Dead teacher withdrew salary for over a year in Bihar’s Saharsa, 4 BEOs served notices

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A lifeless authorities teacher in Bihar continued to withdraw salary for over a year.

This weird incident came about in Bihar’s Saharsa district and the matter got here into gentle when on March 13, block training officer (BEO) Sabita Kumari wrote to the district training officer (DEO) in this regard prompting the division to analyze the matter. The matter got here into the discover of the media solely on Tuesday.

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4 block training officers (BEOs) who served the block throughout this era have been served notices.

The deceased, who was working at Center College Dumri underneath Mahishi block as a contract teacher, was later recognized as Ram Prasad Raushan, a resident of Telwa (Mahishi), died on December 22, 2023. Subsequent day the then headmaster of the varsity Ajit Roy knowledgeable the division in regards to the dying.

“The salary of the lifeless teacher continued to be credited in the accounts of the lifeless teacher until February 2025,” sources mentioned including “Quickly after Sabita Kumari assumed the cost of BEO in March, she wrote to the upper authorities asking to take determination in this regard.”

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An official in the division advised HT, “The salary continued to be credited in the accounts of the lifeless teacher for 13 months, and you may’t say it was merely negligence, it was a blunder and it tells the true image of the training division which has been making tall claims.”

Whereas district training officer (DEO) Anil Kumar didn’t reply to the repeated calls of HT, district programme officer (Institution) Sanjay Kumar mentioned, “4 BEOs throughout that interval (13 months) have been served present –trigger in this regard and additional motion might be taken after they submit their explanations.”

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Of the 4 BEOs who’ve been served present trigger notices three of them have already retired from the service.

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Satya Prasad Singh, Vidyanand Tiwary and Sanjay Kumar (All BEOs) have already been retired whereas the then DPO Rajneesh Kumar Jha who was additionally holding the extra cost of BEO of Mahishi has been served discover. He’s at the moment posted in Saran as DPO.