Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has suspended an additional chief secretary-ranked official of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for bending the rules to allow the sale of tribal land to non-tribals, official sources said Tuesday.
T Radhakrishnan, a 1978 batch IAS officer, was suspended Monday. It is the first case of suspension of an official of this rank in the state that came into existence in November 2000.
A senior official with the General Administration Department (GAD) confirmed the development and said that a suspension letter had been issued late Monday.
Radhakrishnan faces charges of allowing sale of tribal land to non-tribals during his tenure as chairperson of the Board of Revenue during January 2008- January 2011.
IANS
First Published: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 13:37