Baleshwar Rai

Baleshwar Rai is a 1970-batch UT cadre Indian Administrative Service officer.[1] He retired as Secretary Coordination in the Cabinet Secretariat at Government of India. He was additional secretary in Union Labour ministry.[2] He was the Chief Secretary of Goa[3] for over two years.[2] He also served as the joint secretary in the Union power ministry. He also served as the chairman of Delhi Jal board and NDMC.[2] He has held several important positions after retirement like the Chairman of Delhi Public Grieviences Commission, Chairman of the governing Body of UPRAS Vidyalaya, Chairman of CSRL, Chairman of the governing body of Kirori Mal College.but is now doing social service and agriculture [4] He belongs to Bhumihar Brahmin community of Ghazipur District in East UP .

Controversies

His role as NDMC administrator came under the scanner of CBI's anti-corruption branch which started investigating him for corruption charges in 1996 but nothing was found out.[5]

He has been charged in an alleged case of sexual harassment. A senior teacher of Upras Vidyalaya had alleged Rai of sexual misbehaviour and also filed an FIR on the same matter. The case was on trial in a local Court. In 2012, and the ruling later was declared in bleshwar rai's favor, another FIR was filed against Baleshwar Rai by the ex principal of the school on theft, cheating and criminal breach of trust by public servant. [6] [7] In another FIR filed against him, he is co-accused (as former chairman KMC governing body) of misusing 1.50 crores of Indian rupees.[8]

References
  1. Rahul Singh (29 October 2003). "I will not go to Arunachal: Baleshwar Rai". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. Rahul Singh (29 October 2003). "I will not go to Arunachal: Baleshwar Rai". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. Division, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Research and Reference; Research, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.; Reference; and Training Division, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2003). India, a reference annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-1080-9.
  4. "HC dismisses suspended KMC principal's plea". The Times of India. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  5. Bhavdeep kang (20 March 1996). "Operation Clean-up". Outlook. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. Millennium Post news report
  7. DUTA whitepaper Also available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3MPBgADjtjaWHhqMlFfdEpfaG8/edit?pli=1
  8. MPost. "FIR lodged against DU college principal for siphoning off Rs 1.5 crore". Millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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