The Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh Government
sent a stern message by sacking several officials over misuse of power,
negligence in work, and corruption, informed the insiders.
The State Government’s disciplinary
proceedings included dismissal from service, suspension from service, withholding
of annual salary increment and legal action.
The officials against whom action were
are Muzaffarnagar’s Consolidation officer Anuj Saxena, Ballia’s Consolidation
Officer Shiv Shankar Prasad Singh, Meerut’s Assistant Consolidation Officer
Manoj Kumar Neeraj, Amroha’s Assistant Consolidation Officer Nitin Chauhan, Consolidation
Officer Awadhesh Kumar Gupta as well as assistant consolidation officers
Santosh Kumar Yadav and Akhilesh Kumar, Lekhpal’s Consolidation Officer Om
Narayan, informed Consolidation Commissioner GS Naveen Kumar.
All the consolidation authorities of the
State have been directed to discharge their official responsibilities properly,
failing which strict action will be taken against them, informed Naveen Kumar
further.
The consolidation commissioner said a
total of 1,34,425 cases have been disposed of till now in the financial year
2023-24.
So far, the consolidation process of a
total of 231 villages has been completed and promulgated under Section 52 (1)
of the Land Consolidation Act, he informed.
Naveen Kumar added these villages have
been excluded from the consolidation processes under Section 6 (1) of the Land
Consolidation Act.
In villages where the consolidation
process has been completed and Section 52(1) has been promulgated, the problems
are being resolved through visits by the revenue and consolidation authorities.
Similar to the Consolidation Department,
action has been taken in the Electricity Department as well, for alleged misuse
of power.
Also, in line with CM Adityanath’s
zero-tolerance policy towards abuse of power or position, Sarosa Fatehganj SDO
Aman Tiwari was suspended on Tuesday.
He was alleged to have misused his
position and embezzled funds from the department.
Additionally, in 3 to 4 houses in his
area, electricity theft was committed by illegally stretching the cable for an
additional 150 to 300 metres, it was alleged.
He was also alleged to have played with
the lives of people by violating rules pertaining to giving connections to
consumers only within a radius of 40 metres, officials added.
NE Watch Desk
