PMO Wants Action Against outgoing Jharkand CS Rajbala Verma Outgoing Jharkhand chief secretary Rajbala Verma is trapped into a new controversy as she finds herself accused of shielding an officer who allegedly indulged in misconduct in a coal block allocation. This has attracted the attention of the Prime Minister Office (PMO) which has issued a letter to the principal secretary of Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubir Das and asked for investigation against Rajbala Verma and senior IPS officer AP Singh. Though much delayed, the PMO's reaction is said to have been triggered by a letter from Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) leader Dilip Mishra to the PMO in July and September 2017. In his letters, Mishra had sought action against Rajbala Verma and AP Singh. Going by the letter, Verma and Singh have allegedly made a false report concerning then Palamau district collector Puja Singhal to protect her. Acting on the same, the Personnel and Training Department of Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pension recommended a probe against Verma and Singh to the PMO. The letter from PMO has asked the government to take necessary action in the case. The issue concerns the allocation of 200 acres of land to Kathotia Coal Block Private Limited in Palamau. Rajbala Verma is a 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer and has been in several controversies during her service. Earlier, she faced flak from opposition parties for allegedly writing to a private bank seeking for funding her son's company. Besides, she was also accused of laxity in the probe concerning fodder scam.