The promotion of famous IRS officer Sameer Wankhede’s promotion, what did Delhi High Court say?

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Central Government to find out the recommendation of the UPSC related to the promotion of Sameer Wankhede, Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and former Zonal Director of NCB. If such a recommendation has been made, they should be promoted. A bench of Justices Naveen Chawla and Justil Madhu Jain said that no defect has been accepted by Wankhede, while the CBI and ED investigation against them is still pending.

What else did the High Court say?

The bench passed the order, retaining the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT )’s December 2024 order, in which the government was instructed to open a sealed envelope related to the promotion of Wankhede and if the UPSC recommended his name, he was instructed to promote the post of Additional Commissioner from January 1, 2021. The government had moved the High Court and said that the Wankhede case has been kept in a sealed envelope due to the cases registered against him. However, the bench said, “There is no departmental case pending against the defendant (Wankhede) in which any chargesheet has been issued against him.”

Government challenged CAT’s order

The bench also said that Wankhede has neither been suspended nor a charge sheet has been filed against him in any criminal case. The government had challenged CAT’s order on the basis that there were serious allegations against Wankhede, on the basis of which the FIR was lodged and on one occasion, the CVC also advised to initiate disciplinary action against him.

Samin Wankhede came into discussion after arresting Aryan Khan

Wankhede is an IRS officer of 2008 batch. In the year 2021, NCB came into the discussion due to allegations of allegations of alleged from his family by threatening to implicate Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan in the Cruz Drugs case during Mumbai’s deployment. (With language inputs)

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