AMC fire dept

A total of nine officials of the Amdavad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) fire and emergency services department, who were on probation, were terminated on Aug 22 from their jobs for obtaining educational qualifications from National Fire Service College (NFSC), Nagpur, through unauthorised sponsorship.

The officials include Asif Sheikh, Sudhir Gadhvi, Shubham Khadiya, Abhijit Gadhvi, Mehul Gadhvi, Anidhsinh Gadhvi, Inayat Sheikh, Om Jadeja, and Kaizad Dastur.

A statement released by the AMC states that they arrived at this decision after a vigilance investigation and an investigation by the Industrial Relations Department found them guilty of the allegations.

Municipal Commissioner M Thennarasan issued a final show-cause notice to these officials, but their reply was deemed unsatisfactory, after which they were terminated from their posts.

The release states that Asif Sheikh was recruited as probationary assistant sub-officer, Sudhir Gadhvi, Shubham Khadiya, Abhijit Gadhvi, Mehul Gadhvi, and Anidhsinh Gadhvi were probationary assistant station officers, while Inayat Sheikh, Om Jadeja, and Kaizad Dastur were probationary divisional officers.