New Delhi, Oct 8, 2025

In a development that has stirred administrative circles, Durga Shakti Nagpal, a 2010-batch IAS officer currently serving as District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, has been slapped with a hefty fine of Rs 1.63 crore by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) for allegedly overstaying in a government bungalow in Delhi.

The amount was calculated using the government’s telescopic formula for unauthorised occupation. For Type VI-A accommodation, the damages start at Rs 92,000 per month and increase progressively every month up to Rs 4.6 lakh.

The controversy centers around Bungalow B-17, a Type VI-A accommodation on IARI’s Pusa campus, which Nagpal occupied from April 2015.

Initially allotted during her tenure as Officer on Special Duty to t

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