RAICHUR, 16 JULY

Two Gram Panchayat staffers were removed from service for dereliction of duty after they allegedly maintained fraudulent attendance records under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in this district, officials said on Wednesday. The disciplinary action was initiated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat against Nirupadi and Jayamma, posted at Nagalapur Gram Panchayat in Lingasugur Taluk, they said. Nirupadi served as a barefoot technician and Jayamma worked as a gram kayaka mitra, both contract jobs. They were responsible for supervising and uploading attendance records. Both of them were removed from their posts following an official inquiry into irregularities in the National Mobile Monitoring System (attendance system), according to official orders dated 14 July.