Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved a proposal to the compulsory retirement of IPA officer Vinod Kumar after giving him three months notice.
The proposal was made by a Review Committee of Haryana Government which also found 14 IPS officers fit for retention in Government service. These officers have completed 15 and 25 years of service and attained the age of 50 years, and completed 5 years service after induction into IPS.
An official spokesman said that on assessing the confidential records and available material of 15 IPS officers, it was found that 14 officers are fit for retention except Vinod Kumar. The 14 IPS officers considered fit for retention in Government service included Vikash Dhankar, Kuldeep Singh, Krishan Murari, Shiv Charan, Balwan Singh, Rakesh Arya, Satender Kumar Gupta, B. Satheesh Balan, Alok Mittal, Shrikant Jadhav, Kala Ramchandran, Navdeep Singh Virk, C.S. Rao and M. Ravi Kiran.
Vinod Kumar was earlier placed under suspension by the government and departmental proceedings against him are in progress.