‘He’s not fit to be collector’: Judge slams MP bureaucrat

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has come down heavily on Panna District Collector Sanjay Mishra for declaring a losing candidate in last month’s panchayat elections as the winner.

Published: 05th August 2022 03:27 AM  |   Last Updated: 05th August 2022 07:57 AM   |  A+A A-

By Express News Service

BHOPAL:  The Madhya Pradesh High Court has come down heavily on Panna District Collector Sanjay Mishra for declaring a losing candidate in last month’s panchayat elections as the winner.

“He’s acting as a political agent, he’s not fit to be a collector,” the HC said. “He (Panna district collector) has no regard for principles of natural justice, this man should be removed from the post of district collector,” Justice Vivek Agarwal observed on Wednesday while hearing a petition on the Gunnor Janpad Panchayat in Panna district polls.

At least 312 Janpad Panchayats elected chairperson and vice-chairperson on July 27 and 28. The 25-member Gunnor Janpad Panchayat voted to elect chairperson and vice-chairperson on July 27. In the vice-chairperson poll, Congress-backed Parmanand Sharma defeated Ramshiromani Mishra, supported by BJP, by winning 13 out of 25 votes. The presiding officer, Ram Niwas Choudhary, even issued the certificate to Sharma. 

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