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IPS officer denied leave encashment

New Delhi: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has declined to grant joining time leave encashment to a senior IPS officer who had not joined at the place of his transfer during his suspension period.

A bench of the Tribunal headed by member Meera Chhibber observed, “applicant (petitioner) never reported at the new Headquarters (HQ) during the suspension period, whereas joining time is given to a person to join the new post on transfer. Therefore, according to me, the relief, as claimed by the applicant, cannot be given to him.”

Joining time is the period given to government servants during which they would travel to new place of posting.

Suspension

It is correct that during suspension, one is not required to do any duty, but at least it is expected from an Officer to report to the place where his HQ is declared, the Tribunal said.

“Even if the word Headquarters was not mentioned in the order of suspension, since applicant was fairly a senior officer holding the rank of DIG in Police, he ought to have known that he should have reported at least at the Headquarters,” said the Bench.

Ravinder Kumar, a former DIG in Himachal Pradesh, had alleged in his petition that he had reached Shimla but was not required to report to anyone as he was under suspension.- PTI

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