Adultery - IRS vs IAS - spouses included
No Bollywood pot-boiler could be more intriguing than this - difference- this is not a story. The husband of an IRS officer, an additional commissioner has charged an IAS officer who is PA to a minister - for adultery. The wife of the IAS officer is in the High Court seeking departmental action against the IRS officer for her immoral conduct. To avoid confusion let's call the IRS officer as Mrs WIRS and let us call the IAS officer MR. MANS. Now there are two cases
1. Mr. WIRS against Mr MANS alleging adultery
2. Mrs MANS against Mrs WIRS alleging immoral conduct.
While the High Court is yet to give its verdict, the Magistrate's Court has already summoned Mr. MANS to face trial for adultery.
Mrs MANS had earlier in 2006 approached the High Court seeking departmental action against Mrs. WIRS, which was dismissed by a Single judge who told her that her husband is also responsible for allegedly maintaining the illicit relation. In her appeal against the single bench decision, she pleaded that the Single Judge failed to appreciate the fact that the "conduct of Mrs WIRS is unbecoming of a government servant as she had been indulging in immoral and unethical relationship with my husband in violation of the Central Civil Service (Conduct) Rules"
She claims that she had submitted written complaints, along with photographs of the IRS officer with her husband, to the Director General Vigilance (IT), Revenue Secretary, and other top officials, but did not elicit any response from them.
Incidentally in adultery, there is no punishment for the woman.