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What was the worst that happened to you when you misspelt something in school? Being thrown out 0f the classroom? Apparently in India, the tradition can continue after school.
Kewal Krishna Chugh, a programme officer with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) has been transferred from Delhi to the Thiruvananthapuram office because he spelt a name incorrectly on an invitation card. The name? ‘Vadra’, as in Priyanka and Robert Vadra, not ‘Vadhera’, mind you – that’s how he had spelt it.
The invitation in question was for the presentation ceremony of the Jawarharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, conferred on the Singapore Prime Minister on June 27. A formal complaint was lodged with the official’s senior. Chugh was served an office memorandum on June 6. He sent a written apology and explanation to his department; all the same, the next day his transfer order arrived.
Aggrieved, Chugh approached the Delhi High Court. On Wednesday, Justice Manmohan Sarin stayed the transfer order, saying it was mala fide and arbitrary.
In his petition, Chugh says he had been asked to include the couple in the list of invitees only on the afternoon of June 27. Unsure how the couple spelt their last name, he called up 10, Janpath and the MTNL directory service.
Both said it was spelt ‘Vadhera’.
Justice Sarin has said: “The need of accuracy in invitations which are sent to dignitaries cannot be underscored.
“But should an error for which the petitioner has tendered an explanation, which appears plausible, invite a punitive transfer simply because it concerns those who are in the higher echelons of power?”
With his petition, Chugh has also submitted print-outs of websites where the couple’s last name has been spelt ‘Vadhera’.
The court has issued a notice to
ICCR and asked them to file a reply on October 14.shame. Hindus have nothing
to be ashamed of- save the undeserved Hindu birth of kin such as Mr Balu.
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