Patna. In Bihar, Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has taken major action against officers and employees who are negligent in government work and delaying the solution of public problems. 15 officials and employees of different districts of the state have been suspended with immediate effect on charges of negligence and not executing the applications received under the cooperation program in a timely and quality manner. The Chief Minister has also ordered to initiate departmental action against them.
According to the press release issued by the Chief Minister's Secretariat, during the state level cooperation camp on Tuesday, the Chief Minister took seriously the cases of negligence in the execution of applications. After this, instructions were given to suspend the concerned 15 officers and employees with immediate effect. Those suspended include officers and employees of the Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Rural Development Department, Urban Development and Housing Department and Public Health Engineering Department.
In this action, action has been taken against Jai Prakash, Circle Officer of Haveli Kharagpur in Munger district and Archana Kumari, Circle Officer of Tetiya Bamber. Ravi Ranjan, Block Development Officer, Ara Sadar, Bhojpur district, Sanjeev Kumar, Circle Officer, Kodha, Katihar district, Santosh Kumar Suman, Circle Officer, Navgachia, Bhagalpur district and Pankaj Kumar, Circle Officer, Forbesganj, Araria district have also been suspended. Similarly, action has also been taken against Ramesh Kumar, Circle Officer of Bodh Gaya in Gaya district, Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay, Circle Officer of Makhdumpur in Jehanabad district, Priyanka Singh, Circle Officer of Triveniganj in Supaul district and Veena Vaishali, Executive Officer of Nirmali and Simrahi.
Apart from this, Rohit Kumar Dubey, assistant engineer of Public Health Engineering Division of Sheikhpura, Bhola Nath, executive engineer of Public Health Engineering Division of Kudhni, Muzaffarpur, Shyam Babu Rai, junior engineer of Majhaulia Public Health Engineering Division of West Champaran and Pawan Kumar, junior engineer of Sursand Public Health Engineering Division of Sitamarhi have been suspended. Action has also been taken against Gopalganj revenue employee Shubham Kumar.
The Chief Minister has directed all the District Magistrates, Departmental Secretaries and officials of the Chief Minister's Secretariat to regularly review the disposal of applications received on the Sahayog portal. He clarified that mere timely review of performance is not enough, but quality disposal of applications should also be ensured. The Chief Minister has said that if any officer or employee procrastinates without actually solving the problems of the applicants, then strict disciplinary action should be taken against him.