New Delhi Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who is at the center of a controversy over alleged abuse of power and privilege, may be dismissed from service if found guilty, official sources said on Friday.
They said all the documents submitted by her for securing her candidature in the civil services examination and then for her selection into the service will be re-examined by a single-member committee constituted by the Center on Thursday.
"The officer may be dismissed from service if found guilty. She may also face criminal charges if she is found to have misrepresented a fact or made any kind of manipulation in the documents she relied on for her selection," a source said. .
Khedkar, a 2023 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is on parole and is currently posted with her local cadre in Maharashtra.
The 34-year-old officer is in the eye of a storm for allegedly misusing disability quota and other backward classes to secure a position in the IAS.
The single-member inquiry committee of Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, additional secretary of the Department of Personnel and Training, has been asked to submit its report within two weeks, sources said.
Meanwhile, Khedkar had on Thursday taken up her new role as an assistant collector at Washim District Collectorate in Vidarbha region after being transferred from Pune, where she allegedly intimidated everyone around her and also placed a red beacon on her of his private Audi (a luxury sedan). car.
Khedkar has been under intense scrutiny for allegedly manipulating benefits under the physical disability category and OBC quota to secure her position in the Indian Administrative Service.
The controversial officer was sent to Washim after Pune district collector Suhas Diwase wrote to the state's additional chief secretary Nitin Gadre requesting him to consider giving Khedkar a posting in another district to avoid "administrative complications".
Diwase had sought action against Khedkar for his behaviour, including alleged aggressive treatment of junior staff, illegal occupation of Additional Collector Ajay More's anteroom and violations related to carrying a red beacon on the Audi and flashing it during the day, among other things. others.
They said all the documents submitted by her for securing her candidature in the civil services examination and then for her selection into the service will be re-examined by a single-member committee constituted by the Center on Thursday.
"The officer may be dismissed from service if found guilty. She may also face criminal charges if she is found to have misrepresented a fact or made any kind of manipulation in the documents she relied on for her selection," a source said. .
Khedkar, a 2023 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is on parole and is currently posted with her local cadre in Maharashtra.
The 34-year-old officer is in the eye of a storm for allegedly misusing disability quota and other backward classes to secure a position in the IAS.
The single-member inquiry committee of Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, additional secretary of the Department of Personnel and Training, has been asked to submit its report within two weeks, sources said.
Meanwhile, Khedkar had on Thursday taken up her new role as an assistant collector at Washim District Collectorate in Vidarbha region after being transferred from Pune, where she allegedly intimidated everyone around her and also placed a red beacon on her of his private Audi (a luxury sedan). car.
Khedkar has been under intense scrutiny for allegedly manipulating benefits under the physical disability category and OBC quota to secure her position in the Indian Administrative Service.
The controversial officer was sent to Washim after Pune district collector Suhas Diwase wrote to the state's additional chief secretary Nitin Gadre requesting him to consider giving Khedkar a posting in another district to avoid "administrative complications".
Diwase had sought action against Khedkar for his behaviour, including alleged aggressive treatment of junior staff, illegal occupation of Additional Collector Ajay More's anteroom and violations related to carrying a red beacon on the Audi and flashing it during the day, among other things. others.
