- Nine officials from the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, and four from the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) face disciplinary action
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has taken strict action against administrative negligence by suspending 15 officials. Among those suspended on Tuesday, the largest group—nine officials—belongs to the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms. Additionally, action has been taken against four officials from the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), one from the Rural Development Department, and one from the Urban Development and Housing Department.
The suspended officials from the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms include: Santosh Kumar Suman (Circle Officer, Naugachia, Bhagalpur district), Pankaj Kumar (Circle Officer, Forbesganj, Araria district), Ramesh Kumar (Circle Officer, Bodh Gaya, Gaya district), Ranjeet Kumar Upadhyay (Circle Officer, Makhdumpur, Jehanabad district), Priyanka Singh (Circle Officer, Triveniganj, Supaul district), Jaiprakash (Circle Officer, Haveli Kharagpur, Munger district), Archana Kumari (Circle Officer, Tetia Bambar, Munger district), Sanjeev Kumar (Circle Officer, Korha, Katihar district), and Shubham Kumar (Revenue Employee, Gopalganj).
From the Rural Development Department, Ravi Ranjan, the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Ara Sadar in Bhojpur district, has been suspended. Meanwhile, Veena Vaishali, the Executive Officer for Nirmali and Simrahi in Supaul district (under the Urban Development and Housing Department), has also faced disciplinary action.
The four officials from the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) include: Rohit Kumar Dubey (Assistant Engineer, Sheikhpura Division), Bhola Nath (Junior Engineer, Muzaffarpur), Shyam Babu Rai (Junior Engineer, Majhaulia Division, West Champaran), and Pawan Kumar (Junior Engineer, Sursand Division, Sitamarhi).
This move by the Chief Minister is being viewed as a sign of the government’s firm stance against negligence in administrative operations.
