A day after she met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was on Sunday reinstated as her suspension has been revoked by the Govt but she has not been given a fresh posting

Nagpal’s meeting with AkhileshYadav at his official residence on Saturday where she not only clarified her position on the demolition order, but also apologised to the Chief Minister, had paved the way for her reinstatement

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Durga Shakthi Nagpal(a 2010 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre) was suspended by the Samajwadi Party government on Saturday July 27,2013 after she allegedly carried out the demolishing of a wall of a mosque under construction, in Rabupura in Noida.

The UP Govt claimed the officer’s action “threatened to disturb communal peace”

Durga Shakthi Nagpal is said to have been suspended after Samajwadi Party leader with the status of a Minister of State Narendra Singh Bhati lodged a complaint over the demolition of the mosque wall. It was alleged that Mr. Bhati and his close relative Virendra Bhati had interests in illegal sand mining along the Yamuna and Hindon rivers in Noida and Greater Noida

Durga Shakthi Nagpal has been attached to the Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue at Lucknow. Notwithstanding the official causes given for the officer’s suspension, reports have alleged that Durga Shakthi
Nagpal paid the price for taking on the powerful sand mafia of Noida and Greater Noida