Haryana IAS officer Sanjeev Verma (IAS:2004:HY) has filed an application before the Haryana Lokayukta, Justice Hari Pal Verma (retd) for impleading him as a party in a complaint pertaining to alleged illegal appointments made in the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation. The matter is pending before the Lokayukta.
Verma wrote that Ashok Khemka (IAS:1991:HY) had made serious allegations against him in his intervention application to the Lokayukta. Therefore, he should be impleaded as a party to the proceeding so that he can explain the factual position about the false allegation levelled at him.
Khemka has filed an intervention application before the Lokayukta in 2022 seeking directions to the chief secretary to inquire into the manner in which a first information report (FIR) was filed against him without following the due process established by law in a hurry. The two IAS officers are at loggerheads and the application alleged that Verma had an axe to grind with Khemka.
Khemka, in his intervention application, prayed for the dismissal of a complaint alleging irregularities in the selection of managers during his tenure as managing director of HSWC from 2009 to 2010.
