Neera Yadav
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Neera Yadav, originally from Vaira Phirozpur village, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
, India
, is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service
. She was part of the 1971 batch of service graduates. She is married to Mahendra Singh Yadav, an officer of the Indian Police Service
who later resigned from the service to pursue his political career.
She has been posted at different positions in the bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh
. She shot into fame as District magistrate of Jaunpur district during flood crisis for her daring rescue operations. But later she was selected among the top three most corrupt IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh in a voting done by her own colleagues. She was appointed the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
, later resigning the position after a decision by the Supreme Court of India
, thus becoming the second IAS officer in succession after Akhand Pratap Singh to have done so.
Post retirement, she joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009 but resigned after Media questions over the decision.
In December 2010 Yadav was sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment after being convicted of misusing her official position to fraudulently allot land in NOIDA
to Flex Industries, owned by industrialist Ashok Chaturvedi
. She thus became the first IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh to have been convicted of corruption charge.
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service
Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....
. She was part of the 1971 batch of service graduates. She is married to Mahendra Singh Yadav, an officer of the Indian Police Service
Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...
who later resigned from the service to pursue his political career.
She has been posted at different positions in the bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. She shot into fame as District magistrate of Jaunpur district during flood crisis for her daring rescue operations. But later she was selected among the top three most corrupt IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh in a voting done by her own colleagues. She was appointed the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, later resigning the position after a decision by the Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
, thus becoming the second IAS officer in succession after Akhand Pratap Singh to have done so.
Post retirement, she joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009 but resigned after Media questions over the decision.
In December 2010 Yadav was sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment after being convicted of misusing her official position to fraudulently allot land in NOIDA
Noida
Noida , short for the New Okhla Industrial Development Area, is an area in India under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority . Noida came into administrative existence on 17 April 1976 and celebrates 17 April as "Noida Day". It was set up as part of an urbanization...
to Flex Industries, owned by industrialist Ashok Chaturvedi
Ashok Chaturvedi
Ashok Chaturvedi was the chief of India's external intelligence agency the Research and Analysis Wing from 1 February 2007 to 31 January 2009. Chaturvedi succeeded P.K.H...
. She thus became the first IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh to have been convicted of corruption charge.