Patna : Ajay Kumar Verma (IPS:1985:BH) has been given compulsory retirement from service in “public interest” by the Centre. He is the second such senior police officers from the state to get the order this week.
A notification issued by the home (police) department said that Verma has been given compulsory retirement under Rule 16 (3) of the All India Service Rule (death-cum-retirement benefit) 1953.
Verma was posted as deputy director in civil defence, a non-cadre post not directly connected to policing, for long.
According to the official notification, Verma will be paid three months’ salary and allowances. Authoritative sources in the home department said Verma would be entitled to post-retirement benefits such as pension.
The Centre decided to give Verma premature retirement after assessment of his performance. The order was duly approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
Verma is the second senior IPS officer to have been given pre-mature retirement from service from Bihar. On August 14, Amitabh Kumar Das(IPS:1994:BH) was given premature retirement. Das was posted as SP-cum-assistant commissioner of civil defence though his rank was that of an IG.
