A controversy has erupted after Forest and Wildlife Financial Commissioner Ajoy Sharma (IAS:1999:PB) decided to depute a former IAS officer to probe into the complaint against Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) RK Mishra (IFS:1990:PB).
The complaint had been filed by an IFS officer, Monica Yadav (IFS:2013:PB). The Financial Commissioner has deputed former IAS officer Karnail Singh (IAS:2015:PB) to look into her complaint against withholding her four-months’ salary.
In her complaint, Yadav has alleged that her salary for four months in 2023 was withheld at the Mishra’s behest despite the fact that her transfer from the DFO, Sangrur, to the Punjab Forest Development Corporation had been stayed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
Acting on her complaint the state government had asked for a reply from forest conservator R K Mishra. But Mishra’s reply was reportedly found unsatisfactory prompting the Financial Commissioner to depute ex-IAS officer Karnail Singh to conduct an enquiry into it.
