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  Supreme Court declines plea over bureaucrats' cooling off period

  India | Nov 01, 2013, 02:36 PM IST

  New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday declined a petition seeking direction to the government to observe a cooling off period of two years before a retired senior civil servant is offered re-employment with the government.The apex

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  Govt rejects EC suggestion on cooling off period for bureaucrats taking political plunge

  India | Oct 06, 2013, 01:44 PM IST

  New Delhi : A recommendation of the Election Commission (EC) for a “cooling off period” to bar top bureaucrats from joining politics or contesting polls immediately on exit from service has been rejected by the