The government has suspended Shailendra Kumar Gupta, the executive officer of Siswa Municipality of Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. This action was taken against him after Siswa MLA asked a question in the Assembly. The MLA raised a question in Rule 51 of the Assembly session, after which the government got the District Magistrate investigated and when the allegations were found to be true, the EO was suspended.
Actually, the dispute that started in Siswa Municipality is not showing any signs of stopping. The round of actions that started after Siswa Municipality President Shakuntala Jaiswal’s illegal promotion of her watchman husband and corruption in the municipality is not stopping. First the then EO Ramdular Yadav was suspended for supporting the Municipality Chairman, then the government seized the power of the Municipality Chairman and then the EO suspended the fourth class employee.
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Now after the MLA asked a question under Rule 51 during the assembly session, the government has suspended the executive officer posted in Siswa Municipality. After the suspension action, Siswa Municipality has once again come into limelight.
Actually, a writ has been filed in the High Court regarding the power seizure of the Municipality Chairman. Siswa Municipality had to file its counter. The administrator of the municipality had also given a written order to the executive officer to install the counter on July 19.
According to Siswa MLA, Executive Officer Shailendra Gupta flouting the rules did not file the counter in favor of the government, in the same order the administration issued a show cause notice holding the EO guilty. It is alleged that the executive officer did not take the government’s side and put the opposition’s side against the government.
The allegation is also that the Executive Officer arbitrarily sent Class IV employee Anil Gupta to the High Court to advocate against the government. When there was objection regarding this, the EO suspended the Class IV employee with immediate effect on July 8. Later the suspension order was also withdrawn. Then the Class IV employee was sent to the High Court for advocacy. He was suspended again and a show cause notice was issued.
In this matter, Siswa MLA had drawn the attention of the government under Rule 51 and demanded appropriate action by getting the matter investigated by the District Magistrate. After investigation, Anuj Kumar Jha, Director of Municipal Corporation Directorate, on July 30, booked the Executive Officer of Siswa Municipality, Shailendra Gupta, on charges of arbitrarily working without taking interest in following the instructions given by the higher officials and adopting illegal working practices with immediate effect. Suspended.
During the suspension period, the Executive Officer has been attached to the District Magistrate’s office. To conduct departmental action, the government has named Ajay Kumar Tripathi, assistant director of the Municipal Corporation Directorate, as the investigating officer who will investigate the case.
In this case, District Magistrate Anunay Jha said that after the power of Siswa Municipality Chairman was seized, the Municipal Corporation Chairman has filed a case in the court. In this matter, the EO was to present his case on behalf of the Municipality but the Executive Officer has been negligent in discharging his responsibilities by sending a class IV employee in his place.