A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred the scheduled hearing on a complaint seeking lodging of a case against Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and three Public Works Department (PWD) official alleging irregularities in award of contracts for road and drain works.

Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra adjourned the matter to December 12 as he had to go to Tihar Jail to conduct a test identification parade.

The complaint, filed by Rahul Sharma of non-government organisation Road Anti-Corruption Organisation, has alleged that PWD officials had between 2014 and 2017 allocated contracts for pecuniary benefits for themselves and those of the contractors.

Executive Engineer Anil Trehan, in criminal conspiracy with Superintendent Engineer Mukesh Kumar, other officials and the contractors, had obtained for themselves huge sums of money, the complaint said.

Thus, they committed offences of fraud, criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and criminal breach of trust under IPC and offences covered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the complaint alleged. The bid was manipulated to cause substantive gain for Mr. Trehan under the influence of Mr. Jain, the complaint added.