Jammu, Apr 24: A revenue official and a forest guard have been suspended in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Samba and Doda districts respectively over alleged dereliction of duty, officials said.<\/p>\n
In Samba district, Deputy Commissioner Ayushi Soodan ordered the suspension of a girdawar, Pankaj Singh Jamwal, for failing to complete the digitisation of revenue records within the stipulated timeframe despite repeated directions, an official order said.<\/p>\n
The tehsildar, Bari Brahmana, had reported that no jamabandis (official land record of rights) were digitised in Patwar Halqua Smailpur between April 8 and April 15.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conduct of the official reflects gross negligence and dereliction of duty in the discharge of his responsibilities,\u201d the order stated.<\/p>\n
Pending inquiry, the official has been placed under suspension with immediate effect and attached to the office of the tehsildar Samba. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Vijaypur, has been appointed as the inquiry officer and directed to submit a report within 15 days, it added.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident in Doda district, a forest department beat guard, Mushtaq Ahmed, was also placed under suspension after a vehicle carrying illegal deodar timber was seized in the Bhadarwah area, officials said.<\/p>\n
A joint team of the Forest Protection Force and territorial staff of Neru range intercepted a vehicle loaded with 20 deodar green scants (unseasoned timber planks) during the intervening night of April 21 and 22 at village Jalga.<\/p>\n
During the operation, the in-charge beat guard was found moving on the same route in his personal vehicle, and a mechanical cutter packed in a bag was also recovered, officials said.<\/p>\n
The suspended guard has been attached to the Divisional Forest Office, Bhadarwah, pending inquiry. (Agency)<\/p>\n\n
Jammu, Apr 24: A revenue official and a forest guard have been suspended in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Samba and Doda districts respectively over alleged dereliction of duty, officials said. In Samba district, Deputy Commissioner Ayushi Soodan ordered the suspension of a girdawar, Pankaj Singh Jamwal, for failing to complete the digitisation of revenue records within […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1110,147,1109,1108,1107,357,169,526,826,161,274,1106],"class_list":["post-12260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammuandkashmir","tag-administrativeaction","tag-breakingnews","tag-derelictionofduty","tag-forestguard","tag-governmentaction","tag-indianews","tag-jammuandkashmir","tag-jknews","tag-latestnews","tag-publicherald","tag-revenuedepartment","tag-suspension"],"yoast_head":"\n