Chennai: A woman officer who was suspended by the Tamil Nadu for going on a United Nations peacekeeping mission sanctioned by the centre has been given a new appointment. Ms Sathiya Priya, 45, has been appointed Principal of the Police Recruit School, Tuticorin.
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".
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.
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."
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.
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".
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.
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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."
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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.
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