Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, was scheduled to retire on May 31 after completion of 60 years of age. However, he was granted a three-month extension following a nod from the Centre to work on Covid management.
The Personnel Ministry may issue a show cause notice to the officer seeking his explanation. The future course of action will be decided on his response and his case for full pension would be taken only after the matter is solved.
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Kolkata, May 31
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to withdraw the Centre s order recalling Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, and said her government is not releasing the top bureaucrat.
In a five-page letter, Banerjee urged the prime minister to reconsider the Centre s decision to recall the chief secretary after giving him a three-month extension.
Banerjee said she was shocked by the Centre s decision and termed the order as unilateral , which was issued without any prior consultation with the state government. This so-called unilateral order is an unreasoned volte face and by your own admission, against the interests of the state and its people.