<p> Delhi government on Saturday rejected allegations of corruption in granting a contract to a private firm for carrying out fitness test of commercial vehicles. <br /><br /></p>.<p>It said “no undue favour was extended" to any firm.<br /><br />A court on Friday asked police about the action they had taken on a complaint against chief minister Sheila Dikshit and transport minister Arvinder Singh Lovely for alleged corruption in issuing fitness certificates to commercial vehicles. <br /><br />"No undue favour was done to M/S ESP by transport department. The contract was awarded to the firm with the approval of council of ministers after following a set procedure,” said principal secretary transport R Chandramohan.<br /><br />The decision was neither taken by chief minister nor by the then transport minister, Chandramohan added. Metropolitan magistrate Neeraj Gaur asked anti-corruption branch to file an action-taken-report by July 4 detailing the steps it has taken on the complaint filed by RTI activist Vivek Garg. <br /><br />Garg alleged that "due to corrupt and malafide intentions of the said ministers (Dikshit and Lovely), officer (R K Verma) and companyno tender bid was called.</p>
<p> Delhi government on Saturday rejected allegations of corruption in granting a contract to a private firm for carrying out fitness test of commercial vehicles. <br /><br /></p>.<p>It said “no undue favour was extended" to any firm.<br /><br />A court on Friday asked police about the action they had taken on a complaint against chief minister Sheila Dikshit and transport minister Arvinder Singh Lovely for alleged corruption in issuing fitness certificates to commercial vehicles. <br /><br />"No undue favour was done to M/S ESP by transport department. The contract was awarded to the firm with the approval of council of ministers after following a set procedure,” said principal secretary transport R Chandramohan.<br /><br />The decision was neither taken by chief minister nor by the then transport minister, Chandramohan added. Metropolitan magistrate Neeraj Gaur asked anti-corruption branch to file an action-taken-report by July 4 detailing the steps it has taken on the complaint filed by RTI activist Vivek Garg. <br /><br />Garg alleged that "due to corrupt and malafide intentions of the said ministers (Dikshit and Lovely), officer (R K Verma) and companyno tender bid was called.</p>