Convicted IAS officer dismissed from service

Chandigarh: The Central government has dismissed suspended Haryana Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Sanjeev Kumar, who was recently convicted in the Junior Basic Training (JBT) teachers' recruitment scam, from service. Sanjeev Kumar was convicted by a Delhi court for irregularities in the recruitment of 3,206 junior teachers in primary education department of the state in 1999-2000. The department of personnel and training (DoPT) has conveyed to the Haryana government its decision to terminate the service of the 1985 batch IAS officer. The decision has come under Rule 16 (3) of All India Services. Kumar was convicted along with former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and several other officials.