A total of 10 officers including 2 IAS and one PCS suspended, CM Dhami took big action in Haridwar Municipal Corporation land scam case:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Major action has been taken on the instructions of Chief Minister Dhami in the Haridwar Municipal Corporation land scam case of Uttarakhand. In this case, a total of ten officers including 2 IAS, one PCS have been suspended and the service extension of 2 has been terminated.

What is this scam?

Taking a tough stand on the land scam in Haridwar Municipal Corporation, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions to suspend seven officers including two IAS, one PCS officer, in this case three officers have already been suspended, while the service of two has already been terminated. In this way, 10 officers have been suspended so far in this case.

After questions were raised on the purchase of 2.3070 hectares of unsuitable land located near the garbage dump in Village Sarai by Haridwar Municipal Corporation for crores of rupees, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had ordered an inquiry into the matter. After which Secretary Ranveer Singh Chauhan conducted a preliminary investigation of the case and submitted the report to the government on May 29 itself.

On the basis of this investigation report, the Chief Minister had directed the Personnel Department to take action against the guilty officers. On which the Personnel and Vigilance Department issued orders to suspend all the seven accused officers on Tuesday.

Following the chief minister's direction, the personnel department on Tuesday suspended Haridwar Municipal Corporation's then administrator and present DM Karmendra Singh, then municipal commissioner Varun Chaudhary, Haridwar's then SDM Ajayveer Singh, senior finance officer Nikita Bisht, senior personal assistant Vicky, registrar kanungo Rajesh Kumar, Haridwar tehsil's chief administrative officer Kamaldas.

Which officers are suspended?

Karmendra Singh - District Magistrate and then Administrator of Haridwar Municipal Corporation (suspended)
Varun Chaudhary - then Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Haridwar (suspended)
Ajayveer Singh- then sub-district magistrate, Haridwar (suspended)
Nikita Bisht - Senior Finance Officer, Municipal Corporation Haridwar (suspended)
Vicky – Senior Personal Assistant (Suspended)
Rajesh Kumar - Registrar Kanungo, Tehsil Haridwar (suspended)
Kamaldas – Chief Administrative Officer, Tehsil Haridwar (suspended)

Action has already been taken against these officers

Ravindra Kumar Dayal- Assistant Municipal Commissioner in charge (service terminated)
Anand Singh Mishravan - Executive Engineer in charge (suspended)
Laxmi Kant Bhatt- Tax and Revenue Superintendent (suspended)
Dinesh Chandra Kandpal - Junior Engineer (suspended)
Vedpal - Property Clerk (Service extension ended)

CM's statement came out

CM Dhami said, 'Our government has made it clear from day one that in public service, not 'post' but 'duty' and 'accountability' is important. No matter how senior a person is, if he disregards public interest and rules, action is certain. We want to develop a new corruption-free work culture in Uttarakhand. All public servants will have to live up to its standards.'