Bidari in no mood to retire, moves SC for reinstatement
Former DGP Shankar M. Bidari on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking his reinstatement as the state police chief, which had been quashed by the Central Administrative Tribunal.
A bench of justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and J.S. Khehar, however, recused themselves from hearing the plea and ordered its listing before a different bench.
Not the one to go down without a fight, Mr Bidari had even sought 15 days leave from the department of personnel & administrative reforms on the day of his retirement, but it was rejected by the government. “Mr Bidari is deemed to have retired today”, said principal secretary, department of personnel & administrative reforms, Mr Mohammed Sanaulla.
“I have not retired. My appointment is based on the Prakash Singh case according to which two-year tenure for the police chief is a must. Let the State government give an endorsement that it will not give two-year tenure to the DG&IGP beyond his retirement. My case is pending before the Supreme Court,” said Mr Bidari.
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