Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday cracked the whip on erring officials in Gurgaon, ordering salary deductions, chargesheets, transfers and suspension over administrative negligence, wrongful creation of property IDs and misbehaviour with citizens.At a meeting of the district public relations and grievance redressal committee, Saini directed a 50% salary cut for three months, chargesheets and transfers outside NCR districts of two officials for creating property IDs without approval and in violation of procedures in the Pataudi-Jatauli Mandi municipal area.The CM also ordered the immediate suspension of a Gurgaon municipal corporation patwari for allegedly misbehaving with a complainant. In another case involving poor execution of road restoration work, he directed a one-month salary deduction of the public works department executive engineer.The stern action came as Saini reviewed 15 public grievances, disposing of 11 on the spot and keeping four pending for the next meeting. He directed officials to submit action-taken reports on the pending complaints.Taking note of complaints about poor cleanliness and maintenance of public toilets, the CM ordered the constitution of three-member inspection committees for all eight municipal corporation zones — six in Gurgaon and two in Manesar. The committees, each including a govt official, have been asked to inspect public toilets and submit reports within a month.Separately, while hearing a complaint regarding renovation of a govt school, the CM announced the state had approved an infrastructure plan worth over Rs 2,000 crore. More than 400 govt schools will get new buildings by Dec 2027, he said.Industries and commerce minister Rao Narbir Singh, Pataudi MLA Bimla Chaudhary, Sohna MLA Tejpal Tanwar and Gurgaon MLA Mukesh Sharma attended the meeting.
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