Chandrakant Gudewar

Nagpur: Chandrakant Gudewar, a senior bureaucrat and ex-municipal commissioner of Amravati and Solapur, has been found guilty of breaching MLA privilege during his tenure in Amravati for bypassing a local legislator in the implementation of a housing project, and recommended one-day House custody against the official. The decision was announced in the Assembly on Thursday by a breach of privilege committee.

Detention for a day
It recommended that Gudewar be asked to appear before the House and apologise, and then be put under arrest of legislature police for a day. The Chief Secretary has been asked to reprimand the officer. As punishment, Gudewar will be detained for a day in the legislature and denied executive posting till his retirement. Protesting the action, Gudewar announced his voluntary retirement from the state services. He is currently serving as deputy commissioner (rural development) in Pune.