Maharashtra government has decided to suspend state Higher Education Director Dhanraj Mane for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 53 officials in Aurangabad's Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

State Education Minister Vinod Tawde today said in the Legislative Assembly that Mane would be suspended. The issue was raised through a point of information by Shiv Sena legislator Subhash Sabne in the Lower House. He demanded action in connection with the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of 53 officials in the university.