Taking a strong note of alleged irregularities in the construction of flats in Bathinda, Punjab local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday issued orders to suspend 10 officers of the Bathinda Improvement Trust.
The officers were suspended for faults found in construction of flats in Manmohan Kalia enclave at Goniana Road, Bathinda, refunding security ignoring the condition of construction of flats, issuing completion certificates in respect of flats and proceeding with draw or proposal of these flats without demand survey.
Swinging into action, the Department decided to immediately suspend the erring officers while also issuing charge sheet. In all, 13 officers were found guilty, out of which three had retired while 10 officers were suspended.
The action was taken based on a report centered on the probe conducted by the Chief Vigilance Officer of the department, following which the Minister ordered the immediate suspension of 10 officers of Bathinda Improvement Trust.
The names of suspended officers are, Gurbinder Pal Singh, Jasbir Singh (both junior engineers), Mukhtiar Singh, Gurraj Singh, Baljit Kumar (all assistant trust engineers), Rakesh Garg (trust engineer) and Gora lal, Harinder Singh Chahal, Kulwant Singh Brar and Jawahar lal (all executive officers).
Making it clear that he had resolved from the day of taking over to adopt zero tolerance approach towards corruption and irregularities besides strict action against the officers or employees found guilty, Sidhu said that in the matter of 10 suspended officers of Bathinda Improvement Trust also, “nobody guilty would be spared”.