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Periyakulam forest ranger compulsorily retired

By Our Staff Reporter

DINDIGUL, SEPT. 12. R. Rajendran, Ranger, Periyakulam Range, was compulsorily retired from service today.

Officials of the Revenue and Forest Departments handed over the order to his family members at his residence here.

Through a letter, dated September 10, 2004, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chennai, pointed out that cases of the rangers which were ripe for review under the Fundamental Rule for the first half-year of 2003 were placed before a review committee. The case of R. Rajendran was one of them.

After going through the records of the officer, the committee decided that Mr. Rajendran was unfit for continuance in service beyond the age of 50 years.

In exercise of powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of the Rule 56 of the Fundamental Rules, the Government ordered that R. Rajendran be retired from service, in public interest, with effect from September 11, 2004, and he be paid pay for three months and allowance.

The order also said if he wanted to lodge a review petition with the high-level standing committee, he should send it the Chief Secretary through the appropriate authority within a month from the date of issue of the order.

Officials of the Forest Department broke open his room in the forest guesthouse at Pullakapatti, in the presence of the Revenue Department officials, and conducted a search. They found nothing except furniture.

Mr. Rajendran obtained an order from the Kodaikanal court to arrest 20 persons, involved in felling and smuggling of teak trees, worth Rs.5 lakhs, in the Devadhanapatti forest range. The Forest Department suspended him. He challenged the suspension in the High Court, obtained a stay and joined the duty on August 24.

On August 25, the Forest Department revoked the suspension, in light of the stay ordered by the court.

Later, the Devadhanapatti police, on a complaint filed by Muniappan, a forest guard in the Periakulam Range, registered a case under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, and were on the look-out for the Ranger.

His lawyer filed a petition in the Madurai Bench, seeking cancellation of the case. The Bench, dismissing the petition, advised him to surrender before the court and obtain bail.

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