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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:11:23 +0600
CHARU SUDAN KASTURI
New Delhi, Oct. 5: The human resource development ministry has asked
the CBI to probe alleged repeated violations of norms by the Council
of Architecture in an unparalleled move against a government standard-
setting agency.
The HRD ministry has sent the CBI a list of allegations against the
council and its officials, requesting that the agency probe the manner
in which a “coterie” is running India’s apex architecture body.
This is the first time the HRD ministry has itself approached the
country’s premier investigative agency for a probe against a body that
comes under its own administrative ambit.
The demand for a CBI probe follows a nearly six-year-long tussle,
including legal battles, among different arms of the government to
wield the power to recognise institutions and courses concerning
architecture.
Documents available with The Telegraph show that the principal
allegation against the Council of Architecture involves granting
institutions and courses legitimacy without enjoying the authority to
do so.
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091006/jsp/nation/story_11579861.jsp