Punjab Newspaper

Sucha Singh Langah, Agriculture Minister Punjab has ordered immediate suspension of two officials of the department who were found guilty of negligence and dereliction of duties.
Giving details the minister said that he along with the Secretary and the Joint Secretary conducted a surprise check on the 18th of November in the directorate and found that a lot of financial irregularities were committed by them in the ongoing renovation work in the department. The work was assigned and initiated without following the properly laid down norms and without even calling the quotations. The two employees of the department namely Karnail Singh and Bhudev placed under suspension were found directly involved in this financial irregularities . The Minister has sought a detailed report regarding this incident from the Secretary and Joint Secretary of the department within a week. During suspension the headquarters of Karnail Singh, Horticulture Officer and Bhudev, Store Keeper were fixed at Gurdaspur and Mansa respectively.
Taking a serious view of the financial discrepancies going on in the department, the Minister has asked Mr.H.S.Dhillon, Secretary and Mr. Gurwaryam Singh,  Joint Secretary of the department to thoroughly look into the proper utilization of the funds released by the Government of India under various Horticulture Mission Programmes  from July 1 2008 till November 18- 2008 Investigating officers have been asked to submit their report within a week .Erring officials would not be  spared, warned the Minister.