The Kerala government has constituted a high level panel headed by additional Chief Secretary (personnel and administrative reforms ), Asha Thomas (IAS:1988:KL) to hear the plea of 2016-batch IAS officer Asif K Yousuf (IAS:2016:KL) facing action from the Centre for providing manipulated income figures while joining the service.
Earlier, the Centre asked the state government to initiate action against the IAS officer for obtaining false OBC and Income Certificates, while declaring the probation period of IAS officer as non-satisfactory and declaring him unfit to continue in service.
These actions against IAS Officer Yusuf were taken under Rule 12 of the All India Services (Probation) Rules, 1954, and rule 6 of All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969. under which a probationer shall be discharged from the service if the central government, is satisfied that the probationer was ineligible for recruitment to the service or is unsuitable for being a member of the service.
Incidentally, While joining the service, the officer had given an undertaking to the Centre that his family income was not within the income tax limit and annual income of his parents were Rs 1,80,000 in last three years and hence had not filed income tax, for obtaining the benefits of OBC reservation. This was found incorrect in a verification by the State Govt.
After the Centre’s direction, Yousuf requested the state government to give him an opportunity to hear again.
