In a special drive against corrupt practices in the Government departments, the Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev has, on Tuesday, removed three senior officers of Delhi Government from their services for committing serious misconduct.
According to the statement issued by the Delhi Government the officers who has been removed are Ved Prakash ex-sub-registrar-II Punjabi Bagh-Nangloi, Susheel Bharti , Ex- tehsildars Preet Vihar and Sameer Sharma Mehrauli.
"As a part of sustained drive against corrupt practices , Vijay Kumar Dev, Chief Secretary, has removed three senior officers of the Delhi government from government service for committing serious misconduct," read the statement
These officers belonged to the revenue department and held positions of, and The statement stated that as part of a "sustained drive against corrupt practices, The then sub-registrar of Punjabi Bagh-Nangloi was removed on charges of registering sale deed of agricultural land of Tikri Kanan village in 2013 without obtaining the no-objection certificate from the additional district magistrate, according to the statement.
Further as per the statement, the officer registered the sale deed despite the land being under draft notification and proposed to be acquired for public purpose.
"He (Ved prakash) violated provisions of the Delhi Land Revenue Act, 1954, and the Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act, 1972, as well as the departmental instructions issued there under," read the statement.
The then Preet Vihar tehsildar (Susheel Bharti) was compulsorily retired on charges of furnishing false and incorrect status report during 2011-12 in respect to a government land and gram sabha land to the sub-registrar for sale and purchase, it stated. The statement said the third officer (Sameer Sharma) was also compulsorily retired on charges of not transferring an over 27 bigha acquired land in the name of the Government in 2013-14 despite the possession of the land being handed over to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on December 31, 2013.He continued to show the land in the name of private parties in records.