Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday ordered expunging of adverse remarks by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the annual confidential report of IAS officer Ashok Khemka.
Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday ordered expunging of adverse remarks by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the annual confidential report of IAS officer Ashok Khemka.
Khemka, who is the principal secretary of the state sports department, had moved the court in January seeking removal from his 2016-17 report the remarks made by Khattar. The high court restored the rating of 9.92 given to Khemka by Health minister Anil Vij. The CM had downgraded the rating to 9.
“We are of the view that a person of such professional integrity needs to be protected as the professional integrity in our political, social and administrative system is depleting very fast,” the court said while passing the order.
Khemka, who was the topper in computer science and engineering at IIT-Kharagpur in 1988 before he joined the civil services, has been transferred at least 45 times in 22 years of his service.
Khemka, who is the principal secretary of the state sports department, had moved the court in January seeking removal from his 2016-17 report the remarks made by Khattar. The high court restored the rating of 9.92 given to Khemka by Health minister Anil Vij. The CM had downgraded the rating to 9.
“We are of the view that a person of such professional integrity needs to be protected as the professional integrity in our political, social and administrative system is depleting very fast,” the court said while passing the order.
Khemka, who was the topper in computer science and engineering at IIT-Kharagpur in 1988 before he joined the civil services, has been transferred at least 45 times in 22 years of his service.