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Imphal, March 25:
As rumour circulates concerning MSPDCL MD Ng. Subhachadra’s service extension, an activist files an RTI with the power department to learn the truth about the tenure of the MD. It has come to the fore that Ng. Subhachandra, MD MSPDCL even after his service tenure expired on February 28, 2022, is still serving as the Managing Director of MSDCL.
Speaking to the Imphal Times, RTI Activist Dhanachandra told that it is a well-established legal principle that service extension of a retired employee on a substantive post is prohibited under Fundamental Rule 56(d), except for those persons engaged in budget-related work, full-time members of the committee, or specialists in the fields of Medicine and Science. Ng. Subhachandra is a State Power Department employee who was promoted to MD, MSPDCL nearly a year and a half ago. He is not permitted to extend his tenure because his position as Managing Director of MSPDCL does not fall into this category.
Recently, N.Biren Singh after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second consecutive term announces that his government’s first step will be to make Manipur a corruption free state. Dhanachandra further told that, if the suspicious news of NG. Subhachandra’s service extension is confirmed, it means that ill practices i.e. corruption is taking place in the power department and is a bloat to what the People’s CM had promised.
So, we’ll have to wait and watch what action our peoples’ Chief Minister, N.Biren Singh, would take in this case. After resuming his office this will be the first clean action the CM will take.
