Jaipur, April 06: The Rajasthan High Court has ordered to stop the salaries of three IAS officers namely Hemant Gera, Rajendra Kumar Bhatt and Tarachand Meena for contempt of its orders.
It is to mention here that, then Principal Secretary Hemant Gera is now Chairman Revenue Board, then Collector Udaipur Tarachand Meena and then Divisional Commissioner Udaipur Rajendra Kumar Bhatt have retired from the service.
The court has also ordered for the presence of Secretary of Personnel Department KK Pathak in the court in person.
It is to mention here that, in an order 3 and a half years ago, the Rajasthan High Court had ruled in favour of 9 petitioners directing the state government to implement the third pay-scale and pay them the arrears. However, as per usual practice of officers, even after years, the orders of the High Court were not complied with.
Due to this, the single bench of senior judge of the High Court Dinesh Mehta took this stern action & to ensure compliance with these directions of the court, the High Court Registry has also been directed to send a copy of the order to the Chief Secretary of the state.
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