Haryana CM orders to suspend seven officers, officials for dereliction of duty

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Taking a serious note of dereliction of duty, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday ordered to suspend seven officers and officials of different departments for dereliction of duty in redressing the complaints received on CM Window besides initiating disciplinary actions against them.

Apart from this, the Chief Minister has also ordered the Deputy Commissioners of Sonipat and Palwal to explain the reasons for delayed action in redressing complaints on ‘CM Window’. Rakesh Gupta, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister presided over a meeting to review the functioning of ‘CM Window’, the online grievance redressal system, here on Wednesday.

Gupta said that the Chief Minister has expressed his displeasure over the response of some departments including Higher Education, Elementary Education and Town and Country Planning in redressal of complaints received on CM Window. On the other hand, he has appreciated the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and Power Department for their exemplary work in this field.

The Chief Minister has ordered to suspend seven officers and officials of different departments. These included the then Tehsildar, Palwal Sham lal and Girdawar Jai Parkash, Deputy labour Commissioner, Panipat Dharampal, the then Executive Engineer (XEN) of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) Beri, Superintendent, Office of Director, School  Education Department Siddarth Gill, Medical Officer posted in Community Health Centre (CHC), Assandh Dr Seema and the then Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO) Rai and now posted as District Development and Panchayat Office (DDPO), Sonepat Ram Singh.

While action has been taken against Tehsildar, Palwal and Girdawar for harassing the applicant and not furnishing a demarcation report which was pending from May 2015, Deputy labour Commissioner, Panipat was found guilty of preparing a proforma order which he was uploading in all the complaints marked to him. Moreover, none of these reports have been signed. Despite repeated warnings, there was no change of the conduct of the Deputy labour Commissioner, said Gupta.

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