New Delhi: After a gap of nearly two decades, the home ministry has ordered the dismissal of two senior IPS officers after a detailed evaluation found they were “not fit” to continue in service due to alleged “non-performance”.
The two are Mayank Sheel Chohan, a 1998-batch Union Territory cadre officer, and Raj Kumar Dewangan, a 1992-batch Chhattisgarh officer.
They were “prematurely retired” under the All-India Service (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules 1958, an MHA official said.
“The performance review of IPS officers was conducted to weed out deadwood,” an official said.
The service review is done twice for all-India service officers — the first after 15 years and again after 25 years of qualifying service.
It was alleged that Mr Chohan, an SP-rank officer, had assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Mr Dewangana, an IGP-rank officer, faced a departmental inquiry over a 1998 case of loot that took place while he was SP of Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh.
