Durga Shakti Nagpal

Durga Shakti Nagpal is an IAS officer (2009-batch).

Career
Ms Nagpal was appointed as Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar. She is in media after acting against sand mafia, in Greater Noida,Uttar Pradesh, India. IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was leading crackdown on sand mafia. The 2009-batch IAS officer, posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar, had clamped down on illegal mining and taken on powerful sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh. She was suspended barely 10 months after she got her first posting in the state. Justifying the suspension of 28-year-old Ms. Nagpal, the government said in a statement that she was suspended for getting a wall at a disputed place of worship removed without following legal process.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday came out in support of suspended Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Durga Shakti Nagpal by saying that the decision of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) Government in Uttar Pradesh clearly suggests that politics and politicians are turning dirty. Mr. Kejriwal maintained that whistleblowers and honest officers are not allowed to do their job freely. "Whatever took place with Durgaji is extremely wrong. She was raising her voice and acting against the sand mafia, this was her duty. How many officers are there in the country who work honestly against corruption today? The government should be supporting these officers instead of suspending her," he said.

Controversies
Samajwadi party leader Narendra Bhati was peeved against IAS officer's drive against illegal mining and is reportedly responsible for her being suddenly suspended after her strong action against the sand mining mafia in the state. With her work, she falls into the list of civil services officers like Satyendra Dubey and Ashok Khemka who have fought against corruption in various levels of the Indian administration and faced backlashes for their work.

Samajwadi party supremo Akhilesh Yadav said Suspension of woman IAS officer an administrative decision.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary has said the decision will be reviewed, after the IAS officers' association protested on dated 29-July-2013.

Social media and Kiran Bedi protest against IAS officer's suspension.

The Samajwadi Party Government has described the suspension of the 2009-batch IAS officer as an 'administrative decision', as her orders to demolish a mosque could cause communal tension. Several IAS officers have now come out in support of Ms. Nagpal, and asked the Chief Secretary to revoke her suspension. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parties-cry-foul-over-up-ias-officers-suspension/article4966710.ece?homepage=true