Cracking a disciplinary whip Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav suspended two Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) and a District Supply Officer (DSO) for being absent from their offices between 1000 and 1200hrs on Thursday, Official sources said here on Friday that CMO of Kanpur Dehat Dr Karn Singh and CMO of lalitpur Dr R C Niranjan along with DSO of lucknow Chandrashekhar Ojha have been suspended.
Chief Minister has earlier issued an order asking the district level officials to be present in their offices between 10 and 12 noon and redress the grievances of the people. CM has asked district level officials to install basic phones in their offices so that their presence could be checked. The District Magistrates and Divisional Commissioners have been asked to ensure presence of these officials. They also have been asked to send attendance report to Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan on fortnightly basis.
The spokesman said that on the direction of Chief Minister, officials in CM’s office made calls randomly to district officials and found these three officers absent. On the directives of Chief Minister action was taken against them, the spokesman said. The spokesman said that CM has clarified that Government will take stern action against the district officials being found absent from their offices between 1000 and 1200 hrs on working days.