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IAS officer hearing Jauhar University case gets central deputation

Luck ow,
Aug
14
(PTI):
Se io
IAS
office
Au ja eya
Kuma
Si gh,
who
is
se vi g
as
Mo adabad
divisio al
commissio e
a d
hea i g
a
case
elated
to
the
p oposed
demolitio
of
st uctu es
at
Mohammad
Ali
Jauha
U ive sity,
is
set
to
go
o
ce t al
deputatio ,
sou ces
said
o
F iday.

The
Utta
P adesh
gove me t
has
elieved
the
2005-batch
Sikkim
cad e
office
fo
ce t al
deputatio
followi g
a
equest
f om
the
Ce t e,
the
sou ces
said.

Si gh
is
cu e tly
hea i g
a
appeal
agai st
a
o de
passed
by
a
local
autho ity
i
Rampu
di ecti g
the
demolitio
of
38
of
the
40
buildi gs
at
the
u ive sity,
established
by
jailed
Samajwadi
Pa ty
(SP)
leade
Azam
Kha ,
which
we e
held
to
have
bee
co st ucted
i
violatio
of
ules.
The
matte
is
cu e tly
stayed.

Si gh
has
bee
se vi g
as
Mo adabad
divisio al
commissio e
si ce
2021.
He
se ved
as
Rampu
dist ict
magist ate
(DM)
f om
2019
to
2021.
He
had
also
se ved
as
Fatehpu
dist ict
magist ate
fo
about
a
yea .

The
office
came
to
Utta
P adesh
o
i te -cad e
deputatio
i
2015.
His
deputatio
was
exte ded
seve al
times
afte
the
completio
of
the
i itial
pe iod.

His
te u e
as
Rampu
DM
att acted
co side able
atte tio ,
pa ticula ly
i
co ectio
with
seve al
cases
egiste ed
agai st
Kha ,
a
fo me
MP
a d
multi-te m
MLA.
The
cases
i cluded
alleged
violatio s
of
the
model
code
of
co duct,
theft- elated
allegatio s
a d
matte s
co ce i g
la d
associated
with
the
u ive sity.

I
2019,
Si gh
was
at
the
ce t e
of
a
co t ove sy
afte
Kha ,
while
add essi g
a
electio
gathe i g,
made
ema ks
agai st
the
office ,
efe i g
to
him
as
a
“ta khaiyya”
(sala ied
employee)
a d
telli g
suppo te s
ot
to
fea
the
admi ist atio .

“Yeh
ta khaiyya
aadmi
hai…
iss
collecto
se
da e
ki
za u at
ahi
hai
(He
is
a
sala ied
employee…
the e
is
o
eed
to
fea
this
collecto ),”
Kha
had
said.

The
SP
leade
had
also
made
ema ks
efe i g
to
se io
officials
allegedly
bei g
made
to
pe fo m
pe so al
tasks
fo
BSP
chief
Mayawati
a d
said,
“Mai
i se
joote
saaf
ka wau ga
(I
will
make
them
clea
shoes)”.

This
appa e tly
was
the
ema k
that
got
the
SP
heavyweight
i
t ouble.

The
SP
has
o
seve al
occasio s
complai ed
to
the
Electio
Commissio ,
allegi g
that
Si gh
adopted
a
biased
app oach
while
discha gi g
his
duties.

Si gh,
howeve ,
has
de ied
this
a d
mai tai ed
that
he
has
o
pe so al
issue
with
a y
i dividual
o
political
pa ty.
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