The Hyderabad bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) directed Chief Secretary of Telangana, Mr. A. Santhi Kumari, to provide a provisional pension to senior IPS officer V.K. Singh within a week. If he failed to do so, the bench has asked the CS to appear in person before it on July 19.
Former Director of the Telangana State Police Academy, Mr. Singh resigned in 2020 after he failed to make the cut in the race for the DGP post even after 33 years of service under his belt. After his retirement, he did not get his provisional pension from the state government. For which, he approached the tribunal. The bench, comprising Sudhi Ranjan Misra and B. Anand issued the current orders over his application.
This is the second time he approached the tribunal. Based on a previous application, CAT directed the state government to forthwith pay the provisional pension to him. As the orders were not complied with, he again approached the tribunal.
In the orders, the tribunal said that non-compliance with court orders would amount to contempt and directed the Chief Secretary to be present before it. However, on request of E. Kavitha, the government counsel, the CAT gave one week to the government to comply with the orders.
