Assam: 8 BDOs suspended for unauthorised withdrawal of funds
First Published: 23rd December, 2023 14:14 IST
Post their suspension, the officers are not permitted to leave their headquarters without prior approval from the competent authority.
At least eight Block Development Officers (BDOs), posted in different districts of Assam, have been suspended for alleged unauthorised withdrawal of government funds, officials said on Friday.
The 8 suspended BDOs are Abinash Taye, BDO of Silchar Development Block in Cachar; Dwijen Kumar Bora, BDO of Jorhat East Development Block in Jorhat district; Bornali Phukan, BDO of Kakopathar Development Block in Tinsukia district; Gautam Kumar Sarmah, BDO of Sakomatha Development Block in Biswanath district; Palak Kumar Sarmah, in-charge BDO of Sootea Development Block in Biswanath district; Hema Kanta Borah, BDO of Gabhoru Development Block in Sonitpur district, and Rashmi Rekha Mahanta, BDO of Biswanath Development Block in Biswanath district.
The Panchayat & Rural Development Department of the Assam government on Friday issued the suspension orders and stated that the unauthorised withdrawal of government funds is a gross violation of financial rules and insubordination to the authority which amounts to a violation of Rule 3 of the Assam Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1965.
The withdrawal of funds sanctioned against remuneration of contractual staff under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which was made without obtaining due financial sanction from the authority concerned, said a state government order.
The government’s suspension orders further specify that the officers are not permitted to leave their headquarters without prior approval from the competent authority.
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