Rajesh Mandloi, a village-level revenue official in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district, was suspended on Thursday for owning 51 government properties.
The irregularities emerged from a list compiled under the Union government’s Svamitva scheme, where Mandloi registered 48 land parcels in his name and three in his wife Manisha's name.
District collector Rishabh Gupta suspended Mandloi under Rule 9 of the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Rules, 1966, following a complaint by former sarpanch Radheshyam Tomar.