In a surprising move the Apex Court has
imposed a Rs 25,000 cost on the Centre upholding a Uttarakhand HC order which
had found the Union government ‘vindictive’ towards Magsaysay award winner,
Sanjiv Chaturvedi (IFS:2002:UD); formerly CVO, AIIMS. The case relates to the Union Health Ministry
which had given Chaturvedi, with the approval of the AIIMS Director and J P
Nadda, a zero rating in the 2015-16 annual appraisal who had unearthed several
scams involving senior officials, for which he had also given the Magsaysay
award. Ironically, Chaturvedi had outstanding grading (APAR) till that year for
05 consecutive years and commended on record by the Union Health Secretary and Health
minister for his exemplary work. It may further be mentioned that the cost
imposed by SC comes as an addition to an existing cost imposed by the
Uttarakhand HC in 2018 when it held the Central govt to be vindicated against
the whistleblower officer.
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Centre was vindictive towards whistleblower officer: SC
By IndianMandarins - 2019-02-06 11:52:50
In a surprising move the Apex Court has
imposed a Rs 25,000 cost on the Centre upholding a Uttarakhand HC order which
had found the Union government ‘vindictive’ towards Magsaysay award winner,
Sanjiv Chaturvedi (IFS:2002:UD); formerly CVO, AIIMS.
The case relates to the Union Health Ministry which had given Chaturvedi, with the approval of the AIIMS Director and J P Nadda, a zero rating in the 2015-16 annual appraisal who had unearthed several scams involving senior officials, for which he had also given the Magsaysay award. Ironically, Chaturvedi had outstanding grading (APAR) till that year for 05 consecutive years and commended on record by the Union Health Secretary and Health minister for his exemplary work.
It may further be mentioned that the cost imposed by SC comes as an addition to an existing cost imposed by the Uttarakhand HC in 2018 when it held the Central govt to be vindicated against the whistleblower officer.
