The Defence Ministry has sent five officers of the Military Engineering Services (MES) on compulsory retirement on the grounds of poor performance following an internal performance audit. The orders for the removal of the officers were approved by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, officials said here on Thursday.
The officers were serving in the rank of assistant engineers and they are being given three months’ salary and post retirement benefits as per laid down guidelines. These officers had either crossed 55 years of age or completed 30 years of service. Performance of around 500 officers was analysed by an internal committee and the action was taken based on its report, they said.
In August 2017, the ministry had sacked 13 officers of the Ordnance Factory Board for poor performance following a review of the employees’ performance.
The MES is a premier construction agency which provides engineering and infrastructure support to the Indian Army. It is one of largest construction and maintenance agencies in India with a total annual budget to the tune of approx Rs 13,000 crores.
