Under-fire IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar on Tuesday filled a harassment case against Pune's district magistrate S𓆏uhas Divase.
A row has eru🌊p🦩ted over the authenticity of Khedkar’s disability and OBC status claims that got her appointed to the civil services.
Earlier on Tuesday, the gov🍬ernment took first action against Khedkar and shunted her from IAS training and directed her to return to 𒅌the academy in Mussoorie before July 23.
Khedkar has also been relieved🐓 from the District Training Programme of the Maharashtra government.
Pertinently, the Centre has constituted a sin♏gle-member committee to examine the claims and details sur♏rounding Khedkar's candidature.
It h✨as announced that the committee, chaired by a senior officer of the rank of Additiꦛonal Secretary, would submit its report in two weeks.
Khedkar is a 2023-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, who secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 841 in the Uni𒈔on Public Service Commissioꦍn (UPSC) exam, sparked a controversy recently when she used her private Audi car with a red-blue beacon light and VIP number plate.
She also demanded facilit𝓡ies that are not available to probationary officers in the IAS.
According to a report submitte𒁃d by ಞPune collector Suhas Diwse to the General Administration Department, Khedkar repeatedly demanded that she be provided with a separate cabin, car, residential quarters, and a peon even before joining the duty as a trainee on June 3. However, she was denied the facilities.
The IAS trainee♛ was al👍so accused of removing the nameplate of a senior official at the Pune collector's office when he allowed her to use his ante-chamber as her office.
Khedkar allegedly submitted fake disability and Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates to clear the civil services exℱam. Reports claimed that she had also submitted a mental illness certificate.
