Chandigarh, December 11 - Taking cognizance of complaints regarding negligent officers raised on the C.M. Window, suspension orders of six officers and employees, including a Naib Tehsildar and BDO were issued today.

The orders were issued on the directions of the Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal by Project Director, Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates Programme, Mr. Rakesh Gupta and OSD to Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupeshwar Dayal during a review meeting of C.M. Window, Social Media Grievances Tracker (SMGT) here today.

Mr. Rakesh Gupta said that the Chief Minister has given strict instructions towards zero-tolerance towards corruption in the State.

During the review meeting, the Superintendent of Police of Panipat was directed to constitute a Special Team to arrest the Sarpanch, Rair Kalan village in Panipat district. The said Sarpanch is absconding after committing an embezzlement of Rs 1.87 crore from the Panchayati Fund. In another case of misappropriation of Panchayati Funds in Mewat, to the tune of Rs. 1.60 crore was withdrawn on the basis of fake documents. Immediate action was taken when the matter came to the notice of the Chief Minister wherein suspension orders of the BDO Amit Kumar and the then Panchayat Secretary were issued and directions to register an FIR against them were also given.

In another matter wherein the officer was unable to respond to the queries made during the meeting, Mr. Rakesh Gupta issued suspension orders of Rishi Dangi, the Nodal Officer of CM Window of Panchayati Raj Department, with immediate effect. He further issued instructions to appoint an HCS officer as the nodal officer for CM Window for the Department in his place.

Besides, strict disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the then Executive Officer, Municipal Council B.N. Bharti (retired), for being hand in glove with a builder for illegal acquisition of PWD land in Narnaul, Mahendragarh. The then Building Inspector Bhim Singh was also suspended with immediate effect.

In a complaint regarding corruption allegations against officer of the Cooperation Department, Inspector Amit Kumar working in Karnal district has also been suspended. The said inspector in connivance with his relatives had set up a bogus society. These societies were duping people by creating fake ID cards using government logos. Thus, strict proceedings have also been ordered against Inspector Amit Kumar.

Taking strict action against, Naib Tehsildar, Shivraj Singh for his appointment on the basis of forged documents, orders were issued to register two FIRs against him in two separate cases and his suspension orders were issued with immediate effect. In the second case, false NOC was issued for acquisition of government land.

In another case, Patwari Jai Singh of district Kaithal was suspended with immediate effect for not making entry regarding acquisition of land. The orders for registration of FIR against him by the Department concerned were also given.

In another case, after a complaint was raised at the CM Window with the Urban Local Bodies Department following which strict disciplinary action was ordered against the then Municipal Secretary Kanina, Rohtash after he was found guilty in the initial inquiry.

Subsequently, a show cause notice was issued to Subhash Sharma, BDO of Bond division of Charkhi Dadri district for not responding on time. Besides this, strict action was also ordered under Rule 7, along with registration of an FIR against Assistant Registrar Co-operative Society (ARCS) Satish Rohilla and Rishi Kumar, after they were found hand in glove with the builder regarding 40,000 square yards of land in the district Gurugram.

Taking cognizance of another complaint, an order was issued to the Superintendent of Police to probe the matter by constituting a special team to investigate matter regarding embezzlement of Rs 1.10 crore by the officers in Alika of Dabwali tehsil of Sirsa district. The officers are presently absconding. Besides this, the matter was directed to be sent to the State Vigilance Bureau for further investigation.

In Rohtak's case, the director of the Town Planning Department was instructed to take disciplinary action against DTP Mandeep Sihag for submitting false reports regarding construction of a swimming pool though the site had no such constructions.

In a case regarding Sector 18 of Gurugram, departmental proceedings were ordered against the then Estate Officer Bharat Bhushan Gogia under Rule 7 as he has allegedly favoured the property dealer by submitting false calculations. Also, an order was made to recover the amount from the concerned dealer along with interest.

In another case of DFSC Seema Sharma, who was found guilty in an investigation conducted by Deputy Commissioner Palwal in a case of Food Supply Department, the Superintendent of Police of Palwal was directed to investigate and report the matter.

Apart from Mr. Rakesh Gupta and OSD of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupeshwar Dayal, IT Advisor to Chief Minister Mr. Dhruv Majumdar was present in the review meeting.