Only days after approving premature retirement of two IPS officers of Chhattisgarh cadre, AM Juri and KC Agarwal, the Central Government has sacked two controversial senior IAS officers of Chhattisgarh cadres acting in public interest, official sources said on Friday.
The 1988 batch officer Babu lal Agarwal and 1986 batch officer Ajay Pal Singh — both officers of the Chhattisgarh cadre were sacked on charges of inefficiency and graft.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet approved the decision under Rule 16 (3) of All-India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules-1958 and the officers will be allowed to get three months pay and allowances in lieu of notice. Reports say the Central Government has been conducting a performance review of IAS officers working with Central Government departments and has also asked the State Governments to do the same.
As per rules, a service review is conducted twice on an all-India service officer — first after 15 years, and again 25 years of completion of qualifying service.
In 2014, an IAS couple in Madhya Pradesh, Arvind and Tinoo Joshi were sacked four years after an income-tax search on their house led to detection of disproportionate assets worth Rs 350 crore and recovery of Rs 3 crore cash.