‘Unsuitable verb’ irks UP official, sparks off disagreement | Lucknow Information
LUCKNOW: Utilization of a flawed verb in an in any other case regular letter on the pruning of overgrown foliage alongside roadsides obtained an official’s goat. The official returned the mail with a not-so-mild lecture to the opposite officer on hierarchy, decorum and propriety of language. A replica was additionally marked to the principal secretary, personnel, district choose and district Justice of the Peace. Lastly, the DM needed to intervene and concern a clarification late on Thursday that the problem was amicably resolved between the 2.
The incident occurred in Ambedkarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Within the chain of mails that surfaced on social media, Jalalpur sub-divisional Justice of the Peace Sunil Kumar, who has since been shifted to Ballia, shot off a letter to Ambedkarnagar PWD govt engineer MK Anil on September 16 in regards to the pruning of overgrown foliage alongside a specific stretch within the district.
The SDM “instructed” the PWD govt engineer to hold out the trimming of greenery alongside the Malipur-Jalalpur highway in Jalalpur tehsil to forestall accidents. Within the letter written in Hindi, he used the phrase “nirdeshit” (instructed).
In his reply despatched on September 22, the irked govt engineer requested for a clarification on numerous factors, together with the usage of the verb “nirdeshit”. Declaring that he’s senior in rank to the SDM, the chief engineer wrote: “As per the UP Public Service Fee, the SDM is a category 2 officer whereas the EE is a category 1 officer. Kindly clarify below what rule of the UP authorities can a category 2 officer instruct a category 1 officer, which has been tried by you within the letter.
Is your try and ‘instruct’ as per rule 3 of the UP Authorities Servants Conduct Guidelines, 1956?” The official additionally requested whether or not the SDM had offered any finances to the PWD for the work of pruning the greenery on the desired highway and below what head the funds must be spent. Because the official mail chain grew to become public, Ambedkarnagar DM needed to intervene. On Thursday night time, DM Avinash Singh mentioned that each the officers had been spoken to and the SDM mentioned that the ‘offensive’ phrase had been used “unknowingly” which led to the miscommunication. The matter has been amicably resolved, the DM added. Jalalpur SDM Sunil Kumar was shifted to Ballia on September 24.
