Ganderbal, Nov 28: The district administration Ganderbal has ordered that the salary of all Agriculture Extension Officers (AEOs)/Agriculture Extension Assistants (AEAs) of Sub Division Kangan shall remain withheld till the targets under PM Kisan are achieved in full till the end of this month.
The order was issued after the Additional District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal, Mushtaq Ahmad Simnani, was directed by Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal Shyambir to conduct a joint meeting of the agriculture and revenue department for better coordination and early completion of the work related to PM Kisan in Kangan on November 26. All the concerned were informed well in advance of the scheduled meeting.
Subsequently, SDM Kangan, all tehsildars, naib tehsildars, girdawars and patwaris were present but no one from the agriculture department participated in the meeting despite being the main players of the PM Kisan scheme.
According to the order, Sub Divisional Agriculture Officer Kangan has been relieved from the post and District Agriculture Officer (Extension) Ganderbal has been directed to hold the charge of Sub Divisional Agriculture Officer Kangan till further orders.
The Sub Divisional Magistrate Kangan was also directed to enquire into the matter and submit a factual report regarding unauthorised absence and poor performance under PM Kisan within seven days. He was also directed to enquire how the salary in favour of Agriculture Officers/Officials of the sub-division Kangan has been drawn despite their poor performance.
