Manoj Kumar Chauhan (Indian civil servant)
| Manoj Kumar Chauhan | |
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| Municipal Commissioner, Meerut | |
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Assumed office June 1, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Devendra Kushwaha |
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| Born |
Manoj Kumar Singh 23 May 1967 Sharif Nagar, Moradabad |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse(s) | Aakaanksha Singh |
| Alma mater | K.G.K Inter College and Allahabad University |
Manoj Kumar Chauhan is an Indian civil servant who is currently posted as Municipal Commissioner of Meerut.
He was born as Manoj Kumar Singh to Digvijay Singh and Kela Devi. He hail from very humble background of agriculturist. He completed his primary education from primary school in his own village Sharifnagar. Later he studied in Bijnor till class XII. He did B.A and L.L.B in K.G.K Inter College and Allahabad University.
In 1997, he got selected as PCS officer after attaining 8th rank all over Uttar Pradesh. He first joined as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Udham Singh Nagar district now in Uttarakhand. After Uttarakhand broke from Uttar Pradesh in 2000, he choose his home state Uttar Pradesh to be posted in.
He was posted as Registrar at Chaudhary Charan Singh University in 2014 by the state government. After few months of his joining, he was at loggerhead with the University's Vice Chancellor, Vikram Chandra Goel a former IPS officer. VC relieved him from his post without getting any order from the government. Later state government objected to it and ordered him not take back his order as it was out of his jurisdiction to do so. He replied that being a state university's VC he has autonomy from government and they can refer the matter to Chancellor/Governor of state. This tussle made students protest in the campus.
Later the Registrar appealed his decision to High Court where High Court reject VC's judgement and ordered Registrar to continue his duties. VC then appealed to Supreme Court but couldn't get favourable judgement. Later Governor sacked VC and state government transferred Registrar as Joint Commissioner at UP Housing Development Board in Meerut for one month.
Married to the renowned writer Aakaanksha Singh in the year 1997, they have two children Pradyumna Singh and Meenakshi Singh. Currently, they are residing in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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