<p>Official sources claimed that prior to the appointment of Thomas as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, it was not brought to the notice of the selection committee that a request for prosecution sanction of him was pending with the Department of Personnel and Training.<br />The committee, comprising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, has not been informed about the issue, they said.<br /><br />Besides, since Thomas' appointment till date, there was complete change of guard in the DoPT and a new Minister as well as a new Secretary took charge.Then DoPT Minister Prithviraj Chavan was replaced by V Naranyanswamy and then Secretary Santanu Consul was succeeded by Alaka Sirohi. Even the concerned Joint Secretary went out of the Department during a routine transfer.<br /><br />Sources said the government may now take administrative action against the concerned officer who was reponsisble for preparing the note on Thomas which was presented before the selection committee.</p>
<p>Official sources claimed that prior to the appointment of Thomas as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, it was not brought to the notice of the selection committee that a request for prosecution sanction of him was pending with the Department of Personnel and Training.<br />The committee, comprising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, has not been informed about the issue, they said.<br /><br />Besides, since Thomas' appointment till date, there was complete change of guard in the DoPT and a new Minister as well as a new Secretary took charge.Then DoPT Minister Prithviraj Chavan was replaced by V Naranyanswamy and then Secretary Santanu Consul was succeeded by Alaka Sirohi. Even the concerned Joint Secretary went out of the Department during a routine transfer.<br /><br />Sources said the government may now take administrative action against the concerned officer who was reponsisble for preparing the note on Thomas which was presented before the selection committee.</p>