PDO suspended for misappropriation of funds

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District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Girish Badole has issued an bid suspending Ramesh Milindkar, Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of Hulsoor Gram Panchayat successful Basavakalyan taluk of Bidar, pursuing allegations of violating the guidelines of the government’s ambitious 15th Finance Commission strategy and breaching the rules.

Gram Panchayat subordinate Devendra B. Pawar stated successful his ailment that the PDO allegedly prepared an enactment program nether the 2024–25 15th Finance Commission strategy and executed it without holding the mandatory Gram Sabha oregon the consent of the panchayat members. He reportedly made payments for enactment without owed support and failed to supply details regarding the accounts contempt repeated requests.

The complainant stated that astir ₹22 lakh was spent from an account, and an further ₹37 lakh was utilised nether the 15th Finance Commission. The members had staged a protestation successful beforehand of the Hulsoor gram panchayat bureau successful September, demanding a elaborate enquiry into the alleged irregularities and submitted a memorandum to the Zilla Panchayat CEO.

A associated inspection study aboriginal recovered prima facie grounds suggesting that the PDO, who besides serves arsenic the Grade-I Secretary of Mirkhal gram panchayat, had misused authorities funds violating the prescribed rules and procedures.

Based connected the findings, the CEO ordered the suspension of PDO Ramesh Milindkar pending a departmental enquiry nether the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services Rules (KCSR). During the suspension period, the serviceman has been instructed not to permission office without anterior support from the authority.

Published - November 03, 2025 06:59 p.m. IST

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