Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Harda Official Faces Suspension Over Cook's Unpaid Honorarium
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held a public complaints hearing in Harda.
A woman cook had not received her honorarium for more than 10 months.
The official responsible for the district Tribal Welfare Department did not give a satisfactory answer about the delay.
Yadav directed that the official be suspended.
He also learned that 27 police-related complaints had been waiting for more than 100 days.
He asked the police superintendent to look into those cases.
Yadav told officials to deal with complaints on time and pay workers' salaries promptly.
He also spoke with people about their problems and asked residents for ideas to develop Harda.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed the suspension of Harda district Tribal Welfare Department coordinator Pramod Mathur.
The action followed an unsatisfactory reply about a woman cook whose honorarium had been unpaid for more than 10 months.
Yadav expressed displeasure that 27 police department complaints had remained pending for more than 100 days and asked the superintendent of police to review them.
He called for penalties against negligent officials and timely salary payments to regular, contractual and outsourced employees.
During the Harda hearing, Yadav spoke with five complainants about issues including agricultural pump subsidies and an electricity bill, and sought residents' ideas for district development.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, district coordinator Pramod Mathur, and complainants.
- What
- Yadav directed Mathur's suspension over a woman cook's unpaid honorarium and raised concerns about delayed complaints.
- When
- Friday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- Harda district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- The cook's honorarium had been pending for more than 10 months, and Mathur's reply was deemed unsatisfactory.
- Official facing suspension
- Pramod Mathur, Harda district coordinator for the Tribal Welfare Department
- Cook's honorarium delay
- More than 10 months
- Police complaints
- 27 had been pending for more than 100 days
- Hearing
- Samadhan Online under Jan Vishvas
- Other direction
- Officials were told to ensure timely salary payments to regular, contractual and outsourced employees
- Complainant interactions
- Yadav directly interacted with five complainants