A single-member panel established by the Centre to investigate charges against controversial IAS official Puja Khedkar has submitted its report to the Department of Personn✤el and Training (DoPT). The investigation was carried out🔯 by Manoj Dwivedi - additional secretary in the DoPT.
A team will now examine the findings and recommend action, according to The Times of India report.
Puja Khedkar, a 2023-batch IAS officer, is accused of misusing power and privileges by demand💜ing perks and facilities sh💝e was not entitled to while serving on probation in Pune.
A criminal case was registered against her in Delhi last week for allegedly “misrepresenting and falsifying facts”. The Union 𓃲Public Service Commission (UPSC) has also issued a show-cause notice regarding the cancellation of her candidature for the 2022 examination and is considering barring her from future exams.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has also issued a show-cause notice regarding the cancellation of her🅘 candidature for the 2022 examination and i♍s considering barring her from future exams.
In order to avail of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) non-creamy layer quota in the UPSC examination, Khedkar reportedly claimed that her parents were separated and she was living with her moth𓄧er.
During a mock interview reportedly before she cracked UPSC, Khedkar was asked why her family income💙 was shown as 'zero' when her father was a civil servaꦫnt.
In a video of the interview that went viral, 🍸she is heard saying that her parents were separated, and s⛄he was not in contact with him.
As per the rules, only those candidates whose parents' income is u꧋nder Rs 8 lakh per annum can take benefit of the OBC non-creamy layer category.
Khedkar's father Dilip Khedkar is a former Mahara♑shtra government officer, who is now facing a corruption case and has been suspended twice in the past over related charges, including extortion.
Puja Khedkar's mother Manorama Khedkar, a sarpanch, is also in trouble after a video showed her brandishing a gun and threatening a group of people. She has bee꧑n arrested in an Arms Act case.
