strength is 4077.
Similarly, while the legal department of the CBI has a sanctioned strength of 230, the agency only has 156 legal heads at its disposal.
"Yes, the vacancies are a problem as the number of cases that we are investigating is too large in comparison with our strength. Many a times, a single Investigating Officer ends up heading 4-5 different cases which ideally he should not," a senior CBI official said.
The toll of the vacancies can also be seen in the CBI annual performance report. While in 2006, 650 cases were disposed off and 8293 were pending, in 2007, 674 cases were disposed off and the pending cases rose to 8730.
Similarly, as per the latest data available for 2008, while 537 cases were disposed off, the pending cases have risen to 8871.
"The legal strength was sanctioned when we used to handle about 1400 cases but now we are handling over 8000 cases and hence our endeavour is to increase its strength by three times," the official said.
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