Major step against officials in Bihar, 15 officers penalised for delay in public grievances

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has taken a major and strict step during the Sahyog Shivir organised in Patna. According to a report by Aaj Tak, people had brought their problems to this camp and presented their complaints before the Chief Minister. During this public hearing, cases of serious negligence by officials and non-compliance with rules came to light. The Chief Minister took serious note of this matter.

During this Sahyog Shivir, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary focused on the cases of all those officers who had failed to resolve the problems of the general public within the stipulated time limit. During this review and hearing, a total of 15 such officers were identified who had shown serious negligence in their duty. Orders to take strict action against all these 15 officers have been issued. This entire action has been taken regarding the failure to dispose of public complaints in a timely manner and the disregard of administrative rules.

The highest number of officers who came under the scanner of this action belong to the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms. Many circle officers (COs) from this department have faced the axe. According to the available list, the name of Haveli Kharagpur circle officer Jai Prakash in Munger district and Tetiya Bamber circle officer Archana Kumari is included in this list. Apart from this, orders have also been issued against Kadha circle officer Sanjiv Kumar in Katihar district, Naugachhia circle officer Santosh Kumar Suman in Bhagalpur, and Forbesganj circle officer Pankaj Kumar in Araria.

Moving further down this list, the names of Bodh Gaya circle officer Ramesh Kumar in Gaya district, Makhdumpur circle officer Ranjeet Kumar उपाध्याय in Jehanabad, and Triveniganj circle officer Priyanka Singh in Supaul district are also recorded in the official list. All these circle officers have been found guilty of failing to ensure timely disposal of land and revenue-related works in their respective regions.

Apart from the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, orders for action have also been given against four officers of the Public Health Engineering Department. According to the available details, these four officers include the names of Assistant Engineer Rohit Kumar Dubey of Sheikhpura and Junior Engineer Bhola Nath of Muzaffarpur.

Officers of the Urban Development and Rural Development departments have not been left out in this matter either. From the Urban Development and Housing Department, an order for action has also been issued against Executive Officer Veena Vaishali of Nirmali and Simrahi in Supaul district. On the other hand, under the Rural Development Department, the name of Arrah Sadar Block Development Officer (BDO) Ravi Ranjan in Bhojpur district is also included in this list.

In this manner, the Chief Minister has issued orders for this strict action against 15 officers of a total of four departments. However, the detailed information as to what kind of departmental or administrative action will be taken against all these concerned officers in the future has not yet officially come to light. This incident has caused a massive stir in the entire administrative machinery because a clear message has gone out that any kind of laxity in hearing public complaints and disposing of them will not be tolerated.