Controversial Yavatmal collector shunted out sans any posting

NAGPUR: Controversial district collector of Yavatmal M Devendar Singh has finally been shunted out sans any official posting. He was replaced by the Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer of Amravati Amol Yedge on Friday.
Singh took charge as Yavatmal collector on February 15, 2020. His 13 months in office, which coincided with the start of the pandemic, were marred by controversies.
He had allegedly insulted health workers, including doctors, who launched an indefinite strike against him after submitting their resignations to the CEO of Yavatmal Zilla Parishad. Revenue officials, including RDC, deputy collectors, SDOs, tehsildars and naib tehsildars too submitted a letter to divisional commissioner Piyush Singh requesting Singh’s transfer.
Both the agitations were amicably settled by the then DGM Sanjay Rathod. On March 8, Singh had submitted a confidential report to the divisional commissioner against SP Dr Dilip Bhujbal Patil, ZP CEO Dr Shreekrishna Panchal, civil surgeon Dr Tarangthushar Warey and DHO Dr Hari Pawar. Later, the divisional commissioner had sought explanations from the officers.
After the confidential report went viral on social media, it caught the government’s eye and finally, Singh was shunted out sans any fresh appointment.
Singh had earlier served in Chandrapur, Akola, Beed and Latur districts. His successor Amol Yedge is an IAS officer from the 2014 batch.