Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 31, 2024, 06:20 PM
Pooja Khedkar News: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has taken a big action against trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar. The commission has stripped Pooja Khedkar of her IAS post and has also banned her from all future examinations. The commission itself has given this information. Let us tell you that Khedkar is accused of taking reservation in UPSC in an illegal manner. A case was also registered against him regarding this.UPSC canceled candidatureThe commission said that today the provisional candidature of Pooja Manorama Dilip Khedkar, the provisionally recommended candidate of Civil Services Examination-2022 (CSE-2022), has been canceled. Along with this, she has been permanently banned from all future examinations and selections.This case was registeredLet us tell you that on July 19, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police had allegedly registered a case against Khedkar for misusing the disability and other backward class (non-creamy layer) quota to secure his candidature in the civil services examination. In this case, the anticipatory bail plea of Pooja Khedkar was heard in Delhi's Patiala House Court on Tuesday. According to the report of Live Law, Advocate Bina Madhavan, appearing for Khedkar, told the court that his client is being targeted for registering a case of sexual harassment against the collector.These allegations were made firstLet us tell you that Pooja Khedkar, who first became an IAS through UPSC, became an officer as a trainee in Maharashtra. During this time, she was accused of demanding a red light in a private car, a car with VVIP number and her own cabin. After this, questions were raised on her selection, after which her secret was revealed.Played with certificateAccording to media reports, Pooja Khedkar had given fake OBC certificate and she had also changed her name and her parents' name. The commission has found her guilty in the case of violation of rules. After which UPSC dismissed her and blacklisted her. Now she cannot appear in any examination of Union Public Service Commission in future.What was the controversy of Pooja Khedkar?Trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar was posted as Assistant Collector in Pune, Maharashtra. While joining, she demanded a separate cabin, a car with red light and a house from the Pune Collector, which the Pune Collector complained about at a high level and she was transferred to Wasim. After that, allegations of becoming an IAS through fraudulent means started being made against Khedkar and she was called back to Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.