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In order to avoid any inconvenience to public, the work under them has been allocated to other officials.”He refused to comment when asked about the reason for such strict action against officials. Ludhiana: In an unprecedented action taken by state taxation department, powers of six excise and taxation officer (ETO) level officers of the department, five of whom are posted in Ludhiana and one in Fatehgarh Sahib, have been withdrawn with immediate effect and all of them have been attached with the Patiala headquarters.Orders in this regard have been issued by Vivek Pratap Singh, excise and taxation commissioner (ETC), Punjab. Sources in the department said action has been taken against officials for alleged involvement in helping tax evaders.The six ETOs against whom the action has been taken include Shalinder Singh of Range-2 Ludhiana; Anish Sharma, Ved Prakash Jakhar and Mukti Gupta of Range-1 Ludhiana; Tanul Goyal of Range-3 Ludhiana; and Neetu Bawa of Fatehgarh Sahib.As per the orders, all investigations and all the routine work under these officials have been allocated to other officials.Vivek Pratap Singh said, “These six officers have been attached with the headquarters till further notice..