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Officers' Body Seeks Reversal After Maharashtra Tehsildar Is Suspended Over Viral Farewell Song

The order followed a collector's report that a send-off song from the official chair violated Maharashtra's civil service conduct rules.

Latur Tehsildar’s Singing Video at Farewell Leads to Suspension Over Conduct Rules Violation
The Maharashtra tehsildar was suspended after a video of him singing a Bollywood song at his office went viral. (This is an AI generated representational image).

Overview

  • Prashant Thorat, a tehsildar transferred from Umri in Nanded to Renapur in Latur, was suspended after a video of his farewell surfaced online.
  • At an August 8 function in the Umri tehsil office, he sang “Yara Teri Yari Ko” from the film Yaarana while seated in the tehsildar’s chair with a “taluka magistrate” board visible.
  • The Nanded collector reported that the conduct tarnished the administration’s image and breached the Maharashtra Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1979.
  • Divisional Commissioner of Revenue Jitendra Papalkar ordered the suspension after reviewing the collector’s report, according to officials.
  • The Maharashtra State Gazetted Officers Federation asked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to withdraw the suspension, calling it hasty and saying the farewell performance was not misconduct.