The CBI has filed a cost sheet in opposition to the then CMD of Air India, SAP India and IBM in reference to alleged irregularities in procurement of software program value ₹225 crore by the nationwide service in 2011, officers stated on Sunday.

The CBI has registered the case on the advice of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which discovered prima facie procedural irregularities within the procurement of the software program, in response to individuals within the investigation company in know of the event.

After almost six years of probe, the CBI has filed a cost sheet in opposition to former CMD Air India Arvind Jadhav, IBM India Private Limited, SAP India Private Limited and 6 others below the IPC part 120-B (felony conspiracy) and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, they stated.

The CVC, within the word to the CBI, stated that preliminary probe by Air India’s chief vigilance officer reveals that the nationwide service had chosen the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software program system from SAP AG with out following correct tendering process.

It was additionally alleged that there was no approval from the civil aviation ministry regardless that Air India had claimed that it had made a presentation earlier than the Group of Secretaries on July 9, 2009, and earlier than the Group of Ministers in 2010.

The fee had stated that Air India had chosen the software program from the biggest ERP supplier of the world with out justifying the necessity for a similar since already an analogous system of Oracle was in operation.

It was said that the Oracle system had some issues however no efforts had been apparently made to both set them proper or improve the present system.

Also, open tender system was not adopted for procurement of recent ERP software program, the CVC stated within the word.

“Instead, the contract was awarded to SAP and IBM on nomination basis.”