DANICS officer complains to Kejriwal about 'harassment' by

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 14 2016 | 10:22 PM IST
A senior DANICS officer today wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claiming he was being "harassed" by Delhi government, an allegation that was refuted by the ruling dispensation.
Kuldeep Singh Gangar, a 1990-batch DANICS (Delhi, Anadaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Services) officer, has marked copies of the letter to the President, Prime Minister's Office, Union Home Minister and the Delhi Lt Governor.
The officer has sought a system in which bureaucrats do not face "hardship, harassment and humiliation".
In his letter, Gangar claimed he has been without a posting for over four months now and, until March 11, had neither received his salary for the said period.
Gangar, who had been behind the efforts for the first Car-Free Day, said that on October 21 last year he was called to the CM's office over the issue of extension of tenure of shopkeepers at the Inter State Bus Terminuses.
He claimed he was transferred the same day without any further posting.
"On November 11, I was posted as Special IG, Tihar Jail. I reported for duty as special IG, Tihar. However, after two days... My transfer as Special IG (Tihar) was kept in abeyance. I again reported back to the Services Department. I have been without a posting for the last four months.
"I did not receive salary for the last four months... however, I finally received the salary on 11th March, 2016, for the period of w.E.F 28.10.2015," he said.
Noting that Kejriwal had remarked during the recent strike by MCD workers that he understands the hardship faced when ones salary is not released on time, Gangar said, "It is requested that a system may kindly be created so that any employee of GNCTD receives the salary and other dues on time.
"This will also ensure that in the future, other employees of the government of NCT of Delhi and their families do not undergo such hardship, harassment and humiliation."
Reacting to the matter, a government spokesperson said, "Transfer and posting are the prerogatives of the government. Any violation of service rules will be dealt with strongly and malicious allegations against the government will not be tolerated.
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First Published: Mar 14 2016 | 10:22 PM IST

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