Shri A.K. Verma, an executive engineer with India's Central Public Works Department (CPWD), took an earned leave in December 1990 and never came back to work
Now, after 24 years and one month, he has been fired by the CPWD "for unauthorized absence from duty."
Verma sought extensions of his initial leave, but they were not granted; however, he still refused to come to work. In 1992, an inquiry was launched against him; in 2007, charges were brought against him by the then-minister of urban development.
Yet he was still not terminated — until now. Read more...
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