Nagpur: Tensions have flared up within the Public Works Department (PWD) as a full-blown cold war brews between two Sub-Divisional Engineers at the Ravi Bhavan division in Nagpur. The chaos began after the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) issued a stay order on the recent transfer of Engineer Sanjay Upadhye, just weeks before his retirement.

Upadhye had been transferred to the Chief Engineer’s Office in Nagpur by a government order issued on October 23. Expressing strong discontent over the timing of his transfer, he challenged the decision before the MAT. In the meantime, the newly appointed Sub-Divisional Engineer, Ajay Patil (Ghate), arrived at Ravi Bhavan on October 30 and began functioning without formally taking charge. He reportedly installed CCTV cameras in the office an

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