Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Jun 3: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took major action and suspended two senior Indian Administrative Officers (IAS) officers and a Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer in the Haridwar land scam, according to an official statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO).
A departmental inquiry will be initiated against the suspended officers. A total of 12 officers have been suspended against the officers including District Magistrate (DM) Kamendra Singh, former Municipal Commissioner (MC) Varun Chaudhary and Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ajayveer Singh, the statement said.
The scam involves large-scale irregularities in land allocation and transfer.
The decisions taken by the Uttarakhand CM are a sign of decisive change in the administrative culture of the state.
