Denied salary for 15 months following kidney transplant: former IMD official

A erstwhile authoritative of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has alleged that helium was denied wage for 15 months aft helium underwent a kidney transplantation, astir putting him to starvation.

P. Jayaseela Rao, who worked arsenic a Senior Observer successful the Nellore Observatory successful 1992-96, said helium underwent dialysis and subsequently a kidney transplantation. Though helium attended to his regular duties aft getting a aesculapian certificate, helium was not paid a salary.

The non-payment of salaries enactment him to starvation, Mr. Rao said portion requesting the documents relating to the denial of his remuneration, details of aesculapian bills that were not reimbursed, a transcript of the aesculapian certificate issued by Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, and Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati. However, his aesculapian bills were aboriginal reimbursed pursuing an bid of the Central Administrative Tribunal.

The Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO), Office of the Head, Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department, said the records/claims of Mr. Rao were not available.

‘Incomplete and false’

Not satisfied with the response, Mr. Rao moved an entreaty earlier the Central Information Commission saying the reply was incomplete, false, and misleading. When the substance came up for hearing, the CPIO maintained that the lawsuit was much than 28 years, and the records were not traceable.

After proceeding some sides, the committee held that the responsive authoritative had failed to explicate the data/record retention argumentation of the department. Information Commissioner Kushwant Singh Sethi directed the CPIO to cross-check the records with the Chennai Branch and springiness a revised reply to the appellant incorporating the accusation sought connected each the points arsenic per the Right to Information (RTI) Act, depending connected its availability.

Told to record affidavit

If records were not available, the authoritative was told to record an affidavit connected oath to the committee with a categorical connection connected non-availability of the sought accusation by reproducing the data/record retention policy.