The Centre on Thursday formed a one-member panel to look into the controversy involving the probationary IAS officer, Puja Khedkar. An additional secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) will enquire into the matter. New Delhi: The private Audi car of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar in which she used a red and blue beacon and a VIP number plate has unpaid challans of Rs 26,000.
The trainee IAS officer, 31, has found herself embroiled in a controversy over a series of serious allegations, including misusing benefits under the physical disabilities category and Other Backward Class (OBC) quota to get a position in the civil service. According to reports, the luxury car belonging to the IAS officer has been issued 21 challans for traffic rule violations previously. The challans, pending since 2022, have been issued for violations like over-speeding, signal jump and refusal to stop when asked by the police.
Puja Khedkar under fire over ‘misuse of power’ Khedkar, a 2023-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, has been accused of misusing benefits under the physical disabilities category and OBC quota to secure a position in the Indian Administrative Service. She was on Monday transferred to Washim from Pune over allegations of bullying and entitled behaviour. She had allegedly asked for a separate cabin, an accommodation and a car from the Pune district collector even before joining as assistant collector.
On Thursday, she took charge as assistant col.