284 graft cases against MCD staff pending

Around 300 graft cases investigated by CBI and Anti-Corruption Branch were pending against officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) with 53 of the charges for more than eight years.
    
On the basis of conviction of the officials concerned, departmental action has been initiated in only eight cases of the total 292 cases registered against MCD officials by the two probe agencies, official sources said.
    
While more than 215 cases are under various stages of trial, 56 are still under investigation.
    
According to year-wise data of cases investigated by CBI and ACB of Delhi government, there are 53 corruption cases against officials of MCD dating before 2001.
    
In 2001, 19 cases were registered while the figure for 2002 is 17 and 35 in 2003. In 2004, 19 cases are filed, 29 in 2005, 39 in 2006, 32 in 2007, 30 in 2008 and 19 in 2009 (so far).
    
Among the MCD officials, 62 have retired even when the cases were pending.
    
In comparison, there are 64 cases pending against officials of Delhi government, including those of autonomous bodies or boards, which were probed by the ACB. There is only one case dating before 2001 while the figures in since 2001 are 2 (2001), 3 (2002), 7 (2003), 3 (2004), 4 (2005), 13 (2006), 7 (2007), 13 (2008) and 11 (2009 till August 17).