The move came after the Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Tamil Nadu government’s appeal to keep her suspended and said the state had “wrongfully suspended” her 18 months ago, upholding the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order revoking her suspension.
Ms Priya was suspended by the Tamil Nadu government in March 2014 on her return from the UN assignment in Sudan. The Tamil Nadu government had said that it had suspended her for “defying its recall order”.
Ms Priya was the first woman officer from Tamil Nadu to take part in the UN mission. Just before her departure, the state police called her back, saying her application was still pending. But the Union Home Ministry did not let her return and she went ahead to Sudan for the UN mission, she said.
People close to Ms Priya say it was her second application, which was a backup one, that was still pending with the Tamil Nadu government.
With this defence, the police officer had approached the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against the Tamil Nadu government’s suspension order.
In May, the CAT quashed the suspension, set aside the entire disciplinary proceedings and directed the state government to give Ms Sathiya Priya a posting, saying, “The very premise for instituting the disciplinary enquiry was erroneous.”
However, the Tamil Nadu government chose to appeal twice, first at the Delhi High Court and then at the Supreme Court. The appeal had been dismissed by the Delhi court in July.
Ms Priya’s reinstatement comes just ahead of the hearing of a contempt petition against the Tamil Nadu government filed by her in the top court.
However many look at this as a punishment posting, much below the rank of an Indian Police Service officer.
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