He said the complaint discloses reasonable apprehension of commission of cognisable offence which if not prevented, would cause serious consequence to administration of criminal justice and affecting the rule of law.
Underlining that it could not wait for giving chance to the Chief Secretary to explain his position because of urgency of the issue, he said it is “proper and necessary” to issue “ad interim direction” to take steps to prevent destruction and secure public records.
Acharyulu said it is the duty of the Chief Secretary to protect public records which are important “state property” and which could be the evidence of corruption or innocence of public servants.
In his order Acharyulu directed the Chief Secretary to submit before it a list of public records, papers and documents in custody of the Government of national capital territory, which have been destroyed “either legitimately or otherwise” along with justification of legitimate destruction.
