New Delhi: In a decision that may prove to be a big moralbooster for upright All India Services (IAS,IPS and Indian Forest Service ) officers across the country,the Centre has quashedtheH aryana governments departmental chargesheet against whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi,who had to face the wrath of the B S Hooda government for blowing the lid off several forest scams in the state.
The state had charged Chaturvedi,a 2002-batch IFS officer of Haryana cadre,and wanted his termination from service on the basis of fabricated charges against him.The ministry of environment and forests,however,intervened and got the chargesheet against him quashed on Thursday by ignoring the Hooda governments plea.
Chaturvedis persistent move to challenge the decision of the state went in his favour when he submitted representations before the President through MoEF. The quashing of his chargesheetwill give a senseofsecurity to all upright officers who want to go against the wish of respective state governments while exposing corruption within the system.Itwill alsosendthem a message that the Centre may come to their rescue under the All India Services (AIS ) Rules if they stand against graft.
The order will have a direct bearing on Haryana cadre IAS Ashok Khemka,who too is facing disciplinary inquiry and an impending chargesheet for exposing a multi-crore land scam in the state.
Chaturvedi had become a thorn in the side of the Haryana government when he unearthed a multi-crore plantation scam in January 2009.The move had,however,put him in trouble as most of those involved had their protectors within the government.
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