Ex-IPS officer moves SC over dismissal of his candidacy

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NEW DELHI: Former

IPS officer

and Birbhum BJP candidate

Debashish Dhar

on Monday sought urgent hearing of his petition challenging the returning officer’s decision to reject his nomination papers and alleged that this was done to help Trinamool Congress candidate get a walkover in the sensitive Lok Sabha seat.
Advocate Nidhesh Gupta pleaded with a bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud for an urgent listing, alleging that the RO had frivolously rejected Dhar’s nomination papers on grounds that he had not attached ‘no dues certificate’ from Bengal govt.

A 2010 Bengal cadre officer, Dhar resigned from service on March 21. On March 27, the President accepted his resignation and home ministry had written to state govt to settle all dues of Dhar. The state released him from service without issuing a no dues certificate. On April 24, he filed his nomination, but two days later it was rejected by the RO.