Had resigned under state govt pressure: Ex-IAS officer

Former IAS officer Parampal Kaur has moved the Chandigarh Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) seeking directions to the Government of Punjab and the Union Ministry of Home to allow her to withdraw her resignation dated May 9 this year and to treat her as having been voluntarily retired and grant all consequential benefits from April 10 this year.

Parampal, who fought election from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat on BJP ticket, in an application filed through advocate GS Patwalia, alleged that the resignation letter was submitted under pressure from the Government of Punjab as it was denying her no dues certificate/NOC even as she had already voluntarily retired from service vide order dated April 10.

Parampal moves CAT

Former IAS officer Parampal Kaur, who fought last Lok Sabha election from Bathinda on the BJP ticket, has moved the Central Administrative Tribunal seeking directions to the Punjab Government and the Union Ministry of Home to allow her to withdraw her resignation dated May 9 this year and to treat her as having been voluntarily retired and grant all consequential benefits from April 10 this year.

She said while being posted as Managing Director, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation, she had submitted a request for voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Services due to personal and domestic reasons. As no action was taken by the Department of Personnel, Punjab, on her application, she approached the Ministry of Home and sought voluntary retirement as it was the cadre controlling authority. The Ministry of Home accepted her application for voluntary retirement.

As prior to the voluntary retirement, she was allotted a government accommodation in the year 2016 while being posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda, she sought no dues certificate/NOC from the Bathinda Deputy Commissioner. The government, however, refused to grant the certificates while relying upon an order dated May 8 this year. Left with no other alternative, she resigned from the service to exercise her constitutional and statutory right to contest elections, she stated.