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PRAYAGRAJ: An FIR has been registered at Karnalganj police station against Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Director Anil Bhushan Chaturvedi and Senior Assistant Ishtdev Upadhyay following a court order. The case concerns allegations of tampering with an employee’s service book by recording a backdated adverse entry. The alleged misconduct took place during Chaturvedi’s tenure as Secretary of the Examination Regulatory Authority (PNP). Acting on judicial directions, local police have initiated an investigation to verify the records and scrutinize the departmental paper trail.
Allegations of Backdated Entry in Service Book
The complainant, Civil Lines resident Shashi Kumar Yadav, stated that he had been working at the Examination Regulatory Authority office since 1995. According to his complaint, he was on medical leave between March 1 and March 31, 2021. The leave was formally sanctioned with full pay by the competent authority on July 27, 2021. Yadav claimed that despite this approved leave, an adverse entry was inserted into his original service book with a backdated timestamp showing March 31, 2021.
Yadav alleged that on June 24, 2021, Senior Assistant Ishtdev Upadhyay, who was in charge of the procurement section at the time, requisitioned his original service book and personal file under directions from the then Secretary. The complainant raised questions over the jurisdictional authority of an officer from another wing securing his original personnel records. When the documents were examined later, the adverse entry dating back to March 31, 2021, was found entered in the book.
Certified Copies and Timeline Under Dispute
In support of his allegations, Yadav cited records obtained through the Right to Information Act as well as the departmental dispatch and receipt registers. He claimed that a certified copy of his service book obtained on June 22, 2021, did not contain any such adverse entry. Based on the documentary evidence, Yadav argued that the entry was recorded at a later stage and backdated to March 31, pointing to calculated manipulation of state service documents.
The complaint further questioned administrative decisions during that specific window. A government order had transferred Anil Bhushan Chaturvedi out of the office on June 15, 2021, yet he officially handed over charge only on June 29, 2021. Yadav stated that sensitive actions taken on his personnel files during this intervening period raised serious procedural concerns. After initial police inaction, Yadav approached the competent court, which subsequently ordered the registration of the FIR. Karnalganj Station House Officer Gyaneshwar Mishra confirmed that an FIR has been lodged and that investigators are examining all original registers, certified records, and timelines.
Director Rejects Charges as Baseless and Groundless
Denying the allegations completely, Basic Education Director Anil Bhushan Chaturvedi said the charges were unfounded and baseless. He stated that the adverse entry involved no forgery, misrepresentation, or backdating, maintaining that all administrative actions were conducted in strict accordance with service rules and departmental procedures.
Chaturvedi stated that the employee routinely left office premises merely after marking attendance and failed to perform assigned responsibilities. The director explained that Yadav was assigned duty during the 2021 panchayat elections but remained absent, prompting the then Chief Development Officer to recommend formal departmental action against him. Two days of the employee’s salary were also withheld following the lapse. Chaturvedi maintained that the employee had been trying to lodge an FIR since 2021 out of personal grievance, asserting that all official documents, registers, and files remain safely preserved in the office to substantiate the administration’s stance.
