Puja Khedkar was discovered responsible of dishonest and wrongly availing OBC and incapacity quota advantages
New Delhi:
The Centre has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with rapid impact, a month after the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC) cancelled her choice in probably the most sought-after branches of presidency service.
Ms Khedkar was discovered responsible of dishonest and wrongly availing Different Backward Courses (OBC) and incapacity quota advantages. After cancelling her choice, the UPSC had barred her from taking the doorway examination for all times.
The UPSC discovered her responsible of faking her identification to take the examination a number of occasions.
Following the controversy, the UPSC had appeared into the info of greater than 15,000 candidates who cleared the IAS screening course of between 2009 and 2023. “After this detailed train, barring the case of Ms Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar, no different candidate has been discovered to have availed extra variety of makes an attempt than permitted below the CSE Guidelines,” the UPSC had mentioned, referring to the Civil Companies Examination Guidelines.
Ms Khedkar’s troubles started in June when Pune Collector Suhas Diwase wrote to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik, flagging the trainee IAS officer’s calls for for perks akin to a automobile, workers and an workplace that she was not entitled to throughout her two-year probation. Thereafter, Ms Khedkar was transferred to Washim.
Amid the row, her choice for IAS got here below the highlight. It was discovered that she had availed relaxed standards for OBC candidates and individuals with disabilities. It then got here to mild that her father, a former Maharashtra authorities officer, had property to the tune of Rs 40 crore and she or he didn’t qualify for the OBC non-creamy layer tag.
It additionally emerged that she had not appeared for a compulsory well being check-up at a authorities facility to verify her exemption for incapacity.
A video of her sarpanch mom brandishing a gun to threaten individuals had additionally emerged. Manorama Khedkar was later arrested. Her father, Dilip Khedkar, is now being investigated in a case of proudly owning belongings disproportionate to his earnings.