Giving an interim relief to Rajasthan IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary (IPS:2009:RJ), the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the state govt to consider giving him a pending promotion on a provisional basis in this year’s Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting.
Choudhary had moved the tribunal complaining of prolonged denial of promotion. He is currently serving as Superintendent of Police (SP), community policing, in the state. The CAT bench comprising Ranjana Shahi and Lok Ranjan passed the order on Friday.
Choudhary contended that he was denied three promotions just because of cases pending against him. According to his petition, CAT had earlier directed the state govt to conduct time-bound investigations in all these cases, but the govt failed to complete investigations in any of these.
The tribunal took note of the delay and directed the state govt to provisionally consider Choudhary’s case in the forthcoming DPC.
If Choudhary is considered for promotion in this year’s DPC, he is likely to be elevated to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG).
The CAT also made it clear that the provisional promotion would not come in the way of the final outcome of the petition.
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