Inquiry against 36 officers of the Land Reforms and Revenue Department in Bihar.

Inquiry against 36 officers of the Land Reforms and Revenue Department in Bihar.

Patna July 3: In a bid to achieve zero tolerance for corruption, the Land Reforms and Revenue Department has initiated a departmental inquiry against 36 officers for alleged irregularities and corruption, an official said.

This decision follows numerous complaints concerning the mutation of lands, flats, and other properties.

“We are receiving complaints against Circle Officers (CO) and their subordinates for their alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities. Hence, we have initiated a departmental inquiry against 36 officers and also taken action against some of them,” said Dilip Jaiswal, the land reform and revenue minister in the Nitish Kumar government.

“Following the findings of the inquiry, we have directed the department to suspend a circle officer named Prince Raj with immediate effect. Prabhash Narayan Lal, who retired earlier, will also face departmental action. Besides them, the subordinate officers who were involved in the irregularities of mutation of land were also suspended. We have informed about the same to concern DM of the districts,” Jaiswal said.

“The department will investigate the properties of the alleged officers and if needed, the help of the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) will also be taken,” he said.

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