“We are sorry. We are not agreeing and are dismissing the petition. We will pass detailed order later,” a vacation bench of justices V Kameswar Rao and I S Mehta said while rejecting the plea.
A day before his tenure of deputation comes to an end tomorrow, Chaturvedi, whose plea was rejected by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), had sought some work other than signing pension cheques. During the hearing, when Chaturvedi’s counsel, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, tried to place before the court his client’s credentials, the bench had a word of appreciation saying “we know he has an exemplary track record”.
Chaturvedi, who served as the chief vigilance officer at AIIMS from 2012-14, said the only work he currently has was to sign pension cheques and all other works allocated to him were withdrawn on the orders of institute’s director.
He has challenged work withdrawal order of AIIMS director, saying “it’s an attempt to humiliate him for his action against corrupt practices in the institute.” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Centre, opposed the plea saying how can an employee challenge the allocation of work if he cannot challenge the service conditions.
He also said the AIIMS director allocated the work as per the regulations and by his own statement, Chaturvedi had been given “some work”.