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The Hindu
04-07-2025
- The Hindu
Four revenue officials suspended over lapses in SC survey
Following many complaints about lapses in the ongoing Scheduled Castes (SC) survey in the city, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has suspended four revenue officials. Three officials — revenue inspector Ramesh and tax collector Peddaraju, working in HBR sub-division, and tax collector C. Sentil Kumar of Kengeri sub-division — were suspended on Thursday for not contacting residents, but pasting stickers on their houses that the survey of these houses was completed. On Friday, the BBMP suspended revenue inspector Kavita, working in the Vasanthnagar sub-division, for erroneous survey in ward no. 62, Vasathnagar. In her suspension order, the BBMP said when the head office called up residents to cross-check on the survey in the ward, they found that surveyors had marked SC families from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu as 'non-SC households' during the survey, but included them as 'SC households' and uploaded their details on the app, when they went to paste stickers, creating discrepancies in the survey.
India Today
03-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Bengaluru civic body suspends official after CCTV shows lapses in SC survey
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has suspended a Revenue Collector in the East Zone after CCTV footage revealed serious lapses in the ongoing door-to-door survey of Scheduled Caste (SC) households in Collector for Ward No. 24 (HBR Layout), Peddaraju, was suspended on Wednesday for dereliction of duty as supervisor of the survey in his ward. The BBMP said he was suspended for 'carelessness, irresponsibility, and lack of interest in executing assigned duties.'advertisementAccording to the suspension order issued by the East Zone Commissioner, enumerators under his supervision were seen 'randomly affixing stickers without confirming with household members,' which is a 'clear breach of procedure.' The incident, captured on CCTV on June 27 and widely circulated on social media, prompted disciplinary action. The door-to-door campaign, part of a statewide exercise ordered by the government to collect comprehensive data on SC households, requires enumerators to 'confirm the residents' details before affixing stickers and uploading data via the mobile app.'The order further noted that Peddaraju 'failed to ensure proper execution of the task' despite instructions from senior officials, adding that as a government employee 'entrusted with public responsibility,' he 'failed to comply with the government/BBMP/superior authority's orders' and did not monitor enumerators has been reassigned to a vacant post of Revenue Collector in Malleshwaram Division and 'permitted to draw subsistence allowance as per Rule 98 of the KCSR Rules, 1958 during the suspension period.'advertisementThe controversy over the survey comes amid growing criticism from the opposition BJP, which has alleged that the enumeration is flawed and politically leaders cited the same footage to claim that stickers were being pasted even on homes of non-SC families, calling the process 'bogus' and 'deceptive.'Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, however, downplayed the issue, noting that households could also register online if they were missed during door-to-door visits. 'You can enrol online or when they come home. There are so many ways to enrol; we accept it,' he said in response to the criticism.- EndsTrending Reel IN THIS STORY#Karnataka#Bengaluru
