Gandhinagar : Gujarat govt on Wednesday ordered the compulsory retirement of two taluka development officers over alleged financial and other irregularities, taking the number of such orders issued this month to six, including against two IAS officers.




The officers are H F Bhuvatra , TDO of Ranpur taluka in Botad district, and M B Rao , TDO of Shihor taluka in Bhavnagar district. Sources said both Class 2 officers were facing allegations and pending inquiries related to financial irregularities .




Earlier this week, govt issued compulsory retirement orders to D I Bhaglani, joint commissioner of Gujarat State Tribal Development Residential Educational Institutions Society in Gandhinagar, and J M Tuvar, managing director of the Gujarat Safai Kamdar Development Corporation, Gandhinagar.




Earlier in the month, similar orders were issued against two mid-level IAS officers, Kankipati Rajesh and Gaurav Dahiya . Rajesh has been under suspension since July 2022 and is facing corruption and money-laundering charges that are being investigated by CBI and ED . Dahiya was suspended in Aug 2019 over allegations of misconduct, moral turpitude, bigamy and cheating, and was reinstated in July 2023.




Sources said the state govt has taken a tougher stance against officials accused of corruption. The general administration department has also stepped up follow-up with departments on long-pending disciplinary matters.