Hans News Service Chandigarh

TheHaryana government has suspended two officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with immediate effect. In two separate orders issued on Wednesday, the government placed Ram Kumar Singh and Pardeep Kumar under suspension with immediate effect.

While no reason was given for their suspension, sources said the action was linked to the ongoing probe into the Rs 590-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case. During the suspension period, both officers -- promoted from the state civil service and belonging to the 2012 and 2011 batches respectively -- will have their headquarters at the office of the chief secretary to the Government of Haryana (Services-I Branch) in Chandigarh.

They will be entitled to subsistence allowance in accordance with Rule 4 of the All India Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969. Singh had served as commissioner of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation between July 2025 and January 2026, while Kumar was member secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board from August 31, 2022, to December 10, 2025.

Before the suspension, Singh was posted as special secretary of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department and additional CEO of Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority, while Kumar was posted as the director of the State Transport and special secretary of the Transport Department before his suspension. Haryana’s State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) has been conducting investigations into the IDFC First Bank fraud case. It has so far arrested several people, including bank employees, private individuals, and government officials.