Jayesh Ranjan Faces Investigation for Alleged Violations in IT Procurement
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: After former MA&UD special chief secretary Arvind Kumar in the Formula E Race fiasco, Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary of IT and industries has come under the state government's scanner for allegedly committing irregularities in the procurement of IT infrastructure, switches and network security components for the Telangana Secretariat. Deccan Chronicle suggest that Ranjan approved procuring equipment worth `278 crore directly from the companies without floating tenders, which is stated to be in violation of Central Vigilance Commission norms. Documents available withRanjan approved procuring equipment worth `278 crore directly from the companies without floating tenders, which is stated to be in violation of Central Vigilance Commission norms. The documents with Deccan Chronicle suggested that Ranjan resorted to the alleged violation of norms citing “paucity of time” and avoided floating tenders and awarding contract to seven vendors of Cisco.