New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) directing the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to conduct a fresh medical examination of a candidate who had been declared medically unfit during the recruitment process for the post of Constable (Executive) in Delhi Police. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan allowed a writ petition filed by the SSC and other authorities challenging the CAT’s August…
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) In a major setback to the Kerala government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Friday quashed three transfer orders involving senior IAS officers and directed the state to strictly adhere to the 2014 IAS cadre rules while making postings and transfers.The ruling came on a petition filed by the IAS Officers’ Association, which challenged certain transfer and appointment decisions taken by the government.The Tribunal set aside three transfer orders, in…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by unsuccessful civil services aspirants challenging certain questions in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2023, particularly Paper-II (CSAT), holding that courts cannot sit in appeal over the opinion of subject experts or interfere in academic matters in the absence of arbitrariness, mala fides, or patent illegality.A bench of Justices Amit Mahajan and Anil Kshetarpal upheld the order of the Central Ad…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the Union Public Service Commission’s petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the recruitment process of the new DGP by January 31.Since the legal complications in the matter are ongoing, even as the state government had named Peeyush Pandey as Rajeev Kumar’s successor, Pandey was appointed as an acting DGP, not as a permanent DGP.All eyes will …
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Further complications have arisen over the appointment of new Director General of state police in West Bengal as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging an order from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) earlier this month directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the process of recruitment of the new DGP by January 31, the day of the retirement of the current Acting DGP, Rajeev Kumar.On January 21, the CAT…
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The West Bengal government has submitted a list of eight senior IPS officers to the Centre for consideration as the state’s next permanent Director General of Police (DGP), according to official sources. The list, sent to Delhi on January 21, includes acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, who will retire on January 31, and Rajesh Kumar, a 1990 batch IPS officer who alleges unfair treatment in the selection process. The other nominees are Ranveer Kumar, Debashish Roy, Anuj Sharma, …
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to send to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the names for empanelment to select the new Director General of Police (DGP) by January 23.Based on the empanelment proposals sent by the state government, the UPSC will have to notify the panel by January 28 and declare the name of the new state police chief.Currently, West Bengal Police does not have any fulltime DGP. Acting DGP Rajeev K…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s decision upholding the promotion of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and former NCB officer Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede. A Bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe dismissed the special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Union of India, observing that it was “not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution o…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to interfere with a Jammu and Kashmir High Court judgment directing the completion of a long-pending recruitment process for Jail Warders advertised nearly two decades ago. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was “not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court”. “The Speci…