Modi Govt forcibly retires twelve high rank tax officers over charges of corruption


Smart move towards making India corruption free!!! Modi Government sacked top 12 revenue officers involved in corruption, sexual harassment, extortion, bribery and other illegal cases. Topping the list is a 1989-batch IRS officer posted as Commissioner (Appeal) in Noida, SK Srivastava, who has been facing serious charges of sexually harassing two women officers of the same department.

Yet another high rank officer that topped the list is Ashok Agarwal – the Joint Commissioner of I-T and former Deputy Director of Enforcement Directorate. Agarwal was also accused under several illegal charges of corruption and extortion.

Homi Rajvansh, B.B. Rajendra Prasad, Ajoy Kumar Singh, Alok Kumar Mitra, B. Arulappa, Chander Saini Bharti, Andasu Ravindar, Vivek Batra, Swetabh Suman and Ram Kumar Bhargava are the remaining officers who were ordered to take up compulsory retirement.

Modi Govt under the Financial Ministry of Nirmala Sitharaman invoked Fundamental Rule 56(j) of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, to show the exit door to these twelve officials. This fundamental rule was rarely used in the past, but was immediately revised after the Modi Government came into the action for the very first time in May 2014. Mr. Prime Minister revised the law to punish government servants whose performance was not up to the mark.  

This is a historic move by PMO to put an end to corruption and set an example to all other corrupt officers in the system. Sources close to the Finance Ministry say that this is just the beginning and sooner or later many other government officials will face the heat.

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