Yadgir:
Two authorities faculty lecturers in Yadgir district have been suspended pending departmental inquiry for taking part in RSS Patha Sanchalana, with the Training Division holding that their participation prima facie violated provisions of the Karnataka Civil Companies (Conduct) Guidelines, 2021.
The orders had been issued on August 20 by Yadgir Deputy Director of Faculty Training Channabasappa Mudhol in opposition to Gururaj Joshi, an assistant trainer at Authorities Ladies’ Excessive Faculty in Hunasagi, and Anna Saheb Deshmukh, head trainer of Authorities Decrease Major Faculty at Kuppi in Surpur taluk.
The proceedings stated the lecturers’ participation within the RSS Patha Sanchalana (route marches) amounted to dereliction of obligation and violated guidelines of the Karnataka Civil Companies (Conduct) Guidelines, 2021.
The order stated, “Your participation within the RSS Patha Sanchalana prima facie quantities to dereliction of obligation and violation of Guidelines 3(1), 3(2), 3(3), 5(1) and seven of the KCS Guidelines.” Based on the proceedings, Joshi was reported to have participated in an RSS Patha Sanchalana held at Talikoti in Vijayapura district on October 12, 2025, with {a photograph} of his participation showing in ‘Vijaya Karnataka’.
A criticism in search of disciplinary motion was subsequently submitted by Jumanna Gudimani, district president of Ambedkar Swabhimani Sene.
The division stated a show-cause discover was issued to Joshi on March 13, 2026. In his written clarification, he maintained that the programme was held on a Sunday, exterior working hours, and was not political however a cultural programme.
The division rejected the reason, saying it couldn’t be accepted underneath the principles.
Joshi has been suspended underneath Rule 10(1) of the Karnataka Civil Companies (Classification, Management and Attraction) Guidelines, 1957, pending a departmental inquiry.
He shall be entitled to subsistence allowance underneath Rule 98 of the Karnataka Civil Companies Guidelines and can’t go away his headquarters with out written permission from the competent authority.
In Deshmukh’s case, the proceedings stated he had participated in an RSS Patha Sanchalana held at Hunasagi on October 10, 2025.
Gudimani had complained to Rural Growth and Panchayat Raj and Data Know-how Minister Priyank Kharge, who can also be Kalaburagi district in-charge minister, in search of motion in opposition to him.
The division stated a show-cause discover was issued to Deshmukh, who equally contended in his written assertion that the RSS programme was not held throughout working hours and was a cultural moderately than political programme.
The division rejected the reason and ordered his suspension pending departmental inquiry.
Each orders state that authorities staff can’t be members of political events or organisations concerned in politics, affiliate themselves with such organisations or take part in agitations, and stress that lecturers are anticipated to be position fashions for society and the Training Division.
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