Friday, January 11, 2013

Special Sentances


1)         Dereliction of duty i.e. failure to perform official functions in a timely and purposeful manner
2)         Negligence in performance of duty i.e. performance in a faulty way that endangers the public, public goods and public exchequer, and/or causes harm or possibility of harm/loss to the public
3)         Non-exercise of due-diligence while performing duties
4)         Actions that cause public loss of faith in the public office
5)         Conduct that causes harm to public interest and public welfare
6)         Delays in performance of official duties
7)         Irregularities i.e. official behavior for non-official purposes
8)         Solicitation of bribe of Rs ________, or favours in kind.
9)         Redirecting persons to touts and agents
10)       Allowing or tolerating the presence and activity of touts and agents
11)       Interacting with a known tout and agent
12)       Entering into dealings with touts and agents
13)       Actual acceptance of bribe of Rs _________, or favours in kind.
14)       Deliberate misguiding, stonewalling, denying information etc.
15)       Abuse of authority / discretionary powers
16)       Selectively performing official duties e.g. Giving benefits to some, and withholding from others without satisfactory reason
17)       Refusal or undue delay to accept and acknowledge Complaint.
18)       Non-responsiveness and Inaction e.g. not issuing timely notice based on Complaint.
19)       Refusal to hold timely quasi-judicial hearings, or undue delay in holding hearings.
20)       Refusal or undue delay in passing quasi-judicial Orders.
21)       Implied favour / implied threat e.g. Boasting about one’s discretionary powers to put your case forward or behind on a cause-list for hearing.
22)       Offering privileged  information to private party.
23)       Token actions designed to fail e.g. issuing notice but taking follow-up action
24)       Time wasting tactics to allow a statute of limitations to lapse due to inaction
25)       Denial of routine information on status of Complaint, number on cause-list etc
26)       Amassing Wealth / Possessing Disproportionate Assets to known sources of income
27)       Benami ownership of disproportionate assets or businesses in the names of wife, son, driver, gardener, distant relatives etc.
28)       Influence-peddling or influence-trading, acting as a tout or middleman on behalf of higher-ups etc.
29)       Cultivating and entertaining influence-peddlers and middlemen
30)       Ownership / Partnership of private business
31)       Undue use of public office for private gains
32)       Misuse of subordinates & office colleagues for private gains
33)       Misuse of official contacts for private gains
34)       Misuse of privileged official information for private gains
35)       Other activities amounting to Conflict of Interest in performance of Official Duties
36)       Criminal activities e.g. threatening, theft of documents, tampering with documents, destroying material evidence, influencing witnesses etc.
37)       Subverting the system i.e. preventing the office from performing the lawful functions for which it was created
38)       Deliberate failure in vigilance i.e. passively allowing theft etc.
39)       Disobeying Court Orders in letter and spirit
40)       Disobeying orders from superior officers
41)       Disobeying the mandate of law
42)       Sabotage i.e. Performing official functions in ways that are doomed to ineffectiveness and failure
43)       Conspiracy i.e. acting in concert with others (colleagues or outsiders) in ways that dilute and subvert the intent of the official’s actions
44)       Using loopholes i.e. Taking undue advantage of rules, laws and procedures to subvert the proper functioning of administrative machinery and lawful intent
45)       Causing mental & physical harassment i.e. Mala fidely using authority and administrative machinery to cause fear, distress, inconvenience, loss of time etc.
46)       Targeting and victimization
47)       Selective action with malafide intent to persecute
48)       Suppression of whistle-blower / complainant through implied threats
49)       Actions that go beyond the call of one’s official duties and functions
50)       Deliberately acting against public good and causing public harm
51)       Breach of trust, breach of promise
52)       Official action/Inaction allowing private persons to get unlawful benefit of public resources
53)       Deliberate misinterpretation of laws, rules and official procedures to favour a private party, or to shield a guilty party
54)       Deliberate misinterpretation of facts
55)       Deliberate denial of justice
56)       Bullying tactics, misuse of authority to cow down and silence
57)       Not recording proceedings and material facts during official hearings
58)       Fraud, forgery and tampering with official documents
59)       Being in the company of private parties, leading to conflict of interest e.g. judges and quasi-judicial authorities drinking at the same table as the Accused
60)       Misuse of government machinery e.g. use of government premises and government vehicles for private business
61)       Acquiring stakes (directly or through family members) in private business ventures, land holdings etc., leading to actual or potential conflict of interest
62)       Over-charging official exchequer e.g. inflating medical bills, petrol bills etc.
63)       Misuse of official privileges e.g. charging relatives phone bills to own account
64)       Refusal to relinquish official premises, official vehicles, etc. even after tenure of office is over
65)       Accepting substantial gifts in cash or kind
66)       Purchasing assets e.g. land and building at a fraction of their true market value at the time of the purchase, as a way of collecting bribe
67)       Selling private assets e.g. land and building at substantially more than their true value at the time of the sale, as a way of collecting bribe
68)       Entering into transactions e.g. land and building, shares, in such as way that he derives benefit from policy decisions of the government
69)       Allowing extraneous considerations to colour ones judgment, influence policy decisions etc.
70)       Entering into transactions or relationships that create a potential conflict of interest and interfere with the impartial discharge of one’s official duties
71)       Creating false documents e.g. back-dated bills, documents without dates and serial numbers, etc.
72)       Knowingly using false documents submitted by others e.g. using letters where date is left blank for the purposes of filling up later
73)       Influencing ones superiors to unduly favour private parties, or to shield the guilty parties
74)       Acting as a conduit for kickbacks and corruption for ones superior officers
75)       Misbehaviour and inappropriate behavior
76)       Abetting in adulteration of goods
77)       Abetting in diversion of goods
78)       Abetting in tax evasion
79)       Concealing knowledge of loss to public goods and exchequer
80)       Knowingly accepting poor quality of work or materials from contractors/suppliers
81)       Deliberately allowing pilferage and theft of public property
82)       Knowingly entering into faulty agreements with contractors/suppliers
83)       Deliberate misrepresentation of one’s official duties and powers, with intent to mislead and profit
84)       Driving in a car with special misleading number plates, or using a misleading visiting card
85)       Misuse of power to conduct raids, search-and-seizure, scrutiny of documents etc. for personal profits
86)       Acting as an agent for corrupt purposes
87)       Abetting in under-payment or non-payment for public goods
88)       Leading to loss to public exchequer in any way
89)       Devising or interpreting schemes and procedures in ways that gives illegal advantage to certain private parties
90)       Mala fidely preventing the optimal usage of scarce public resources (like land and water) in order to give a commercial advantage to private parties (such as land grabbers, builder lobbies and tanker mafias)
91)       Malafidely citing limitations of jurisdiction to give undue advantages to private parties (e.g. Railway Police, Police and Municipal corporation not clearing  hawkers to sit on railway over bridges, claiming jurisdiction problems).

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