Former
Deputy CEO of Noida Authority Rajiv Kumar (II) who was convicted and jailed for
3 years in the 1993 multi-crore Noida plot allotment scam, was on Sunday
slapped with a notice by the Yogi Adityanath Government for compulsory
retirement. Kumar, the youngest IAS officer of the 1983 batch, was was due to retire in December this year. He is
the first serving IAS officer in UP who faces the ignominy of being
compulsorily retired for corruption. The Apex Court (SC) had convicted him in
2012. He was Deputy CEO of Noida Authority when the scam unfolded under the
then CEO Neera Yadav, who was later elevated as Chief Secretary by then CM Mulayam
Singh Yadav.
Former
Deputy CEO of Noida Authority Rajiv Kumar (II) who was convicted and jailed for
3 years in the 1993 multi-crore Noida plot allotment scam, was on Sunday
slapped with a notice by the Yogi Adityanath Government for compulsory
retirement. Kumar, the youngest IAS officer of the 1983 batch, was was due to retire in December this year. He is
the first serving IAS officer in UP who faces the ignominy of being
compulsorily retired for corruption. The Apex Court (SC) had convicted him in
2012. He was Deputy CEO of Noida Authority when the scam unfolded under the
then CEO Neera Yadav, who was later elevated as Chief Secretary by then CM Mulayam
Singh Yadav.