20 June 2022
To
The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India,
Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Dear Chief Justice of India,
We, the members of the Constitutional Conduct Group comprising former civil servants, have read the appeal sent to you on June 14, 2022 by a select group of former judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts and leading advocates, requesting you to take suo-motu cognizance of the recent acts in Uttar Pradesh of illegal detention, bulldozing of residences and police violence on protesters and those in police custody following protests against certain objectionable remarks made by BJP spokespersons.
We fully support this plea and urge your immediate intervention. We believe that unless the judiciary at the highest level steps in to intervene, swiftly, firmly and decisively, the entire edifice of constitutional governance that has been so carefully and meticulously constructed over the last seventy two years, is likely to collapse.
We are aware that since this appeal for suo-motu cognizance of the shocking incidents in Uttar Pradesh was made to you, a writ petition against the demolition of allegedly unauthorized constructions has been filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind before the bench of Justices Bopanna and Vikram Nath and that after the preliminary hearing, the response of the State Government has been sought and a hearing will take place next week. While the legality or otherwise of the arbitrary, motivated and wanton destruction of the properties of alleged protesters, all of whom belong to the minority community, is being considered by this bench, and hopefully this will prevent further precipitate and highhanded action by the State Government as far as demolitions are concerned, we believe that the issues raised by former judges and other lawyers are much wider and relate to the complete subversion of state policy for vicious, ideological ends.
The demolition drive and the abuse of municipal and civic laws for political ends is just one element of a larger policy for converting the administrative and police apparatus into an instrument of brutal majoritarian repression. There are explicit directions to invoke the National Security Act 1980 and the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act 1986, to brutally quell any protest. The policy has the sanction of the highest levels of the Government and while local level officials and police personnel are certainly answerable for arbitrary use of power, the real culpability lies at the highest levels of the political executive. It is this corruption of the edifice of constitutional governance which requires the Supreme Court to step in and stem the rot.
As former civil servants who have spent several decades in the service of the Constitution, we are particularly alarmed that the threat we currently face is completely unprecedented. It is no longer just a case of ‘excesses’ of the police and the administration at the local level which can be brought under check by higher levels of administration and political authority, it is the fact that the very idea of the Rule of Law, of ‘due process’, of being treated as ‘innocent until proven guilty’ is being turned upside down. What we have seen in Prayagraj, in Kanpur, in Saharanpur and many other towns which have a sizeable Muslim population, follows a pattern and is politically directed. What is even more alarming is that the idea of ‘bulldozer justice’, of inflicting brutal punishment on citizens who dare to protest lawfully or criticize the Government or express dissent by using ostensibly legal instruments, is now becoming the norm rather than the exception across many Indian States. There is a sense of impunity and the arrogance of majoritarian power which seems to be driving this disregard for constitutional values and principles.
We believe that the immediacy of the threat is critical and we join hands with the former judges and the advocates who have petitioned you, in urging you to take cognizance of the situation and intervene appropriately.
SATYAMEVA JAYATE
Yours faithfully,
Constitutional Conduct Group (90 signatories, as below)
1. | Anita Agnihotri | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Department of Social Justice Empowerment, GoI |
2. | Salahuddin Ahmad | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan |
3. | S.P. Ambrose | IAS (Retd.) | Former Additional Secretary, Ministry of Shipping & Transport, GoI |
4. | Anand Arni | RAS (Retd.) | Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI |
5. | J.L. Bajaj | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chairman, Administrative Reforms and Decentralisation Commission, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh |
6. | G. Balachandhran | IAS (Retd.) | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal |
7. | Vappala Balachandran | IPS (Retd.) | Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI |
8. | Gopalan Balagopal | IAS (Retd.) | Former Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal |
9. | Chandrashekar Balakrishnan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Coal, GoI |
10. | Rana Banerji | RAS (Retd.) | Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI |
11. | Sharad Behar | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh |
12. | Aurobindo Behera | IAS (Retd.) | Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Odisha |
13. | Madhu Bhaduri | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Portugal |
14. | Ravi Budhiraja | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, GoI |
15. | Sundar Burra | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra |
16. | Maneshwar Singh Chahal | IAS (Retd.) | Former Principal Secretary, Home, Govt. of Punjab |
17. | R. Chandramohan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Principal Secretary, Transport and Urban Development, Govt. of NCT of Delhi |
18. | Rachel Chatterjee | IAS (Retd.) | Former Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh |
19. | Kalyani Chaudhuri | IAS (Retd.) | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal |
20. | Gurjit Singh Cheema | IAS (Retd.) | Former Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Govt. of Punjab |
21. | F.T.R. Colaso | IPS (Retd.) | Former Director General of Police, Govt. of Karnataka & former Director General of Police, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir |
22. | Anna Dani | IAS (Retd.) | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra |
23. | Vibha Puri Das | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI |
24. | P.R. Dasgupta | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chairman, Food Corporation of India, GoI |
25. | Pradeep K. Deb | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Deptt. Of Sports, GoI |
26. | Nitin Desai | Former Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, GoI | |
27. | M.G. Devasahayam | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Govt. of Haryana |
28. | A.S. Dulat | IPS (Retd.) | Former OSD on Kashmir, Prime Minister’s Office, GoI |
29. | K.P. Fabian | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Italy |
30. | Prabhu Ghate | IAS (Retd.) | Former Addl. Director General, Department of Tourism, GoI |
31. | Arif Ghauri | IRS (Retd.) | Former Governance Adviser, DFID, Govt. of the United Kingdom (on deputation) |
32. | Gourisankar Ghosh | IAS (Retd.) | Former Mission Director, National Drinking Water Mission, GoI |
33. | H.S. Gujral | IFoS (Retd.) | Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Govt. of Punjab |
34. | Meena Gupta | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, GoI |
35. | Wajahat Habibullah | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, GoI and former Chief Information Commissioner |
36. | Sajjad Hassan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Commissioner (Planning), Govt. of Manipur |
37. | Vinod C. Khanna | IFS (Retd.) | Former Additional Secretary, MEA, GoI |
38. | Brijesh Kumar | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Department of Information Technology, GoI |
39. | Ish Kumar | IPS (Retd.) | Former DGP (Vigilance & Enforcement), Govt. of Telangana and former Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission |
40. | Subodh Lal | IPoS (Resigned) | Former Deputy Director General, Ministry of Communications, GoI |
41. | B.B. Mahajan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Deptt. of Food, GoI |
42. | Harsh Mander | IAS (Retd.) | Govt. of Madhya Pradesh |
43. | Amitabh Mathur | IPS (Retd.) | Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI |
44. | Lalit Mathur | IAS (Retd.) | Former Director General, National Institute of Rural Development, GoI |
45. | Aditi Mehta | IAS (Retd.) | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan |
46. | Shivshankar Menon | IFS (Retd.) | Former Foreign Secretary and Former National Security Adviser |
47. | Sunil Mitra | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Ministry of Finance, GoI |
48. | Noor Mohammad | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India |
49. | Avinash Mohananey | IPS (Retd.) | Former Director General of Police, Govt. of Sikkim |
50. | Satya Narayan Mohanty | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission |
51. | Deb Mukharji | IFS (Retd.) | Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh and former Ambassador to Nepal |
52. | Shiv Shankar Mukherjee | IFS (Retd.) | Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom |
53. | Gautam Mukhopadhaya | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Myanmar |
54. | Pranab S. Mukhopadhya | IAS (Retd.) | Former Director, Institute of Port Management, GoI |
55. | T.K.A. Nair | IAS (Retd.) | Former Adviser to Prime Minister of India |
56. | P.A. Nazareth | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Egypt and Mexico |
57. | P. Joy Oommen | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh |
58. | S.K. Pachauri | IAS (Retd.) | Former Director General, National Productivity Council, GoI |
59. | Amitabha Pande | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Inter-State Council, GoI |
60. | Maxwell Pereira | IPS (Retd.) | Former Joint Commissioner of Police, Delhi |
61. | G.K. Pillai | IAS (Retd.) | Former Home Secretary, GoI |
62. | R. Poornalingam | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI |
63. | Rajesh Prasad | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to the Netherlands |
64. | Rajdeep Puri | IRS (Resigned) | Former Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, GoI |
65. | T.R. Raghunandan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GoI |
66. | V.P. Raja | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chairman, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission |
67. | K. Sujatha Rao | IAS (Retd.) | Former Health Secretary, GoI |
68. | Satwant Reddy | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Chemicals and Petrochemicals, GoI |
69. | Vijaya Latha Reddy | IFS (Retd.) | Former Deputy National Security Adviser, GoI |
70. | Julio Ribeiro | IPS (Retd.) | Former Adviser to Governor of Punjab & former Ambassador to Romania |
71. | Aruna Roy | IAS (Resigned) | |
72. | A.K. Samanta | IPS (Retd.) | Former Director General of Police (Intelligence), Govt. of West Bengal |
73. | Deepak Sanan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Principal Adviser (AR) to Chief Minister, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh |
74. | N.C. Saxena | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Planning Commission, GoI |
75. | A. Selvaraj | IRS (Retd.) | Former Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Chennai, GoI |
76. | Ardhendu Sen | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal |
77. | Abhijit Sengupta | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Ministry of Culture, GoI |
78. | Aftab Seth | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Japan |
79. | Ashok Kumar Sharma | IFoS (Retd.) | Former MD, State Forest Development Corporation, Govt. of Gujarat |
80. | Ashok Kumar Sharma | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Finland and Estonia |
81. | Navrekha Sharma | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Indonesia |
82. | Mukteshwar Singh | IAS (Retd.) | Former Member, Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission |
83. | Sujatha Singh | IFS (Retd.) | Former Foreign Secretary, GoI |
84. | Tara Ajai Singh | IAS (Retd.) | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka |
85. | Tirlochan Singh | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, National Commission for Minorities, GoI |
86. | Narendra Sisodia | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary, Ministry of Finance, GoI |
87. | P.S.S. Thomas | IAS (Retd.) | Former Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission |
88. | Hindal Tyabji | IAS (Retd.) | Former Chief Secretary rank, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir |
89. | Ramani Venkatesan | IAS (Retd.) | Former Director General, YASHADA, Govt. of Maharashtra |
90. | Rudi Warjri | IFS (Retd.) | Former Ambassador to Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica |
Respect all,
That illegal appontment /selection/promotion/upgradations after retirment extension and thereafter consultant/adviser of near/dear/friends/family members under bribe or under favouratisms or under reservation in all Ministeries/Govt.Departments by playing fraud with other eligible candidates is still continue in back from 1947. In nation interests, N/A is required to be taken against all concerned as this is a fit case of embezzelment of Govt fund through misuse of powers.
If you all wish to rectify wrongful things/to rectify wrongful things/to do something for nation/for aggrieved citizens in all cases.
With regards
Sr.citizen aggrieved herein. Wish to get a chance to serve nation.
Ex-Admn. Officer and Ex-General Secretary officers Association, retired from Govt. Office.
I also wish to do
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Where these luminaries were posted, in 1975, when INDIRA GANDHI imposed emergency?
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IS IT LEGAL GROUP FOR THE GRIEVANCES OF PUBLIC OR JUST GROUP TO WRITE ONLY AS ANY OTHER CITIZENS IN INDIA WITHOUT ANY EFFECT.
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Respected members of the group, I really appreciate your efforts. Situations are in very bad shape now in Indian system. As you have very good experience in administration, why are you not using young people to implement your thoughts. Being an Advocate I lost hope on this Indian System. I have so many thoughts to share. Plz reach on 9912017775. I am 48 yrs now. I am ready to sacrifice my life for the welfare of India.
On service
Vijaykumar J
Advocate
Andhrapradesh
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