NEW DELHI: Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, within the eye of a storm over the authenticity of her incapacity and OBC standing claims that obtained her appointed to the civil companies, might face termination of service and even prison fees of forgery if the one-man panel set by the Centre to probe the matter finds any misrepresentation or suppression of information on her half.
Sources within the authorities stated the panel of DoPT further secretary Manoj Dwivedi will, over the subsequent two weeks, probe how she obtained the paperwork establishing her incapacity and OBC standing, and whether or not correct vetting was carried out by the issuing authority.
Khedkar is alleged to have recurrently failed to seem for necessary medical checks at AIIMS Delhi to substantiate her incapacity, regardless of having certified for IAS within the ‘Individuals with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)’ class.
“The panel will submit its findings to DoPT which is able to then ahead the report with suggestions to the Maharashtra authorities, since she is allotted to the Maharashtra cadre. If discovered responsible of forging her OBC and incapacity papers, the state authorities might terminate her. Additionally, she could face prison legal responsibility for forgery and misrepresentation,” a supply stated.
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The DoPT panel wanting into Khedkar’s claims is prone to take the assistance of social justice ministry to confirm her OBC standing. Though she claims to be from the economically weaker class, the affidavit filed by her father, an ex-bureaucrat and a candidate within the latest Lok Sabha polls, declared his property at over Rs 40 crore. Khedkar was proven because the proprietor of flats and plots price crores.
The panel will, in session with consultants from AIIMS Delhi, additionally study if the visible and psychological incapacity claimed by her meets the benchmarks for employment within the authorities.
A senior authorities functionary stated this was not the primary case of a civil companies aspirant making incorrect incapacity claims for choice within the PwBD class. “There are situations nearly yearly when these chosen on the idea of false incapacity claims have evaded the necessary medical take a look at at AIIMS Delhi and even escalated the matter to the Central Administrative Tribunal searching for testing elsewhere. Finally, nonetheless, they may not safe an appointment after having failed the take a look at,” the functionary advised TOI.
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