Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Mar 8: Taking a strong note of non-release of payment to the villager who constructed Panchayat Ghar in Kundal panchayat of block Paddar here in 2011-12, Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD), Kishtwar, today ordered suspension of MPW who had supervised the construction work. As per the details available with Early Times, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Kishtwar, allotted the construction work of Panchayat Ghar to the villager who had donated land measuring approximately two kanals for the panchayat ghar free of cost. MPW Abdul Majeed Khatib, now posted in block Inderwal, had the responsibility of preparing bills, but despite directions from a senior officer, he failed to prepare the bills and release the pending amount of approximately Rs 80,000 in favour of the land owner, forcing ACD, Kishtwar, Akthar Hussain Qazi to take stern action against him.
"Pending inquiry into the matter, Khatib is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect. Pending inquiry, he will remain attached with this office till further orders," reads the ACD's order.
When contacted, the ACD said indiscipline and dereliction of duty on part of employees, who become the cause of suffering for common people, will not be tolerated.
The land owner had completed the construction of Panchayat Ghar, Kundal, and there was no reason to deny him the payment of balance amount. |
