NEW DELHI: The chargesheet filed by CBI on Friday has alleged that there was a conspiracy between the late Pramod Mahajan and Shyamal Ghosh, under which a new post was created by the then minister for the bureaucrat, bending all rules, which was approved by the then prime minister the very same day.
It also gives details on requirement of eligible subscribers' base of telecom companies, which was allegedly tailored to benefit private players. In fact, Airtel had reached its subscribers base of four lakh customers for actual allocation on January 31, 2002, the day the decision was taken by Mahajan.
According to the chargesheet, Mahajan created the post of administrator USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund) on June 1, 2002, the day Ghosh was to retire. "Pramod Mahajan initiated a note on May 30, 2002, on his own for creating a post of administrator USOF for re-employment of Shyamal Ghosh from June 1, 2002 (the day of his retirement). Mahajan sent his letter to prime minister who approved it on same day. Then, it was approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC)," the chargesheet said.
This way, Ghosh was given a further three-year tenure from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2005, according to the chargesheet.
"Investigation has, thus, revealed that in case of appointment of Shyamal Ghosh as administrator USOF, the proposal was accepted by then prime minister on strong recommendation of Pramod Mahajan. The post was created on May 30, 2002 with Shyamal Ghosh as USOF administrator as a result of efforts of Pramod Mahajan," the chargesheet said.
The ACC woke up to the situation only in 2004. "After much consideration and deliberation, ACC conveyed to department of telecom (DoT) through a letter on October 6, 2004 directing for fresh recruitment procedure for the same post," the chargesheet said.
"Subsequently, the post for appointment of administrator USOF was downgraded from the post of secretary to additional secretary under the central staffing scheme after the tenure of Shyamal Ghosh. Since then, additional secretary rank officers are being appointed as administrator USOF under the central staffing scheme. No retired officer can be appointed as administrator USOF," the CBI said.
About the tailoring the norms for private companies by Ghosh and Mahajan, the chargesheet said, "Investigation has revealed that while the technical committee of DoT had recommended to allot additional spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz+6.2 MHz only after the operator reached subscribers base of 9 lakh, the requirement for subscribers base was intentionally reduced by accused public servants to 4 lakh for applying for additional spectrum and 5 lakh for actual allocation of spectrum, in order to extend wrongful benefit to Bharti, Hutchison and Sterling as Bharti had reached the subscribers base of 4 lakh on December 31, 2001 and of 5 lakh on January 31, 2002 i.e on the day said decision was taken and the aforesaid two companies had also already crossed the subscribers base of 4 lakh."
Courtesy:
Neeraj Chauhan, TNN Dec 22, 2012, 03.29AM IST
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-22/india/35968992_1_subscribers-base-chargesheet-shyamal-ghosh
It also gives details on requirement of eligible subscribers' base of telecom companies, which was allegedly tailored to benefit private players. In fact, Airtel had reached its subscribers base of four lakh customers for actual allocation on January 31, 2002, the day the decision was taken by Mahajan.
According to the chargesheet, Mahajan created the post of administrator USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund) on June 1, 2002, the day Ghosh was to retire. "Pramod Mahajan initiated a note on May 30, 2002, on his own for creating a post of administrator USOF for re-employment of Shyamal Ghosh from June 1, 2002 (the day of his retirement). Mahajan sent his letter to prime minister who approved it on same day. Then, it was approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC)," the chargesheet said.
This way, Ghosh was given a further three-year tenure from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2005, according to the chargesheet.
"Investigation has, thus, revealed that in case of appointment of Shyamal Ghosh as administrator USOF, the proposal was accepted by then prime minister on strong recommendation of Pramod Mahajan. The post was created on May 30, 2002 with Shyamal Ghosh as USOF administrator as a result of efforts of Pramod Mahajan," the chargesheet said.
The ACC woke up to the situation only in 2004. "After much consideration and deliberation, ACC conveyed to department of telecom (DoT) through a letter on October 6, 2004 directing for fresh recruitment procedure for the same post," the chargesheet said.
"Subsequently, the post for appointment of administrator USOF was downgraded from the post of secretary to additional secretary under the central staffing scheme after the tenure of Shyamal Ghosh. Since then, additional secretary rank officers are being appointed as administrator USOF under the central staffing scheme. No retired officer can be appointed as administrator USOF," the CBI said.
About the tailoring the norms for private companies by Ghosh and Mahajan, the chargesheet said, "Investigation has revealed that while the technical committee of DoT had recommended to allot additional spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz+6.2 MHz only after the operator reached subscribers base of 9 lakh, the requirement for subscribers base was intentionally reduced by accused public servants to 4 lakh for applying for additional spectrum and 5 lakh for actual allocation of spectrum, in order to extend wrongful benefit to Bharti, Hutchison and Sterling as Bharti had reached the subscribers base of 4 lakh on December 31, 2001 and of 5 lakh on January 31, 2002 i.e on the day said decision was taken and the aforesaid two companies had also already crossed the subscribers base of 4 lakh."
Courtesy:
Neeraj Chauhan, TNN Dec 22, 2012, 03.29AM IST
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-22/india/35968992_1_subscribers-base-chargesheet-shyamal-ghosh
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