New Delhi, April 30: The Central Administrative Tribunal has nullified the compulsory retirement of IPS officer Gurjinder Pal Singh from service and directed his reinstatement with all related benefits within a period of four weeks.
The officer from the 1991 batch was serving as ADG in Chhattisgarh when he was retired involuntarily from service following a raid by the anti-corruption bureau and a sedition case was registered against him during the tenure of Bhupesh Baghel govt in state.
CAT principal bench in New Delhi, comprising chairman, Justice Ranjit More, and member Anand Mathur, observed that the applicant has been retired compulsorily as a punitive measure.
The order of compulsory retirement has been passed as a shortcut to avoid departmental inquiry. The impugned order retiring the applicant compulsorily cannot be sustained in the eyes of the law.
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