The 2010 batch IAS officer Sewali Devi Sharma has been suspended by Assam government. She is charged with fund misappropriation. Ms. Sharma was working as secretary to the Assam government, Agriculture Department. A case of financial irregularities and misappropriation of funds during her tenure as the Executive Chairman cum Director, SCERT, has been registered, said a notification issued by the Personal (A) Department of Assam government.
According to the notification, the report received from the Department of School Education vide letter eCF No. 221279/227 dated 18-03-2023, found that Sewali Devi Sharma, IAS (SCS- 2010), Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Agriculture Department opened 5 (five) Bank Accounts without the approval of the Government of Assam during her tenure as the Executive Chairman cum Director, SCERT.
“It has also been reported that Sewali Devi Sharma, IAS (SCS-2010), Secretary to the Government of Assam, Agriculture Department, the then Executive Chairman cum Director, SCERT was the sole signatory and FRBM rules were not followed in respect of the above mentioned 5 (five) numbers of bank accounts whereas it has also been reported that a report of Enquiry on the functioning of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) under SCERT found financial irregularities and very credible references of misappropriation of fund,” said in the notification copy.
