Haryana shocker: No entry over shorts, XEN renders Ambala club power-less; minister fumes, suspension order issued
Haryana power minister Anil Vij on Tuesday recommended his suspension after getting a complaint about his "unruly behaviour".
The officer, Harish Goel, is currently posted as XEN, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN), Yamunanagar. Goel was reportedly not allowed to enter the club on Monday evening for coming in shorts, which is a violation of the club's regulation and dress code.
As per the complaint sent on Tuesday by the chairman of Central Phoenix Club, Ambala Cantonment, the officer not only ordered cutting of power supply, but thereafter called the manager, Balinder Singh, and asked him, "Kya baat hai, tumhari light chali gayee or generator chal raha hai, kaisa lag raha hai?" (Wow, there is no power at your place, and the generator is running. How does it feel?)
It was alleged in the complaint that Goel displayed "unruly behaviour", and in an apparent act of retaliation, deliberately got the "electricity supply to the club disconnected", at a time when around 50 families were having dinner there.
The letter from the club's chairman requested the state minister to act against the executive engineer. Taking cognisance of the club's complaint, the power minister referred the matter to the additional chief secretary (energy) Haryana, recommending the XEN's suspension and seeking his explanation regarding his conduct.
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