Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka on Thursday suspended eight officers of the education department, including a District Education Officer (DEO).
Maluka has also sought explanation from District Education Officers of Ropar, ludhiana and Hoshiarpur including the computer faculty for sending the incomplete and wrong information regarding inter-district transfer cases and also hiding the facts in the list received by the Director Public Instructions (DPI) — senior secondary.
The minister, as per a press statement, suspended Faridkot DEO (Sr Sec) Amarjit Singh, superintendent Balwinder Singh, junior assistant Roop Singh, and headquarter of these would be the Circle Education Office, Faridkot.
Minister has also sought the explanation from ludhiana DEO (Sr Sec), while Jagdish Chand and Jarnail Singh — both clerks at the office of ludhiana DEO — have been suspended and their headquarter would be the Circle Education Office, Jalandhar.
Meanwhile, Maluka has also suspended superintendent Bal Kishan and Harjinder Singh, clerk of office of the DEO Ropar, for negligence in official duties.
Their headquarter has been fixed at the office of Jalandhar DEO. An explanation has also been sought from Ropar DEO for negligence in his duties.
Minister also sought the explanation from Hoshiarpur DEO and the data operator Kavita Dutta while a computer faculty Sarbjit Singh has been suspended for negligence in his duty.