Minister suspends municipal CMs on account of disturbances in tender course of

On the directions of Urban Administration Minister Dr. Shivkumar Dahria, the Urban Administration and Development Department has suspended Chief Municipality Officer Mr. Bhupendra Upadhyay, Municipal Council Gobaranavapara. A grievance has been filed by the suspended CMO Shri Upadhyay for irregularities within the tender course of. After the proceedings on this case, Minister Dr. Dahria has stated that those that commit such disturbances won’t be spared.
While being the Chief Executive Officer of Nagar Palika Parishad, Gobaranavapara, Shri Bhupendra Upadhyay had revealed the tender discover dated 28 November 2020 for the tender of Rs. 279.78 lakh for 34 works underneath the 14th Finance Commission. In a mere 4 days of the publication of this tender discover date, that’s, 02 December 2020, the date for submission of software for acquiring the tender kind was set. The date of publication of the tender discover and the date of submission of the appliance was stored for under 4 days, which was very brief and truncated. Complaint on this matter was additionally made to Urban Administration Minister Dr. Dhariya. The minister had taken the matter critically and directed the departmental officers to take cognizance of the matter and take needed motion. The division was investigated by the Joint Director Regional Office, Urban Administration. It was discovered throughout investigation that CM Upadhyay dedicated critical negligence protecting in view the quantity of tender and the significance of the scheme. Mr. Upadhyay has been suspended with fast impact underneath Rule 36 of Chhattisgarh Municipality Service (Executive) Rules 1973 by the State Government on this negligence and irregularity. During the suspension interval, Mr. Upadhyay’s headquarters workplace, Joint Director Urban Administration and Development, Regional Office Raipur has been appointed.