CWG corruption: Organising Committee faces 45 lawsuits

NEW DELHI: The scam-hit Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is currently facing 45 lawful cases filed by personal businesses searching outstanding fee for their CWG-related work.

Officials said that the number of situations against OC, which is under the scanner of investigating bureaus for alleged economic irregularities, have risen to 45 from 30 in the last six months.

"There are 45 court cases being challenged by us. They are in distinct stages," Chief boss Officer of the Games coordinating body, Jarnail Singh told PTI.

The situations, filed in various enclosures here and in Pune, are related to dispute in investment, workforce, catering, merchandising, cleaning and waste administration, technology and other purposeful localities.

Singh said OC solicitors are assisting to the legal situations. According to the agents, most of the firms have moved enclosures after their payments were rejected as they did not work as per the scope of work mentioned in the tender allocated to them.

The coordinating managing group, which conducted the Commonwealth sport between October 3-14, 2010, has digitised its notes. It will now to hand-over its ascribe to Ministry of Sports and Youth activities.

The government has furthermore begun to acquire portions in the swanky nine-storey OC head office at 1, Jai Singh street for some of its agencies.

Certain agencies of the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home activities and Ministry of External activities among others have been allotted levels in the construction and they will start functioning shortly, causes said.

regulation and enforcement bureaus, including CBI, CVC and ED, are searching diverse economic irregularities in the execution of several CWG contracts allegedly done by OC's former head person Suresh Kalmadi and receptionist General Lalit Bhanot amidst others.

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