Faridkot
Deputy commissioner Faridkot Vineet Kumar on Friday suspended the clerk of ADC(rural) office Faridkot, Devinder Kataria.
The suspension orders were issued by the DC Faridkot after the MCs.staff and Safai Karamcharis of the local municipality sat on a Dharna outside the office of the DC this morning.
“The clerk is crossing all limits of interference into the day to day affairs of the local municipality. He is doing more interference than could be accepted. He even harasses our staff in the office and makes them wait for hours and hours for small tasks. Even he asks us to engage the safai Karamcharis as per his wishes which is not his business,” alleged Narinder Pal Singh Ninda, president of the local municipality.
“Ours was an A grade municipality and people wanted to serve here. But now no staff want to stay here. We have a secretary who sits two days at Jaitu and three days in Faridkot. Even though we don't have regular EO. The Jaitu EO holds an additional charge of the Faridkot municipality. These two officials too do not want to work here and want to get themselves trasfered.In a few days, we shall not have those officials too if they got themselves transferred,” Ninda said talking to the media.
“Sanitation is our top priority and we have been very successful in keeping the city clean. The unacceptable interference of the said clerk is affecting our work. We want him to be transferred or suspended,” said Ninda.
He said that he had met the DC Faridkot and Faridkot MLA Gurdit Singh Sekhon earlier too, but now we have to stage a protest as things did not move. Now if he stays here, we shall lock the municipality,he said.
He further said that they don't have any political issues.
But soon after the protest, taking strict action against the clerk,the DC Faridkot suspended him.
“As they had levelled serious allegations against the clerk, he has been suspended,” said Vineet Kumar,DC Faridkot when contacted.
"We have immediately lifted our protest after he has been suspended," Ninda said.