NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given a compulsory retirement to famous IPS officer Amitabh Thakur of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
According to experiences, a written order issued by the Home Ministry stated that Amitabh Thakur has been given retirement even earlier than the completion of his service with quick impact within the public curiosity.
The Home Ministry order stated that Thakur was not discovered match to be retained for the remaining tenure of his service. The controversial IOS officer himself took to Twitter to inform that he has been given a compulsory retirement by the Home Ministry.
“अमिताभ ठाकुर को लोकहित में सेवा में बनाये रखे जाने के उपयुक्त न पाते हुए लोकहित में तात्कालिक प्रभाव से सेवा पूर्ण होने से पूर्व सेवानिवृत किये जाने का निर्णय लिया गया है.” pic.twitter.com/nkPFTBIuvk
— AmitabhThakur (@Amitabhthakur) March 23, 2021
He additional shared that he had simply obtained the VRS order, stating that the federal government not wants his companies and therefore given a untimely retirement.
Thakur had in 2017 urged the Centre to get rid of his request for change of cadre, saying the “bias” towards him doesn’t exist anymore following the Samajwadi Party’s rout within the polls.
Thakur had earlier despatched an utility to the Union Home Ministry for a change of cadre from Uttar Pradesh to some other state, citing a risk to his life.
In a letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, he stated, “I had sought cadre change in view of significant risk to my life and household after Mulayam Singh Yadav’s telephone name.
Thakur was suspended on July 13, 2015, days after he had accused Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav of threatening him. The state authorities had then initiated a vigilance inquiry towards him. However, the Lucknow bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal had stayed the suspension of Thakur in April and ordered his reinstatement with full wage with impact from October 11, 2015.
He had additionally requested the Centre to get the departmental inquiries towards him transferred to another state, alleging bias and irregularities on the a part of the senior state authorities functionaries.
