Ludhiana: VB probe sought into DEO’s caste certificate

The Department of Social Justice and Minorities has written a letter to its Director to get Vigilance probe conducted into the caste certificate of the serving District Education Officer (Elementary), Ludhiana, Ravinder Kaur, and submit a report to the department. The letter comes following the issue raised by a resident of Sangrur that the caste certificate of the official had to be probed.

The letter is doing rounds on WhatsApp groups of teachers and other educationists.

At the same time, The Tribune has the details regarding the same matter probed by the Education Department in March 2024 in which the then Secretary Kamal Kishor Yadav had stated that documents submitted by the DEO showed that she belonged to the SC category.

Ravinder Kaur said earlier also on a similar matter, an inquiry was conducted and she came clean after submitting all required documents. “I am being targeted as I acted tough against those running scams in primary schools by getting more than stipulated grants and showing more enrolment of students. Though I am not even aware of any complaint filed recently, since I am not guilty of anything, any department can get a probe done and I will fully coordinate,” the DEO added.