New Delhi: IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who was allegedly threatened by Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav comes out Home Ministry in New Delhi, on July 13, 2015. (Photo: IANS)
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) After weeks of dilly-dallying, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday reinstated suspended IPS official Amitabh Thakur.
An order issued by principal secretary (Home) Debashish Pandey informed that Thakur was being reinstated with full salary with effect from October 11, 2015.
Thakur was suspended after he lodged an FIR against Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, claiming a telephonic threat by him.
The order on Wednesday states that the central government had quashed Thakur's suspension through its March 31, 2016, order which was again reiterated by the Lucknow bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal on April 25, 2016.
The central government had again given the same directions to the Uttar Pradesh government through its order on April 26, 2016, and in compliance with all the above orders, he is being reinstated with effect from October 11, 2015, with full salary.
The order also says the order for his posting shall be issued separately.
Actually, the state government had extended Thakur's suspension on December 11, 2015, after the expiry of mandatory 90 days period after which the suspension could not be renewed, which was later quashed by the Government of India and CAT as being against the provisions of law.
Expressing happiness over the order, Thakur called it a victory of justice.
