UP: 58-Year-Old ADO Reportedly Transferred For Denying Repeated Tea Request From BJP MLA, Suspension Process On

The process to suspend a 58-year-old Assistant Development Officer (ADO) was on after he was transferred for denying repeated tea requests from the BJP MLA from Hapur, Vijay Pal, at a press briefing on Thursday, Times of India reported. Notably, ADO Bishan Saxena is battling with Cancer. 

"The block development officer (BDO) insisted I have tea, and we requested the ADO to arrange the same for us. He got agitated, claiming he was fed up with repeated requests for tea. He said he wasn't my subordinate…,” the report quoted MLA. 

Later, the MLA asked  District Magistrate Prerna Sharma to take disciplinary action against Bishan Saxena, a 58-year-old Assistant Development Officer (ADO) in the panchayat department. Consequently, Saxena was attached to the headquarters, and suspension proceedings were initiated against him. A departmental inquiry was also set up, which will be supervised by Hapur Chief Development Officer (CDO) Himanshu Gautam. 

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According to the report, Saxena purportedly replied to the tea request, saying, "Just a while ago, I served tea to him. I won't even serve tea to the president and the prime minister so many times." 

CDO Gautam said, "The action follows a written complaint by the MLA. Saxena has been attached to Vikas Bhavan, and a show cause notice has been issued to him. The report will be sent to govt for further action." Gautam said, "Saxena retorted that being senior in age, he shouldn't be expected to serve tea. He is battling cancer and is taking life-saving medicines... His colleagues reported that he is short-tempered, but such behaviour cannot be tolerated at the workplace.”

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