New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India had refused to hear on the PIL of suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal on Friday. This PIL was filed in Supreme Court seeking to quash all proceedings against Durga Shakti Nagpal in 6 August.
The UP government and the Centre had been made respondents in the petition filed by advocate M L Sharma. The PIL had sought quashing of all proceedings against the 2010 batch IAS officer who had clamped down on the mining mafia in Gautam Budh Nagar area of UP, contending that the action taken against Nagpal was arbitrary, unconstitutional and malafide.
The 28-year-old Nagpal was posted as sub-divisional magistrate in Gautam Budh Nagar and was suspended on July 27 ostensibly for ordering the demolition of the wall of an under-construction mosque in a village in Noida without following the due process.
Later on the UP government had on August 4 served a chargesheet on the officer, asking her to submit an explanation for her conduct.
Congress president and the chairperson of National Advisory Council (NAC) Sonia Gandhi have written a letter to the Prime Minister, saying that she should not be “unfairly treated”. The Prime Minister had on August 5 said the Centre was in touch with the state authorities on the issue and laid down rules will be followed. UPA chief had come out in support of Nagpal.
Bureau Report
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