Following the controversy, she was transferred from Pune to Washim district before the completion of her training.Besides her conduct at the Pune collector’s office, there are also allegations that Khedkar misused the disability provision and Other Backward Class quota to secure a position in the elite Indian Administrative Services (IAS).Another RTO official said that several challans were issued in the past against the Audi car, which was registered at the Pune RTO on June 27, 2012, for alleged traffic violations.As per section 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR) 1989, the state government can grant permission for the use of red or amber beacon lights on official vehicles to VIPs, VVIPs and government officials.In December 2013, the state government pruned the list of government posts entitled to use beacons and published a revised list in 2014, on the directives of the Supreme Court.In October 2014, the transport commissioner’s office had asked various departments to remove beacons on the vehicles of the officials not entitled to use them.As per the list, only top officials above the secretary level in the state government, police officers of and above the rank of inspector general of police and regional commissioners are allowed to use amber beacons without flashers, while top level district officials are entitled to use blue beacons.Khedkar has now taken charge as an assistant collector at the Washim district collectorate in Vidarbha region.The Centre on Thursday constituted a single-member committee “to verify the candidature” of the 2023-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre.In a statement, the Centre said the probe would be conducted by an additional secretary-rank officer to verify the claims over Khedkar’s candidature and other details.
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