Officer put in doghouse by AAP government reinstated by LG

NEW DELHI: In a move that is going to sour relations between LG V K Saxena and the AAP government even more, IAS officer YVVJ Rajasekhar, who was divested of his responsibilities by the latter on the allegations of "running an extortion racket and demanding protection money from officers" has been reinstated.
According to officials, the directorate of vigilance of the Delhi government issued an order on Monday allowing Rajasekhar, who currently holds the charge of a special secretary, to resume work "as usual". The order added that in keeping with the directions of the competent authority (read LG), the assistant directors of the directorate shall continue to maintain the workflow that existed till May 10.
No immediate reaction was available from the AAP government.
Rajasekhar was divested of his duties and his work redistributed among the assistant directors by services minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on May 13, two days after the Constitution bench of Supreme Court had handed over control of services matters, including transfer and posting of officers, to the elected dispensation.
De-sealing of room number 403, the official chamber of special secretary vigilance at the Delhi Secretariat, and number 404, his confidential section, has also been ordered.
According to officials, the two rooms were sealed after Rajasekhar registered a complaint of "trespassing" and suspected "tampering" of "sensitive" files, including those related to the excise policy probe and renovation of the chief minister's residence. Demanding "appropriate action from his seniors", the officer had also expressed apprehension that the rooms "might have been bugged" and there was a likelihood of "breach of secrecy, tampering of records and fabrication of records".
Besides Delhi Police being informed, copies of his complaint had also been sent to the Union home ministry and the LG's office.
Immediately after resuming work, Rajasekhar issued an order for preparing an inventory of files, including the number of pages in each of them, kept at his office and his confidential section.
Delhi Police, meanwhile, has launched an investigation into Rajasekhar's complaint of unauthorised entry into his official chamber and the confidential section on the intervening night of May 15-16. A senior Delhi Police officer said CCTV footage of the corridor outside the two rooms and other parts of the floor had been obtained and were being analysed for leads.
"We can see a lot of people moving around the corridor carrying files. The footage is being closely scrutinised," said an officer. "It is a sensitive matter and we are looking into it," the officer added.
A senior Delhi government officer said the CCTV footage of the date of the purported incident and that of a few days before and after it were immediately preserved following the complaint and launch of an investigation and the footage handed over to the cops.