Parmod KumarNew Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Supreme Court has set aside the compulsory retirement of an Indian Trade Service (ITS) officer who was branded "deadwood" barely two-and-a-half months after his promotion to the Joint Secretary level, and directed the Centre to pay him Rs 9 lakh as compensation for loss of reputation, Rs 6 lakh as costs including service benefits.
Noting that appellant ITS officer S.S. Das had already attained the age of superannuation, a bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu also directed the Director General of Foreign Trade to call him back to office and accord him a farewell with full honour, as he would have received upon regular retirement.
Setting aside Das's compulsory retirement, Jus...