Irked over slow pace of development in and around lucknow, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has pulled up two senior officials of principal secretary rank for their apathy towards work and issued warning for their lackadaisical approach.
The two officers Principal Secretary Housing Sadakant and Principal Secretary Industries Sanjeev Saran were transferred last week and sent to Basti and Devipatan divisions as Commissioners respectively. In bureaucratic circle it was considered a punishment transfer.
On Wednesday both the transfers were cancelled. Sadakant and Saran were revert to their old positions and were asked to complete the development schemes within a time-bound manner.
“These transfers have been cancelled because the officers have shown their commitment to complete the projects within stipulated time,” a government spokesman said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister set a time table according to which the main road connecting Satkhanda Park, Clock Tower and Picture Gallery by December 31. Similarly beautification of road connecting Husainabad ward and Durga Temple should also be completed by December 31.
The time schedule includes completion of laying of underground electric wire between Hussainabad Tilewali Mosque to Jama Masjid by December 15 and widening of the same road by March 2015. The other work includes beatification of Gomti river front. “If both the officers fail to live up to the expectations action would be taken against them,” Chief Minister said.