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By Sharad Gupta
It is a classic case of persecution of a bureaucrat who refused to toe the diktats of a party in power in Chhattisgarh. A plethora of criminal cases were lodged against him. He was suspended, jailed, and compulsorily retired by the state government.
The judiciary has now come to the rescue of the Chhatisgarh cadre IPS officer of the 1994 batch, Mr. Gurjinder Pal Singh. Not only did the Chhatisgarh High Court hold criminal proceedings against him in a ‘fabricated case’ but the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has also quashed the orders, retiring him compulsorily directing the state government to reinstate him in his original post with all due benefits.
Mr. Singh is a gallantry award winner and recipient of several commemorations and recommendations. His Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) have mostly been marked 9 out of 10 by his superiors. His troubles started after he was posted as IG of the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on February 27, 2019. The state government had changed barely three months ago, with Mr. Bhupesh Baghel of the Congress taking over as Chief Minister on December 17, 2018 replacing BJP’s Raman Singh.
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