HC dismisses petition of suspended IPS officer

The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a writ petition of suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur seeking immediate removal of S K Raghuvanshi and Bhanu Pratap Singh from the posts of Vigilance Secretary and Vigilance Director, UP, respectively.
The petitioner had alleged that they had been illegally appointed to the said posts by the state government.
The petition was dismissed by the Lucknow bench comprising justice Shabihul Hasnain and justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya.
"After considering the rival arguments, the court is of the view that the petition in the present format is not maintainable, which is hereby dismissed," the court ordered.

On behalf of the state government, senior advocate J N Mathur submitted that the petition was neither a public interest case as it has been filed by an aggrieved/ interested party, nor a prayer for quo-warranto has been asked for.
He also contended that the petitioner being aggrieved by the functioning of the two officials cannot bring in a writ petition, seeking a writ of mandmus for their removal, hence petition is misconceived and not maintainable at all.