Ahmadabad, July 21: Suspended Gujarat cadre IAS officer Gaurav Dahiya, who has been accused of bigamy and cheating, wrote to the state government seeking resinstatement in service and withdrawal of the departmental inquiry against him.
Dahiya, who had also moved Delhi High Court with a defamation complaint against the woman who had accused him of bigamy, was granted preliminary relief after the court observed that prima facie, the case is in his favour.
In a representation addressed to Chief Secretary Anil Mukim, Dahiya requested that the departmental inquiry initiated against him be dropped as the complaints regarding his misconduct are not reliably supported by the said witnesses.
Dahiya, who moved Delhi HC seeking up to Rs 2.05 crore from his accuser in damages for defamatory content posted by her on social media.
The court noted that an order of injunction was required to be passed or else Dahiya would suffer irreparable loss. To this effect, the court directed that the accuser be injuncted from publishing or disseminating any news relating to Dahiya in any manner, via website, newspaper, TV channels or social media. Google LLC was also directed to take down or disable posts or links from the country domain, as were Twitter and Facebook Inc. (Agency inputs)
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