By: Prof. (Dr.) Madabhushi Sridhar 17 Feb 2019 3:32 AM GMT From the example of Sanjiv Chaturvedi IFS The Supreme Court has recently admonished the Government for being vindictive against an officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi. A minister in Union Government assessed Mr Sanjiv Chaturvedi, an IFS officer, who won Raman Magasaysay Award for boldly exposing the corruption in public office at higher levels, as ‘zero” though he was rated as excellent consecutively for five preceding years and after 2015-16. A zero can cause serious problems for an officer in his career and block his progression. Its his right to serve as an officer. Thus, he is compelled to move Tribunals and judicial institutions for routine promotions and postings. Even if he won up to High Court level, the Government is taking him to Supreme Court. How honest and sincere officers can defend themselves from victimizing Governments and fight in the courts of law where the access to justice is time-consuming and involves huge cost? Such officers are even denied the copies of general reports and documents which help proving a point of contention. He filed several RTI applications, which were also refused. Even after securing a disclosure order in one case,… Read full this story
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