Transformer procurement ‘scam’: Will soon decide on permitting DVAC to register FIR, T.N. govt. tells Madras HC

On Thursday, July 3, the Tamil Nadu Government reported that the Madras Supreme Court will receive a first information report (FIR) permission to record a deception between 2021 and 2023 of the former Minister of Electricity Senthilbi V. will receive a call within a week or 10 days.

Justice P. Velmuragan’dan lawyer General Ps Raman, a decision was expected soon after a decision, about two years ago on the basis of the complaint put on the basis of alertness and corruption (DVAC) Directorate of Anti -Corruption Organization Arappor Iyakkam, a petition will not survive.

On the other hand, the lawyer V. Surresh, who represented the complainant, called on the court to look at the records to find out if there were cartelization and collective bids in accordance with the tenders floating for the supply of transformers. He asked for a short postponement to provide a table of the details of the complaint. Accepting the request, the judge postponed the hearing on the issue.

Jayaram Venkatesan, the manager who submitted a declaration on behalf of the petition owner, insisted on an investigation on an investigation of the public stock exchange due to the public stock exchange due to the public stock exchange due to the uneasiness of the Public Nadak.

He said that the tank was used to print the voltage used in distribution lines of distribution transformers to the court to a level that can be used by the end consumer. TangedCO supplies these transformers in various capacities between 25 kVA and 500 kVA, depending on load capacity requirements. The supply usually occurs by inviting tenders via tnenders.gov.in.

The petition organization analyzed 10 tenders floating between 2021 and 2023 for the supply of 45,800 distribution transformer. The total value of these tenders floating by Tangedco was 1,182,88 Crore. The examination of the tenders has been carried out in terms of the number of participants, the number of each bidder, the value of each bidder, the dominant market ratio and the other parameters to find out if there is any irregularity.

Detailed exercise, in seven of the 10 tenders, was the proof of unjust enrichment to the contractors through collective bids and karelization, and Arappor Iyakkam was found to be 397 Crore ‘397 Crore.

Affidavit, “10 tenders in each of the tenders, more than 26 bidders participated, so that a healthy competition constitutes a prominent image, but in all tenders, almost all the same price of the same price of the same decimal points,” he said.

He continued: “It is probably close to the fact that more than 20 bidder holders convey the same rate in the tenders. The only logical and reasonable result following this fact is to procure the proportion of this bidder and thus make an inflammation of the competition process and make it a relationship.”

At that time, Minister Senthilbalangi, TangedCO President and General Manager Rajesh Lakhoni and Financial Controller (Purchasing) V. Kasi had materials that would suspect the participation of the whole process, including all three of them as a written petition.

On Thursday, Mr. Suresh said he had made a special notification to the old minister and served in the residences in Chennai and Karur.