Rajendra Jagtap relieved of duty as CEO of Pune Smart City

He served as the additional municipal commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) from 2012 to 2017 before being appointed as CEO of PSCDCL. He was appointed as the CEO for one year in June 2017 and his service was extended by a year till June 2019.

The state government had again recommended the extension of his deputation for two more years till 2021.

“In an official order, the state government transferred him and directed him to hand over the charge to Rubal Agarwal, additional municipal commissioner of PMC,” said a PSCDCL official. The order further states that Jagtap’s next post would be declared soon.

Agarwal is currently holding the additional charge of municipal commissioner Sourabh Rao, who is undergoing training.

The PSCDCL had received funding of Rs 200 crore from the Union government in the first phase, and Rs 100 crore each from the state government and PMC.

Recently, it received Rs 100 crore in the second phase. The PSCDCL has carried out tender process of Rs 950 crore for the proposed projects and work on projects worth Rs 750 crore has already begun.

In 2014, the extension of Jagtap’s deputation in PMC had created controversy, with the Shiv Sena demanding his transfer, citing completion of three years in the post.

His brother, Sanjay Jagtap, is a district Congress chief and was recently elected to the Assembly after defeating senior Shiv Sena leader and minister Vijay Shivtare.

His brother-in-law Vishwajeet Kadam, son of late Congress leader Patangrao Kadam, has also been elected to the Assembly.