New Delhi: As the UP government charge sheeted IAS officer Durga Sakhti Nagpal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Centre is in touch with the state authorities on the issue and that laid down rules will be followed.
“There are rules laid down. They will be followed. We are in touch with the state government to get details of the case,” the prime minister said here in response to a question from a mediaperson on the government’s stand on Durga Shakti’s case.
We must ensure that the officer is not unfairly treated,” Gandhi had said in her letter to Singh, who holds the charge of Personnel Ministry.
The UP government on Sunday served a charge sheet to the IAS officer.
Nagpal, the 28-year-old SDM of Gautam Budh Nagar, who led the crackdown on sand mining mafia in her district, was suspended on July 27 ostensibly for ordering demolition of a wall of an under-construction mosque allegedly without following the due process. Nagpal belonged to the UP cadre.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure fair treatment for Nagpal and stressed need for safeguards to protect officials “working to uphold
This is the third such letter sent to the state government so far after the 2010-batch IAS officer was suspended on July 27. Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy said
The Centre’s fresh reminder came in the backdrop of Sonia Gandhi, who is Chairperson of National Advisory Council (NAC), writing a letter to the Prime Minister, saying that Nagpal should not be “unfairly treated”.
Sources said that the charge sheet, which is believed to be running into 10 pages, was prepared based on a report of Commissioner (Meerut Division). It is being reported that the officer has got 15 days to respond to the charge sheet.
Bureau Report
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