A gazette notification issued by the Madhya Pradesh government completely insulates Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service officers of the Madhya Pradesh cadre serving under the state government from investigation by the CBI of alleged offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, or any other offence or acts of criminal conspiracy.
The Madhya Pradesh home department issued an extraordinary gazette notification on October 12 this year which says: “In super session of all previous notifications and letters issued by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in pursuance of Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 (25 of 1946) the state government hereby gives its consent to the extension of the powers and jurisdiction of the members of the Delhi Special Police Establishment in the whole of the state of Madhya Pradesh for investigation of the offences committed by the employees of Central government, Central public undertakings and persons connected with the affairs of the Central government (excluding officers of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service borne on Madhya Pradesh cadre serving under the government of Madhya Pradesh at the time of commission of the alleged offences or their investigation).”