Haryana to chargesheet Khemka for minor offences

The Haryana government has decided to chargesheet 1991-batch IAS officer Ashok Khemka, this time for minor penalties in the case of alleged low sale of wheat seeds when he was the managing director, Haryana Seeds Development Corporation Limited (HSDCL), earlier this year.

The Haryana government has decided to chargesheet 1991-batch IAS officer Ashok Khemka, this time for minor penalties in the case of alleged low sale of wheat seeds when he was the managing director, Haryana Seeds Development Corporation Limited (HSDCL), earlier this year.

About a fortnight ago, the state government had decided to chargesheet him for major penalties for "administrative misconduct" and "overstepping his jurisdiction" in cancelling the mutation of the land deal between UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and DLF in Gurgaon.

In the wheat seed case, Khemka is being chargesheeted under Section 10 of the All India Services (discipline and appeal) Rules, 1969.