10 teachers’ salary withheld for dereliction of duty, show-cause notices issued

Boudh: Hadibandhu Behera, the Block Education Officer (BEO) of Harabhanga in Boudh district withheld 10 teachers’ salary and issued show-cause notices to them for dereliction of duty.

According to reports, Behera conducted surprise inspections across several schools without prior notice and found some teachers absent without authorised leave while others had left the school premises before closure of the school without informing the concerned authorities. Following this, the BEO took disciplinary action against the following 10 teachers:

Suramani Mallik of Jharkhaman Govt PS
Daya Kumar Hansa of Govt UPS Bahali
Pradip Kumar Sahu of Govt UPS Surundi
Sadhu Charan Dehury of Govt.UPS Balanda
Birendra Mahakud of Govt.UPS Kharsankuloi
Ranjan Kumar Patra of Govt.UPS Sakusinga
Babuli Sahu of Govt. PS Kantiapadar
Jitendra Kumar Dalua of Govt PS Kantiapadar
Jyotsnarani Mishra of Govt.PS Gothasahi
Rajendra Kumar Samal of Govt UPS Bahali