Tahsildar lauded by CM throws biryani party, transferred

Tahsildar lauded by CM throws biryani party, transferred

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Chennai:19.08.2020

Kundrathur tahsildar S Jayachitra was transferred on Tuesday, a day after she threw a biryani party for her subordinates to celebrate being named the best revenue official for her efforts in fighting Covid-19 and being honoured by the chief minister. A video of the party, held in violation of lockdown norms, went viral on social media on Tuesday.

Jayachitra replaces P Ekambaram as special tahsildar of Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway Scheme. This is part of a reshuffle of 13 revenue officials as per orders issued by Kancheepuram collector P Ponnaiah.

About 100 people took part in the biryani lunch party which is believed to have taken place at the guest house of the PWD near Chembarambakkam lake. Most of the guests were revenue officials employed in the taluk including revenue inspectors, VAOs, assistants, deputy tahsildars and sub-collectors in addition to her friends. Jayachitra was among the three officers of the revenue and disaster management department across the state to have won the special award. When contacted, the Kundrathur police said they had not registered a case as they are yet to receive a complaint. TOI tried to reach the tahsildar for comment, but she was unavailable as was the district collector.

In June, a DMK functionary who threw a birthday bash with about 250 guests near Gummidipoondi later tested positive for Covid-19 and was booked under four sections. Two guests tested positive and two died of the viral infection.

TOO CLOSE: About 100 people took part in the lunch, a video of which went viral on social media on Tuesday