Delhi High Court Orders Government CAG to put NTRO Spy organization Audit Report before parliamentary panel

Delhi High Court Orders Government CAG to put NTRO Spy organization
Audit Report before parliamentary panel

National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) works under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
NTRO monitors external communication, imagery and cyber traffic.


The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to act as per law and place a secret audit it did of the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) before the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament.

Media has reported that CAG had found financial, technical and administrative irregularities in the purchase of sensitive equipment worth Rs 750 crore.

the PMO and NTRO placed their report before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Reva Khetrapal, saying that the NTRO had taken action against the errant officials responsible.

V K Mittal, a scientist filed a PIL in High Court demanding an action taken report from the government against the delinquent officers of NTRO, the agency which monitors external communication, imagery and cyber traffic.

Mittal, who voluntarily retired as officer on special duty from the NTRO, sought a direction to the government to submit the internal inquiry report with regard to the functioning of the organization and the alleged financial irregularities committed by its senior officials.


When Right to Information application was filed the application was rejected refused on the ground that the NTRO was exempt from providing any information under the law.

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Thursday, April 07, 2011

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