MP faux pas: 3 dead teachers get 3 days to explain zero attendance

THREE government school teachers in Madhya Pradesh were recently sent show-cause notices for missing e-attendance. They’ll never respond—because the teachers are dead.

- ANURAAG SINGH @Bhopal

This unusual set of notices was reported in the Mauganj district, Madhya Pradesh. The families of Devta Deen Kol, who passed away in April 2023; Ramgarib Dipankar, who died on February 13, 2025; and Chotelal Saket, who passed in May 2025, were surprised to receive official reminders demanding that the deceased justify their ‘zero attendance’ for October 2025.