Overview
- KDMC suspended Assistant Commissioner Jaywant Chaudhary on Thursday for alleged negligence in preventing unauthorised construction in Ward 1/A of the Titwala-Balyani area.
- Municipal Commissioner Abhinav Goel personally inspected Titwala-Balyani before the suspension, and the inspection preceded the disciplinary order dated August 20.
- The suspension order cites repeated oral and written instructions, a June show-cause notice and Bombay High Court directions and accuses Chaudhary of protecting illegal chawls that were marketed on social media as subdivided rooms sold for about Rs 6 lakh each without water, drainage or roads.
- Ward 1/A superintendent Anita Rathod has been given additional charge of the assistant commissioner post and has been directed to assume duties immediately and submit a report to the General Administration Department.
- KDMC has not yet reported demolitions or legal action against the builders named in the order, and the measure heightens scrutiny of whether the civic body will quickly enforce removals as part of wider probes into its enforcement and revenue lapses.