Anand Kumar Tewari, a 1994 batch IPS officer posted in Assam, has been removed from service. He is the sixth IPS officer in last two years to be removed on the basis of "unsatisfactory" service records. The performance of the IGP-rank officer was reviewed by a home ministry-appointed committee and it found him to be unfit to continue and hence ordered him to go on compulsory retirement. According to rules, performance review of an all-India service officer is conducted twice - first after the completion of 15 years of qualifying service, and then after 25 years. According to the service rules, the central government may, in consultation with the state government concerned, require a member of the service to retire in public interest, after giving at least a three-month notice in writing or as many months pay and allowances.