Submission of illegal application seeking ration card under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) cost nine Government employees in Ganjam district dear.
According to reports, Ganjam Collector Prem Chand Chaudhary has suspended nine Government employees who had reportedly applied for issue of ration card in their favour under the NFSA.
Notably, all the Government servants were instructed earlier not to apply for ration card under the Act as they are not eligible for the purpose. The Government employees, who had already applied for the card, were warned for withdrawal of their applications by 30th June, 2015.
Official sources said the administration had launched massive awareness programme regarding exclusion criteria through wall paintings and advertisements in Odia dailies. Besides this, the Government servants were also communicated through their respective Heads of the office vide official letter to withdraw their application within the deadline to which these nine employees did not respond.
In spite of all these, sources said, some Government employees violating the instructions had tried silently for inclusion of their names in the new ration card system in order to avail the benefits of the scheme.
When the matter came to the Collector’s notice, he suspended Amin in Chatrapur tehsil Sitaram Sahu, Brahmapur Settlement Office’s peon Kandha Gouda, Chandrapada ME School’s Assistant Teacher Debaraj Panda of the Chatrapur area, Rumagada Primary School’s Assistant Teacher Durgamadhab Kara, Polasara block’s VAW Tikina Kumari Sahu, Mardakote Primary School’s Sikshya Sahayak Sagar Kumar Jena, Gopinath High School’s PET Kailash Chandra Samantaray of Jakar under Polasara block, Gopabandhu High School’s Assistant Teacher Subhakanta Sahu of the Polasara area and Banapalli UP School Sikshya Sahayak Swetambar Sahu of Paikajamuna under Kabisurya Nagar block.