India, March 31 -- LUCKNOW Rinku Singh Rahi, a 2022-batch IAS officer, resigned on Tuesday alleging that he had not been given any posting or meaningful responsibilities for a prolonged period. He claimed he was kept in an "attached" position, receiving a salary but denied the opportunity to serve the public.

Terming his resignation a moral decision, Rahi said in the system, there is perhaps a special kind of punishment reserved for honest types of people - they get paid, but no work is assigned to them. In such a situation, it is inevitable to raise the question - how can receiving a salary without performing any work be justified under the values of integrity? This, too, is a form of corruption, he added.

In July last year, Rahi was a...