Out of Air India, Jadhav now faces Cabinet wrath

New Delhi: A day after removing Arvind Jadhav from the post of chairman and managing director of Air India, the government is set to initiate disciplinary action against him for refusing to comply with a Cabinet order on executive appointments in the airline.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), headed by the Prime Minister, is likely to issue a show-cause notice to Jadhav for not implementing its orders, said a top government source.
The civil aviation ministry in its report to the ACC has recommended action against Jadhav. Sources said he could be suspended if he is unable to provide a satisfactory explanation.
In June, the ACC had ordered for the reinstatement of two senior airline executives whose five-year term on the board of the airlines had expired.
While rejecting the ministry’s proposal for extending their tenure for three months, the ACC ordered that their lien will stand.
Accordingly, the civil aviation ministry ordered that both the executives, who were handed release orders by the airline in April, be re-instated and compliance be reported to it within 48 hours.
“The order has not been complied with till date,” said a senior ministry official. “The offices of these two executives were locked, their salaries were stopped and perks withdrawn,” said the source.
13/08/11 Smita Aggarwal/Indian Express

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