It has been a long time since one has heard about Preeti Sudan, retired IAS officer of 1983 batch from Andhra Pradesh cadre.
She played a very important role during the Chandrababu Naidu regime between 1995 and 2004, along with her husband Randeep Sudan, who was considered to be the “computer man” of Naidu and the brain behind introduction of information technology in the administration.
Later, she went abroad to work for a few years in the World Bank, before returning to Delhi to work on Central deputation.
She worked in various positions, before retiring as secretary, Union ministry of health and family welfare on July 31 last year.
Now, this lady has come under fire from the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government.
On Tuesday, she received a show-cause notice from chief secretary Aditya Nath Das for allegedly violating service rules in getting her extraordinary leave (EOL) into earned/half-pay leave for the period of her stay abroad in 2005-06.
In his notice, the chief secretary pointed out that she had directed her sub-ordinates under her control in the Union health department in February last year to convert her EOL into EL.
“As per the rules, the state government is the competent authority to take a decision on her leave conversion. She did not take the concurrence of either the state government or the Department of Personnel and Training of the Government of India,” the notice said.
The chief secretary sought to know why disciplinary proceedings under relevant rules should not be initiated for the above said lapse within two weeks from the date of receipt of the notice.
“If no reply is received, it will be construed that she has no explanation to offer and further action will be taken based on the material available,” the chief secretary said.