Mumbai: Less than 24 hours after Air India released a circular on sexual harassment, its management has come under the scanner. Employees allege senior Captain D.X Pais, who has an FIR registered against him on the grounds of sexual harassment and an internal investigation in another case is underway, is now being considered for the post of executive director.
"Sir, it is a matter of the company record that Capt. D.X Pais has failed to inform the Company about the FIR 03/2014 dated 02.01.2014 filed at the Sahar Police Station, till around 15 April, 2015. This act of suppression of his FIR from the Company is both a Service Regulation Violation and also a Criminal Offence section. Action should have been initiated by the Company but for obvious reasons the same was not done to shield him. In fact this act involving moral turpitude calls for dismissal of such employees and there can be no estoppel on the CMD in doing so," the letter by an employee to the Air India CMD stated. The employee has requested anonymity.
Another employee told India Today that his appointment had been put on hold because of a departmental enquiry since 2015 but the company had double standards for certain officers.
"Captain Pais is being considered for promotion even after having a FIR against him. The management refused to call him as a witness even when he is signatory to an illegal circular," he said.
Similar concerns were also raised by many other employees who said that company rules don't permit a position upgrade when there is a pending enquiry.
16/05/19 Pankaj Upadhyay/India Today
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"Sir, it is a matter of the company record that Capt. D.X Pais has failed to inform the Company about the FIR 03/2014 dated 02.01.2014 filed at the Sahar Police Station, till around 15 April, 2015. This act of suppression of his FIR from the Company is both a Service Regulation Violation and also a Criminal Offence section. Action should have been initiated by the Company but for obvious reasons the same was not done to shield him. In fact this act involving moral turpitude calls for dismissal of such employees and there can be no estoppel on the CMD in doing so," the letter by an employee to the Air India CMD stated. The employee has requested anonymity.
Another employee told India Today that his appointment had been put on hold because of a departmental enquiry since 2015 but the company had double standards for certain officers.
"Captain Pais is being considered for promotion even after having a FIR against him. The management refused to call him as a witness even when he is signatory to an illegal circular," he said.
Similar concerns were also raised by many other employees who said that company rules don't permit a position upgrade when there is a pending enquiry.
16/05/19 Pankaj Upadhyay/India Today
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