HYDERABAD: The eight IAS officers, against whom the supreme court has ordered notices, are waiting for them to arrive, so that they can figure out what they should do next. A petition was filed by an advocate alleging that they are responsible for the 26 crucial GOs, which helped Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy amass huge wealth. "Let me see the contents. I have not received any notice so far from the supreme court. If the court asks me to explain the GOs issued by me, I will do it. All the GOs that I have issued are in accordance with rules and relevant legislations," principal secretary municipal administration, P Sambob told Express. The court's decision to serve notices not only to officers but also to the CBI appears to have had a jarring effect on the IAS officers as any order to the CBI to inquire into their role would mean hours of interrogation by CBI sleuths and they would have to build a water-tight argument to defend themselves.The officers are of the view that the government should come to their rescue and defend them in supreme court, by bearing expenses that they are to incur, if they approached the court individually. Since they were government servants and carried out the orders of the government, it is not proper for the government to wash off its hands if they land in a soup. "It is the responsibility of the government to help them out both in rendering legal assistance as well as meeting the expenses," one senior officer said.Senior IAS officer B P Acharya's wife, Ranjeev Acharya has written to the chief secretary to ensure that the government meet all the legal expenses incurred by her and her husband consequent to his arrest by the CBI in APIIC-EMAAR case. She maintained that since no one had declared that what Acharya had done was wrong, it is the responsibility of the government to meet his legal expenses. Even the CBI had not indicted him and it only had made some allegations against him and since he had worked for the government, his expenses should be borne by it, she said. Some officers point out to the government paying `4 lakh compensation ordered by National Human Rights Commission to the victim of IPS officer Tejdeep Kaur Menon after concluding that she had misused her official position and used force against a young couple. In Acharya's case, the charges against him have not been proved and yet he has to shell out from his pocket to fight the legal battles.
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