Retired IFS officer withdraws plea in search of to quash MOEF report on Magsaysay awardee Sanjiv Chaturvedi’s harassment | Chandigarh Information – The Occasions of India

CHANDIGARH: Retired Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Haryana cadre M L Rajavanshi withdrew his plea from the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom, by which he sought instructions to quash the report of the Union Ministry of Atmosphere and Forests (MOEF) that indicted a number of political leaders, bureaucrats and forest officers for harassing whistleblower Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer and Magsaysay awardee Sanjiv Chaturvedi. “The petition is filed in search of quashing of the inquiry report dated December 8, 2010, and all consequential proceedings… After arguing for a while, counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the moment case,” Justice Sandeep Moudgil recorded in his orders whereas permitting Rajvanshi to withdraw his petition. Nevertheless, liberty was given to the officer to strategy the Central Administrative Tribunal, if required. The state govt didn’t take any punitive or administrative motion in opposition to 1997 batch IFS Rajavanshi within the matter. The officer already retired from the service. Within the ministry’s inquiry report, Rajavanshi was named in plantation-related irregularities in Hissar and Jhajjar, together with 3 different senior IFS officers. In his plea, filed in 2017, Rajavanshi sought instructions for quashing the inquiry report dated December 8, 2010, and all consequential proceedings for being violative of the provisions of the All-India Providers (Self-discipline and Enchantment) Guidelines 1969, because the ministry had no jurisdiction below the principles to conduct an inquiry within the matter. Instructions had been additionally hunted for quashing the letter dated March 1, 2012, which was written in pursuance of the inquiry report. The Union Ministry of Atmosphere and Forests, in its inquiry report dated December 8, 2010, indicted the then chief minister’s workplace for “eradicating Chaturvedi from the scene” upon the detection of any forest rip-off by him. The ministry indicted the CM’s workplace, numerous state officers and politicians within the multi-crore scams uncovered by Chaturvedi. The report additionally handed strictures in opposition to the state for fabricating paperwork and harassing the officer. Even the CBI discovered the case “worthy” of an unbiased probe however expressed its incapability to register a case with out notification from the Haryana govt. The report was ready by a 2-member panel of the Union govt after receiving representations from Chaturvedi. In the identical case, the President ordered the chargesheet issued by the Hooda govt in opposition to the officer to be dropped. Following the controversy, the centre additionally allowed Chaturvedi’s plea to shift his cadre from Haryana to Uttarakhand. Importantly, the Supreme Courtroom is already seized of a petition concerning the validity of the ministry’s inquiry report on the problem. With the withdrawal of the petition filed by Rajavanshi, all of the issues pertaining to Chaturvedi got here to an finish within the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom.