Durgapur mayor Dilip Agasty on Monday resigned apparently following instructions from the Trinamul Congress leadership.

Agasty submitted his resignation to West Burdwan district magistrate S. Arun Prasad and sent a copy to municipal affairs minister Chandrima Bhattacharya mentioning his health issues as the reason.

However, sources said Trinamul supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee was not satisfied with the performance of Agasty, a retired WBCS officer.

Chief minister had in May last year instructed urban development minister Firhad Hakim from an administrative review meeting at Nabanna to remove Agasty from the post of mayor after describing him as “good for nothing”.

However, the matter was later withheld but Trinamul sources said that ahead of the elections of Durgapur Municipal Corporation scheduled next year the party did not want to take “risk” as Opposition parties have been taking to the streets to protest against “lapses” in implementing civic amenities in the town.

The CPM organised a three-day march that ended on Monday demanding a change in the civic board alleging negligence in implementing civic facilities in the town.

A section of ruling party councillors was also unhappy with the activities of the retired bureaucrat turned politician and mayor.

However, Agasty kept his phone switched off and no reaction could be found from his end.

Sources close to him said Agasty received a call from Trinamul Bhawan on Monday afternoon asking him to resign immediately. Agasty wrote his resignation letter and addressed it to the district magistrate instead of the municipal affairs minister and submitted it.