74 cases of theft, misappropriation & loss amounting to Rs 2 Cr pending for final action: CAG

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 13, 2020

Final action was pending against 74 cases of theft, misappropriation and loss involving government money amounting to Rs 200.74 lakh, which was reported up to March last year.

This was revealed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its state finance audit report for the year ended March 31, 2019 tabled in the just concluded Assembly’s autumn session.

These cases were related to the state legislative assembly, public works department, health & family welfare, public health engineering, finance, mining, community & rural development, land record & survey and horticulture.

The report said out of 74 cases, departments concerned had filed FIRs with the police department only in respect of 69 cases involving Rs 154.73 lakh. In the remaining five cases involving Rs 46.02 lakh, information on filing of FIRs had not been furnished, it said.

According to the CAG, the highest amount of theft and loss of Rs 88.44 lakh pertained to the finance department involving two cases.

“The highest amount of misappropriation of Rs 44.09 lakh pertained to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly involving two cases. Loss of government material of Rs 21.06 lakh pertained to the horticulture department involving one case,” it said.