Dehradun: The application for voluntary retirement of an IFS officer in the Uttarakhand Forest Department is surprising everyone. IFS officer Manoj Chandran has written a letter to the Principal Secretary for VRS. No final decision has been taken on it yet, but due to this letter, the charge sheet given to him by the government has again come into the limelight.
The Uttarakhand Forest Department is once again in the news. This time the VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme) application of IFS (Indian Forest Service) officer Manoj Chandran in the Forest Department is in the headlines. Actually, IFS officer Manoj Chandran has written a letter to Principal Secretary RK Sudhanshu on October 1 regarding taking voluntary retirement. Which was forwarded by the Forest Headquarters to the government on October 8. However, after the application for VRS was received by the government, no decision has been taken on it till now.
Principal Secretary Forest RK Sudhanshu confirmed getting VRS
When ETV Bharat talked to Principal Secretary Forest RK Sudhanshu on this matter, he confirmed getting VRS application. However, when he was asked about getting permission for VRS in relation to this application, he said that no permission was given for it. He also said that the concerned officer has been chargesheeted and investigation is going on in this matter.
An officer with an honest image was given a chargesheet for promotion and regularization against the rules
IFS officer Manoj Chandran is considered to be of an honest image, but recently he has been given a chargesheet in the case of promotion and regularization against the rules.
However, Manoj Chandran has been continuously saying that there is no irregularity in promotion and regularization. It is alleged that during his tenure in Human Resources, regularization was done on 504 posts. Apart from this, more constables than the fixed posts were promoted to the post of Forest Inspector.
The investigation of the case has been given to a PCCF level officer
In the case of promotion and regularization, the investigation has been given to PCCF i.e. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) level officer Vijay Kumar. In which earlier Pankaj Kumar was made the presenter in the investigation, but recently he has been replaced and Rajiv Dhiman has been added to the investigation.
The special thing is that reminders have been sent to Vijay Kumar to complete this investigation as soon as possible at the government level. On which the investigating officer Vijay Kumar has also written to the government about 6 months’ time for the investigation. However, investigating officer Vijay Kumar is retiring in the month of December itself. In such a situation, whether the investigation will be completed on time, this also remains a question.
Investigation is being done on the report of IFS officer Nishant Verma
This entire case of promotion and regularization on the post of Forest Inspector started on the report of IFS Nishant Verma, who previously looked after human resources. It is being told that now many figures have been revised in the report being given in the investigation. Actually, how many promotion posts were vacant and how many posts were promoted? The entire investigation is based on these figures, so the revised figures can also change the nature of this investigation.
Family reasons cited as the reason in the VRS application letter
IFS officer Manoj Chandran has cited family reasons as the reason in his application for VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme). Manoj Chandran is originally from Kerala and according to the letter, he wants VRS due to family problems.
Generally, Manoj Chandran is seen as an honest officer in the department and he has got very few opportunities for big postings in the field. Apart from this, IFS Manoj Chandran has been among the officers who take decisions in the interest of employees.
