Taking an adverse view of delay in conclusion of Departmental Enquiries, DEs against police personnel, Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal has asked senior officials concerned to deal with pending complaints related to corruption and criminal acts by February next year. The police chief has issued an order directing all the officers to conclude DEs before February 28, 2011. The order added that all JCPs, Additional Commissioners of Police and Deputy Commissioners of Police shall personally monitor the progress. According to an official data pertaining to police personnel involved in criminal and corruption cases pending trial, enquiries remained latent in 67 corruption cases. In 198 such cases, DEs have not been initiated at all. Further, enquiries had not been completed in 86 criminal cases while there were no DEs in 841 such cases.