The Joshis, both 1979 batch officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre, hogged the news after the Income Tax department raided their residence in February, 2010 and unearthed assets valued at Rs 360 crore.
The duo, who were later suspended by the Madhya Pradesh government, had submitted IPR for 2010. The state government has recommended dismissal of both the officers from the service to the Centre.
Of the total erring officials, a highest of 32 IAS officers are from Madhya Pradesh cadre, 16 from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from Punjab and 12 from Odisha cadre who have not submitted their property details for 2011, according to a latest data from the Department of Personnel and Training.
Besides, eight officers of AP cadre, seven each from Haryana and Karnataka, four each of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa- Mizoram-Union Territories, Uttarakhand, Nagaland and Manipur- Tripura cadre, three from West Bengal cadre, two each from Assam, Tamil Nadu and one each of Chhattisgarh, HP, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Sikkim and Rajasthan cadre.
The total sanctioned strength of IAS is 6,154, including 1,885 promotion posts. Of these, 4,377 officers are in position.
An all-India service officer is bound to file property returns of a year by January end of the following year, failing which promotion and empanelment to senior level postings may be denied. (More)