The standing committee of Amdavad Municipal Corporation had decided last week to transfer officials who had served for more than three years at one place.

Executing the decision, Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner M Thennarasan transferred 20 assistant municipal commissioners and eight deputy health officers.

Two Additional City Engineers – Rushi Pandya from the West Zone to the East Zone, and Rajesh Rathva from the East Zone to the West Zone – were also transferred.

The AMC effected the transfers after it was found that officers who had remained in one place for an extended period reportedly began to take their work lightly. 

Moreover, a controversy arose over the municipal commissioner order which assigned some of the assistant municipal commissioners to oversee sub-zonal offices near their residences in transfer order.

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