Rajasthan News: CM Bhajan Lal's Strict Action Under Zero-tolerance Policy; Good Governance, Transparency and Accountability

UdaipurTimes, October 28, 2026 | Rajasthan Government News: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has taken a big action against state service officials under the zero-tolerance policy in cases of committing or promoting crime. Disposing of 30 cases under major penalty proceedings, approval has been given to stop the annual increments of 17 serving officials and the pension of 16 retired officials. This action emphasises ensuring good governance, transparency, administrative accountability, protection of state resources, and seriousness towards public service duties.

Action on collusion with persons of criminal nature
In the cases of serving officials, the punishment of stopping 2 to 4 annual increments with cumulative effect has been approved according to the seriousness of the allegations. Under this, approval was given to stop 4 annual increments with cumulative effect of the then Circle Officer in the case of collusion with persons of criminal nature and receiving undue benefits from the mafia involved in illegal gravel mining.

In the case of not conducting proper investigation, the annual increments of 3 officials have been stopped after the negligence of the then Police Inspector, Assistant Sub-Inspector, and Constable, including the officials of the concerned police team, was proven. Meanwhile, 2-2 annual increments of the then Circle Officer and Constable have been stopped in the case of keeping closeness and connivance with criminals involved in drug smuggling and not arresting wanted criminals.

Action on improper use of government resources
The annual increments of an officer of the Rajasthan Administrative Service, who showed negligence in the inspection and maintenance of works of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, have also been stopped. Meanwhile, action has been taken against the concerned medical officers in 3 cases of long-term voluntary absence in the Medical and Health Department. Similarly, 2 annual increments of a medical officer have been stopped in a serious case of issuing the wrong blood type. Punitive action has also been decided as per rules against officials of Labour, Horticulture, and Secretariat services after allegations were proven.

Pension stopped on serious financial irregularities
Strict action was also taken on serious financial irregularities in the cases of retired officials. Under this, action has been taken to permanently stop 100 percent of the payable pension of a retired officer of the Rajasthan Accounts Service after the allegation of tampering with government records to give undue benefit to a private company and causing heavy financial loss to the state government was proven.

20 percent pension amount has been stopped for 5 years in cases of illegal land conversion and causing financial loss to the state government by showing residential and commercial plots as agricultural land against 2 retired officers of the Rajasthan Administrative Service. Similarly, a Development Officer and an Assistant Engineer have also been punished in a case of making fake payments without work in the works of the Panchayat Samiti. Apart from this, strict action has also been taken in cases related to Medical-Health, Social Justice and Empowerment, Mines, College Education, and Devasthan Department.

Ensuring action as per rules by the state government, proposals for the exoneration of officials have also been approved in 8 cases where allegations were not proven under Rule 16 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules, 1958.

By taking strict action against serving as well as retired personnel, a strong message has been given that retiring after committing a crime does not mean that the rest of life will be spent in peace. The Bhajan Lal government will catch and punish such criminals who harm the interests of the common public from anywhere and is doing so.