Pune: Days after his daughter IAS probationary officer Puja Khedkar, who’s dealing with an investigation for misuse of energy and violation of guidelines of appointment, her father retired bureaucrat Dilip Khedkar spoke up in her defence. Khedkar, who retired from Maharashtra Air pollution Management Board (MPCB), in 2020, claimed his daughter was a sufferer of a conspiracy being hatched to focus on his household by “somebody”.
Chatting with the Hindustan Occasions, Khedkar, stated her incapacity certificates was reliable. “There are various sorts of disabilities. Puja suffers from imaginative and prescient impairment, which is greater than 40 per cent. Subsequently she fulfils 40% standards of the incapacity,” he stated, including “medical specialists on a panel had verified her disabilities earlier than issuing the certificates”.
Khedkar additionally stated his daughter has “a sure class of psychological sickness which was additionally verified by medical professionals earlier than the incapacity certificates was issued”.
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In 2022, the 32-year-old probationer who was just lately transferred to Washim on Pune district collector’s directions, had approached CAT searching for instructions to offer reservations for the individuals with incapacity for A (visible impairment) and D (psychological incapacity) classes as supplied beneath part 34 of Rights of Individuals with Disabilities Act 2016.
She nonetheless failed to point out up on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, when summoned for a medical examination on April 22, 2022 and subsequently on 5 completely different events. When questioned, Khedkar, stated “she had examined constructive for Covid on the time” and that there was no official communication for additional assessments.
On the problem of his daughter availing the OBC reservation advantages, when the household’s wealth was ₹ 80 crore ( ₹ 40 crore of Dilip, ₹18 crore of his spouse Manorama and ₹22 crore of Puja), which defies the ₹8 lakh restrict prescribed beneath creamy layer situation, Khedkar stated, “I’ll quickly converse up on the matter and deal with all of the allegations”.
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In the meantime, responding to a 2023 video clip of his spouse brandishing a firearm on a disputed Mulshi farmland, which did the rounds of social media following which on Friday an FIR was registered by the Pune Rural SP, Khedkar insisted that the land belonged to the household. “We formally bought the land from one other household and now they’re creating hurdles for us.” He added that the household has issued an announcement on this regards by means of advocate Ravindra Sutar, which said Khedkar’s spouse Manorama had carried the weapon for self-defence and that she had permission to own the gun.
When HT drew his consideration on his daughter’s current switch from Pune to Washim, after she was blamed of excessive handedness in workplace by Pune district collector. Khedkar stated: “Issues will not be as they appear from the skin. Solely we all know what occurred on the collector’s workplace and the way he behaved with us.”