HP PWD officer fined Rs 5 for not attending meeting for 4 yrs

An officer of the Public Works Department, Touni Devi, here was fined Rs 5 for not attending Panchayat Samiti meetings for four years.

The fine was imposed in the quarterly meeting of the Panchayat Samiti, Hamirpur, Harish Sharma, the chairman of the samiti said on Tuesday.

The meeting held on Monday was chaired by Sharma.

The Rs 5 fine has been imposed as a token to apprise the officer of his duties and send a message to others, Sharma said. It would be mentioned in the annual confidential report of the officer.

Sharma said the PWD officials of Tauni Devi Mandal were absent from the meeting despite repeated warnings. Due to this, the development work was getting affected. A decision was taken with the consent of all members and the fine was imposed.

However, Devraj, Executive Engineer, PWD, said he was not aware of the meeting. He said he would check if his office received any information on this.