GBA revenue officers alleged harassment by Munish Moudgil, he denies

The GBA-Municipal Officers’ and Employees’ Welfare Association person written to Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar, alleging maltreatment and intelligence harassment by Munish Moudgil, Special Commissioner (Revenue), Greater Bengaluru Authority.

Following the suspension of 2 gross officials by Mr. Moudgil implicit alleged dereliction of work successful issuance of e-khatas, the relation precocious held a candlelight vigil, prompting the GBA Chief Commissioner, M. Maheshwar Rao, to denote an audit of rejected e-khata applications. However, the relation had demanded the officials beryllium reinstated and that Mr. Moudgil should apologise to gross officers.

In their missive to Mr. Shivakumar, the relation president A. Amruthraj alleged that Mr. Moudgil mentally harasses, abuses gross officers with abusive connection successful the greeting video conference. “As officers instrumentality this telephone astatine location successful the morning, adjacent the household members of the officers are disturbed, upset implicit the connection used,” the missive stated. It further alleged that gross officers were moving nether immense unit and Mr. Moudgil had not taken them along, but alternatively abuses them.

The missive claims that six gross officers person died of accent successful August - September, 2025. The relation has sought clip with Mr. Shivakumar to aerial their grievances.

Responding to these allegations, Mr. Moudgil called them ‘completely unfounded’ and said they ‘appear to beryllium aimed astatine shielding erring officers from accountability and undermining measures taken to support citizens’ rights’.

“Over the past 3 months, astir 1 lakh last e-khatas person been issued. During the aforesaid period, astir 25,000 applications were rejected, galore of which were recovered to person been rejected connected wrongful oregon untenable grounds. In response, a Special Rejection Audit is presently underway, and corrective arsenic good arsenic disciplinary enactment is being initiated against officers recovered liable for specified irregularities. In this context, I person recommended suspension and disciplinary proceedings against definite Revenue Officers who were recovered to person blatantly harassed citizens by unjustifiably rejecting their e-Khata applications.Following this action, mendacious and baseless claims person been made..”, helium said successful a connection issued connected Friday evening.