A Division Bench of the State High Court comprising Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sanjeev Kumar Friday directed General Administration Department (GAD) to conclude the Regular Departmental Enquiry against delinquent IAS Officer Mohammad Javed Khan the then Chief Executive Officer, Rajouri Development Authority and presently Excise Commissioner, J&K preferably within four months from today. The Division Bench also remarked in the open court to Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed appearing for the petitioner to file a proper application seeking shifting of delinquent IAS Officer to some non-sensitive post owing to the pendency of the departmental enquiry.
The Division Bench after considering the heated submissions from both the sides directed the counsel for petitioner Advocate Shiekh Shakeel Ahmed to file a proper application in the said PIL on the basis of the Judgment referred today.
The Division Bench also put a query to Senior AAG Seema Khajooria Shekhar as to how much time GAD will take for finalization of the departmental enquiry against the delinquent IAS Officer and the senior AAG submitted that four months time will be sufficient for concluding the enquiry.
After considering the submissions of both the sides, the Division Bench directed General Administration Department (GAD) to conclude the Regular Departmental Enquiry against delinquent IAS Officer Mohammad Javed Khan the then Chief Executive Officer, Rajouri Development Authority and presently Excise Commissioner, J&K preferably within four months from today. (CNS)