2 ‘deadwood’ IPS men sacked

Chhattisgarh writes to PM panel on officers

The government has removed two senior IPS officers in Chhattisgarh from service for alleged non-performance.

A senior official in Union home ministry said A.M. Juri, who belonged to the 2000 batch of the Indian Police Service and K.C. Agrawal, who joined the IPS in 2002, were shown the door following a recommendation of the Chhattisgarh government as they were found to be “dead wood” or inefficient.

The order removing them was issued by the home ministry on Saturday, following an approval of Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

After 15 years of service, the performance of both the DIG-rank officers was reviewed. They were found unfit to continue in the service, said the official.

Mr Juri, who joined the state police service in 1983, was promoted to the IPS in 2000, while Mr Agrawal joined the state police service in 1985 and was promoted to IPS in 2002. They were removed as per AllIndia Services Rules, 1958, after a review of their performance in the last 15 years. “Performance review was conducted to weed out deadwood,” said the official. The review of an all-India service officer is conducted twice — after completing 15 years of service and after 25 years.

In January, Mayank Sheel Chohan, a 1998-batch Union Territory cadre officer, and Raj Kumar Dewangan, a-1992 batch Chhattisgarh cadre officer, were removed from the service on similar grounds.