Overview
- Chief Secretary KAP Sinha ordered ADC Charumita Shekhar’s suspension on Thursday evening, with the case set for a High Court hearing the next day.
- Shekhar and two tehsildars were previously charge-sheeted, a Vigilance Bureau probe is underway, and the court has indicated a possible referral to an independent agency.
- A fresh demarcation mandated by the Financial Commissioner under Ferozepur DC Deepshikha Sharma with nominees from the VB, PWD, and NHAI produced conclusions that diverged from earlier reports.
- Accounts conflict on the consent award size—about ₹2 crore in one report versus roughly ₹3–3.62 crore in others—as PWD official Ravi Bhagat flagged an allegedly inflated payout for about three kanals.
- Officials point to records showing PWD acquired the land in 1963, while the awardee seeks compensation in court and Shekhar maintains the NHAI deposit remains undisbursed without MoRTH approval.