Chandigarh, Sept. 19 -- The Haryana government has declined to grant prior approval under Section 17-A of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act to investigate the role of four IAS officers with regards to multiple first information reports (FIRs) registered by the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SVACB) at Faridabad.

The matter pertained to alleged irregularities in the award of contracts to a private contractor for undertaking civil works including laying of interlocking tiles, construction of culverts, repair of drains and installation of iron grills by the Faridabad municipal corporation in 2018 and 2019.

As per Section 17-A of the PC Act, prior approval of the state government is required for conducting an investigation o...