Central government sacked IAS Pooja Khedkar

New Delhi: The central government has taken major action against former IAS officer Pooja Khedkar. According to sources, the government has sacked Pooja Khedkar with immediate effect on Saturday. This action has been taken by the government under Rule 12 of the IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954. Earlier, the Union Public Service Commission i.e. UPSC had also registered a case of fraud while cancelling the candidature of the IAS.

On Friday, Pooja Khedkar had told the Delhi High Court that she is ready to get her disability examined at AIIMS. Pooja Khedkar has filed a petition for anticipatory bail in the Delhi High Court. This argument was given by Khedkar on the allegation of Delhi Police in which it was said that her disability certificate could be fake. Khedkar is accused of fraud as well as taking advantage of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and disability quota in the wrong way.

In the last hearing, Delhi Police has argued in the High Court that Pooja Khedkar had submitted two certificates to show various types of disabilities. Investigation has revealed that one of these may be fake while the other may be fabricated. The police have claimed that Khedkar has submitted two disability certificates for 2022 and 2023. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) canceled her candidature on July 31. Along with this, she was barred from appearing in future examinations. Khedkar has been denying all the allegations against her.