Tribune News Service
Faridabad, March 13
Deputy Commissioner Yashpal Yadav has recommended suspension of an official of the District Development and Panchayats Department under the government service rules for alleged financial irregularities, misconduct, corruption and dereliction of duty. The action has been recommended after an enquiry into five different cases, it is reported.
In a letter dated March 9, addressed to the Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Haryana, Yadav highlighted some financial ‘irregularities’ and dereliction of duty on the part of the official concerned and recommended action under the provisions of the Government Employees Conduct Rules-1966 and Haryana Civil Services (Government Employee Conduct Rules-2016 (Sub-Rule 7 and 8).
The letter cited a case of the withdrawal of Rs 2.32 crore from the account of Mujheri village gram panchayat between January and May 2020, claiming that the money was withdrawn without the permission of a competent authority. A probe conducted into the matter by senior officials of the Panchayati Raj Department found a total financial loss of Rs 1.38 crore. The probe held the block-level officer of the area responsible for the irregularity.
The second major ‘embezzlement’ reported was in the purchase of sanitisers and masks worth Rs 62.24 lakh from the funds of the gram panchayat of Mujheri village last year. Though a show-cause notice was issued, no satisfactory response was received, it is claimed.
The third case pertains to the release of a payments to the tune of lakhs of rupees to a contractor prior to the completion of work in a village and the production of bills in June last year. The gram sachiv was suspended in the case.
The DC in his letter has also highlighted the sale of panchayat land at Mothuka village and the failure of the official concerned to get encroachments removed from government land to seek his immediate suspension.
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