Govt relied on HC ire to ‘retire’ I-T officer
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:15.06.2019
The government relied on seven charges dealing with court displeasure regarding cases filed by income tax commissioner S K Srivastava before deciding to compulsorily retire him from service.
In a memorandum on him on May 23, the revenue department relied on the multiple cases which were dismissed by the courts and tribunals, in which Srivastava was pulled up. The department held him to have not acted in a manner befitting an officer and having repeatedly run afoul of rules.
In at least one case, the Delhi high court ordered his imprisonment for 15 days for “wilfully and consciously” violating the court’s orders. There were at least two cases, where a court and tribunal have imposed monetary penalty with the Central Administrative Tribunal observing that Srivastava was in the habit of filing “fanciful and celebrated litigation, levelling unsubstantiated allegations against the minister concerned and other higher officials in order to settle his personal scores”.
Srivastava did not respond to a text message from TOI seeking his email ID to send a questionnaire.
The documents also cited a February 2010 order by the Delhi high court where the court had pulled him up for making reckless and scandalous allegations against various income tax department officers and held that it was “an abuse of the process of” the court and intended to embarrass his colleagues.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:15.06.2019
The government relied on seven charges dealing with court displeasure regarding cases filed by income tax commissioner S K Srivastava before deciding to compulsorily retire him from service.
In a memorandum on him on May 23, the revenue department relied on the multiple cases which were dismissed by the courts and tribunals, in which Srivastava was pulled up. The department held him to have not acted in a manner befitting an officer and having repeatedly run afoul of rules.
In at least one case, the Delhi high court ordered his imprisonment for 15 days for “wilfully and consciously” violating the court’s orders. There were at least two cases, where a court and tribunal have imposed monetary penalty with the Central Administrative Tribunal observing that Srivastava was in the habit of filing “fanciful and celebrated litigation, levelling unsubstantiated allegations against the minister concerned and other higher officials in order to settle his personal scores”.
Srivastava did not respond to a text message from TOI seeking his email ID to send a questionnaire.
The documents also cited a February 2010 order by the Delhi high court where the court had pulled him up for making reckless and scandalous allegations against various income tax department officers and held that it was “an abuse of the process of” the court and intended to embarrass his colleagues.
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