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BENGALURU, May 25: The Central Administrative Tribunal has stayed a notice issued by the Chief Secretary to senior IPS officer Alok Kumar, who is the Additional Director General of Police, proposing a departmental inquiry against him into the 2019 telephone audio leak case.
The notice was after the Director General and Inspector General of Police took his profile on April 23, 2025 to forward it to the Union Public Service Commission to consider him for the post of DG&IGP.
Kumar’s counsel submitted before the CAT that a previous departmental inquiry was initiated on the same charges and finally no action was taken. He also drew attention to the order dated February 13, 2024, where the ACMM, Bengaluru, designated for hearing CBI cases, accepted the closure report.
The notice has been issued because the applicant is due for consideration for promotion with effect from May 21, he argued, pointing out that the notice was issued with a malafide intention to create an artificial hurdle for his promotion.
CAT Judicial Member BK Srivastava however, noted that the matter should be heard by a division bench which is not available at present.
It is to be ordered that the notification will be treated as stayed till June 10, the next date of hearing.
The interim relief will be possible before the division bench on the next date, he said in the order passed recently while issuing notice to all the respondents including the Chief Secretary.
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