BALEGADDE (UTTARA KANNADA): Despite a teacher being suspended by the Deputy Director Public Instruction, Sirsi, for coming to the school in an inebriated state, the suspension order was kept under wraps for some days and the teacher is seen in and around the school.
The accused Prakash Naik was suspended for dereliction of duty and being absent, violating the norms.
Naik, a teacher with Government Lower Primary School at Balegadde village in Yellapur taluk has been suspended as he was always absent for duty and this fact was established whenever there was a surprise visit by the officials and the SDMC chairman. However, the staff attendance register has been signed on those particular days.
Accordingly, a letter from the office of DDPI, Sirsi Circle, refers to his absence stating that he has been absent violating the rules and points out that he was absent on August 20, 2024 when the chairman SDMC, LPS, Balegadde visited the school.
Likewise, he was absent on August 16, August 22 and August 23, 2024, when the community resource person visited the school and found him absent and the attendance register showed that he had signed it.
The DDPI had issued a show cause notice to the teacher asking why action should not be initiated against him under KCSR Rules 106 (A) and Rules 108 and asked him to give a written reply to the office. However, when there was no response, the DDPI placed him under suspension on November 21, 2024. The reason for keeping the suspension a secret is not known.
The teacher, according to sources, is continuing with his old habits. Belapur BEO N R Hegde said that the suspension is not a secret. “There was an inquiry into that alcohol allegations, but there is no evidence to establish it.”