Special CBI Judge P S Teji also awarded three-year jail terms each to three private contractors for plotting with the MCD engineers for duping the exchequer.
The court said the MCD engineers "conspired with accused contractors and gave false certificate to the effect that signboards installed by accused contractors Subhash Chand, Ajay Verma and Deepak Goel were as per specifications of NIT."
"The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) engineers by misusing their official positions showed favour to the accused contractors and an attempt has been made by them to cheat the government exchequer," the judge said.
The MCD officials, who were sentenced included its Executive Engineer Brij Pal Singh, three assistant engineers Anil Kumar, P K Sharma and S S Arya and four junior engineers G P Sharma, Ramkesh Meena, Arun Kumar and A K Jain.
The jailed private contractors included Deepak Goel of M/s Darshan construction, Subhash Chand of M/s Subhash Brothers and Ajay Verma of M/s A S constructions.
The CBI had registered the case in February 2005 accusing the MCD engineers of committing bungling in installation of the road signage. (MORE)