Dalit IAS officer accuses top PMO official of caste bias, says he fears for his life
New Delhi, May 6, 2019 (Sanya Dhingra): A chief secretary-rank IAS officer has accused P.K. Mishra, additional principal secretary to the prime minister, and three other senior bureaucrats of committing atrocities against him under the SC/ST Act, and thwarting his career growth due to caste bias.
The Print has reported that Jagmohan Singh Raju, a 1985-Batch Tamil Nadu cadre officer, sought to register an FIR against the four accused with the Virugambakkam police last week. However, the police refused to accept the complaint, prompting Raju to approach the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC). The NCSC subsequently directed the police commissioner of Chennai to submit all facts in the case to the commission within two days.
Raju has alleged that the accused have “conspired” to block his empanelment as additional secretary since the year 2015, despite an “impeccable” service record. While Raju’s batch got empanelled for the post of secretary — the top level of the civil service hierarchy — in 2017, he is yet to be elevated as additional secretary, a rank lower. (Courtesy The Print)