Senior IAS officers Pradeep Vyas
and Jairaj Phatak have been placed under suspension pending
investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Maharashtra government
informed the Bombay High Court on Thursday. 
While Vyas was the Collector of Mumbai, Phatak was City Municipal Commissioner when the scam took place.
According
to the CBI, Vyas (49), during his tenure as Collector from August 2002
to May 2005, allegedly connived with other accused and accepted false
documents as proof of income and granted membership to those who were
not eligible.
His
wife Seema Vyas, also an IAS officer, has a flat in the posh Adarsh
building. Vyas, a 1989 batch officer was arrested for his alleged role
in the scam on Wednesday.
Phatak
is alleged to have allowed the height of the building in upmarket
Colaba to be raised beyond 100 metres without the approval of the
High-Rise Committee of the municipal body.
His son received a flat in the Adarsh Society building allegedly as quid pro quo.
The
High Court is hearing a batch of public interest litigations filed by
social activists Simpreet Singh and Pravin Wategaonkar seeking
monitoring of the probe by the High Court and invoking provisions of
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the case.
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