Two civil servants suspended from their services

Staff Reporter :
Bringing charges of breaching service rules and misconduct, the Public Administration (PA) Ministry has suspended SM Hamidul Haque, former Chief (Additional Secretary), and Mohammad Mahidur Rahman, Director (Deputy Secretary), of the Implementation Monitoring and for Evaluation Division (IMED) Ministry of Planning from their services.

Of them, Hamidul Haque was suspended on Thursday while Mahidur Rahman on Tuesday for making evaluation reports on the country’s power sector investment terming it as ‘Model of Looters’.
According to the PA Ministry orders, signed by ministry’s Senior Secretary Mohammad Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury, the punitive measures were taken against the two civil servants as per the Section 12(1) of the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2018.

It said that the decisions of filing Departmental Proceedings (DP) as per the Section (3)Kha of the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2018 was taken against the two officials. As a result, the authorities thinkthat they should be suspended from the services.
Earlier, the Public Administration Ministry made them officer on special duty (OSD) to the PA Ministry.

According to ministry sources, Deputy Secretary Mahidur Rahman made an evaluation report on the country’s power sector during the service period as a director of the IMED. In the report, he termed the total investment in the power sector as a ‘model of looters’ and for the interests of India and China.
He also criticized the initiative of increasing expenditures in this sector in his report.

During that period, Additional Secretary SM Hamidul Haque was the chief the evaluation wing and he forwarded the report to his higher authorities. The report was leaked and various news items were published in different media in the matter.
According to sources, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid drew attention of the Prime Minister in the last Cabinet meeting held on last Monday. Following the development, the punitive measures have been taken against them.