District training of IAS officer accused of misusing quota put on hold
This came amid allegations that the trainee officer had misused disability concessions and the Other Backward Classes quota.
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Trainee Indian Administrative Service officer Puja Khedkar’s district training programme has been put on hold and she was ordered to return to the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Uttarakhand’s Mussoorie, the Maharashtra government said on Tuesday, ANI reported.
The controversy regarding Khedkar’s appointment erupted after Pune-based Right to Information activist Vijay Kumbhar alleged that she became a civil services officer in the Other Backward Class quota. In this category, those whose parents’ annual income is more than Rs 8 lakh are classified in the creamy layer.
Khedkar on Tuesday filed a case of harassment against Pune district collector, PTI reported quoting unidentified officials.
A letter issued by state Additional Chief Secretary Nitin Gadre on Tuesday said that Khedkar, a Maharashtra cadre officer, had been relieved from the programme in view of the action undertaken against her by the civil service training institute.
The district training programme is the period during which the trainee officers are exposed to the day-to-day workings of the administration at the state and the district levels in their allotted cadres.
Khedkar has been at the centre of a controversy since earlier this month amid allegations that she sought the appointment of staffers, including a constable, as well as a separate house and car. These are facilities that...
