Overview
- Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar directed the state government to withdraw the suspension of M. Devender Singh, the MPCB member secretary.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the government would take the necessary steps to implement the direction, and a senior official later confirmed the order would be revoked.
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandrakant Patil told the House that Singh and MPCB joint director Satish Padwal presented documentary evidence, expressed regret, and pledged to avoid a repeat.
- The suspensions were initially ordered on the floor by presiding officer Dilip Lande and processed by the General Administration Department under Additional Secretary V. Radha on February 27.
- The disciplinary episode stemmed from Assembly scrutiny of rising pollution in Chandrapur after Environment Minister Pankaja Munde said senior MPCB officials skipped required briefings.