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The Hindu
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Two Chittapur officers suspended on the charge of corruption
Chief Executive Officer of the Kalaburagi Zilla Panchayat Bhanwar Singh Meena has suspended two Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) officers on the charge of corruption and dereliction of duty. The suspension orders were issued on Wednesday under the Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1957. Junior Engineer in the Panchayat Raj Engineering Sub-Division, Chittapur, Sripadrao Bapurao Kulkarni was suspended after a video surfaced showing him demanding a bribe for processing bills. His suspension followed a recommendation by the Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayat, Chittapur, and it was enforced shortly after the video clip went viral. In another order, In-charge Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) at Gundgurthi in Chittapur taluk Manjushree Jahagirdar was suspended for irregularities and failure to discharge duties. The action was taken following a written complaint from Gundgurthi Gram Panchayat president Suvarna Sannaki who accused the PDO of corruption and administrative lapses. The order noted that Ms. Jahagirdar failed to respond to a show-cause notice issued by the Executive Officer of Chittapur Taluk Panchayat. Both officers will remain under suspension pending further inquiry.
India Today
17-06-2025
- Health
- India Today
Karnataka government doctor suspended over taking bribes for surgery
A surgeon employed at a government hospital located in Karnataka's Chikkaballapura district was suspended on allegations of accepting bribes from patients for administrative action was initiated after a local television news channel aired a video on June 11 that allegedly showed the surgeon, Dr Narasimhamurthy demanding payments from patients in exchange for agreeing to perform surgical procedures on aired video generated outrage among citizens and resulted in considerable embarrassment for the health department and government officials. According to information provided by department officials, Dr Narasimhamurthy was in-charge Taluk Health Officer at the health centre in Gudibande Town from August 2019. He has been at the post for approximately five years and ten months at the time of his the video's broadcast, the Chikkaballapura District Health Officer took immediate action by submitting a preliminary investigative report to the higher officials. It was recommended that a formal departmental inquiry be conducted into the matter. Subsequently, administrative officials constituted a specialised fact-finding team to investigate the allegations examination of the available evidence and circumstances surrounding the case, there was strong and credible evidence that supported the bribery state government authorities decided to take disciplinary action against Dr Narasimhamurthy who was suspended from his official duties with immediate effect while the formal inquiry proceedings government invoked the provisions of Rule 10(3) of the Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules, 1957, which provides the legal framework for such disciplinary by Rithu Pawar IN THIS STORY#Kerala
Time of India
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Karnataka high court upholds dismissal of civil servant convicted in assault case
Bengaluru: The high court reaffirmed a strong stance on the integrity expected of public servants, declaring that a person convicted of a serious offence is not fit to continue in public service. This observation came while dismissing a petition filed by G Nanjegowda , a second-division assistant formerly employed at District Institute of Education and Training, Bengaluru Urban district. Nanjegowda was convicted in 2011 for an assault committed in 2001 and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, a verdict upheld by the high court in 2016. Following his conviction, he was dismissed from service on Nov 18, 2023. After an unsuccessful appeal before Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, which dismissed his petition on Oct 25, 2024, he approached HC seeking relief. Nanjegowda argued that even Rule 14 of Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957 does not provide for automatic dismissal from service when a civil servant is convicted in a criminal case. However, after reviewing the rule, a division bench of Justices Krishna S Dixit and Ramachandra D Huddar noted that dismissal from service on grounds of conviction and sentence in a criminal case involving moral turpitude cannot be faulted, as Rule 14 of 1957 Rules is as clear as the waters of Ganga river. "... A person convicted of a serious offence is not desirable in public service. The offence committed has no nexus to official duties or conditions of service, which is too poor a justification to retain the convict in public service. It goes without saying that if conviction in a criminal case is a bar to public appointment, ipso facto it is a ground for removal from service. An argument to the contrary would strike at the root of reason and logic," the bench added.
