{"id":51297,"date":"2018-01-19T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51297"},"modified":"2018-01-19T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T05:35:27","slug":"retired-ias-officer-acquitted-mp-power-meter-purchase-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/retired-ias-officer-acquitted-mp-power-meter-purchase-case","title":{"rendered":"Retired IAS officer acquitted in MP power meter purchase case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/power-mwter.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"51298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/retired-ias-officer-acquitted-mp-power-meter-purchase-case\/power-mwter\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/power-mwter.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"power mwter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/power-mwter.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/power-mwter.jpg?resize=260%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/power-mwter.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/power-mwter.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>A special court today acquitted a retired woman IAS officer in an electricity meter purchase case dating back to 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Acquitting Ajeeta Vajpayee Pandey, special court judge (Lokayukta) Akshay Dwivedi said that she was not found to be involved in any wrongdoing in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The case against the official was that as the member (Finance) of the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, she had opined to purchase high-cost electricity meters.<\/p>\n<p>However, during the trial, she had clarified that as the member (Finance), she had given her opinion that since the purchase was of more than Rs one crore, the board&#8217;s approval should be taken.<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyer, Surendra Singh, pointed out that department officials had issued tenders without the board&#8217;s approval and Pandey had no role in it.<\/p>\n<p>The court, which had reserved its judgement on Tuesday, pronounced it today, acquitting Pandey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special court today acquitted a retired woman IAS officer in an electricity meter purchase case dating back to 1997. 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