Bilaspur. The CEO of the District Cooperative Central Bank of Durg was suspended after he applied for a seat on behalf of the Congress party in the assembly elections. The petition regarding the suspension was heard in the High Court. During the hearing, the court revoked the suspension.
In fact, the Chief Executive Officer of the District Cooperative Central Bank, Surendra Kumar Joshi, had applied for the Ahiwara assembly election in the Block Congress Committee during the assembly elections. After this, a complaint was made to the Collector and the Chief Electoral Office in Delhi regarding his application. On the basis of the complaint, the investigation of the case started in April. Under the Chhattisgarh Civil Services Classification Rule 1961, the Collector constituted an inquiry committee. The inquiry committee included the District Panchayat CEO, Janpad Panchayat CEO and Durg Municipal Corporation Commissioner. The committee recommended suspension on the basis of the application. On April 30, the Collector submitted the report to the Secretary of the Cooperative Department. The Secretary sent the report to the General Manager of the Apex Bank, after which the General Manager suspended him.
After this, through advocate Shailendra Bajpai, Surendra Kumar Joshi filed a petition in the High Court challenging this suspension order. The petition said that since Surendra Kumar Joshi is also a General Manager level officer and is posted in the district, he is the Chief Executive Officer. His suspension order can be issued either by the Chairman or the Registrar of the Cooperative Society. But without his permission, the General Manager issued the suspension order. The petition was filed on 5 May 2024. The petition was kept reserved during the hearing on 5 August. Hearing on this today, the bench of Justice Sachin Singh Rajput of the High Court, after hearing all the parties, canceled the suspension order of the General Manager.