Register · No. 20
Manoje Nath
IPS, Bihar cadre, 1973 batch, Retired 2012
40transfers, as of 2012. 3 on the ribbon below, 0 of them documented.
- Documented
- One report
- Years with no move on record
Summary
Ranked third in the all-India 1973 civil services list, transferred about 40 times in 39 years. When he got key posts, he was moved within months (NIE); the state rated him 'below average' in his last years and passed him over for DGP three times.
New Indian Express editorial (2013) and feature (2017): 'transferred 40 times in his 39-year career'; NIE 2017 says 'at least 40'. Neither cites a document.
The moves, and what came of them
Oldest first. Each fold is marked by how well the record holds it.
One report
Vigilance(no posting for ten months)
After he raided three engineers in a corruption case, he was left without a posting, vehicle or telephone for ten months, and a departmental proceeding for disobedience was started against him.
- Up against
- His superiors (per TOI, he 'fray[ed] his superiors' ego')
- Reported reason
- Per TOI, the raid on the engineers.
- The other side said
- The state's charge was disobedience.
- Outcome
- Ten months without posting.
- What became of the matter
- Officer cleared. The Patna High Court quashed the disobedience proceeding. TOI says he faced two such proceedings and a privilege motion 'only to come out clean'. The judgment itself was not found. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
One report
He pursued a graft case against the chairman of the Bihar State Electricity Board, Swapan Mukherjee. The charge was quashed and Nath was served a show-cause notice for holding a press conference on it; an insubordination case brought against him was later dismissed by a court. NIE says he was never given a key post after that, and was moved four times in one year during Nitish Kumar's first term.
- Up against
- Swapan Mukherjee, Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, BSEB
- Reported reason
- Per NIE, his 'sidelining' began with this case.
- The other side said
- The state's position was that the press meet was improper (show-cause notice) and that he was insubordinate.
- Outcome
- Repeated short postings; superseded for DGP three times.
- What became of the matter
- Case closed. Per NIE, the charge against Mukherjee was quashed; the insubordination case against Nath was also dismissed. Neither order was found. newindianexpress.com
One report
SP, Bokaro
Four months into the job, he arrested the managing director of Bokaro Steel in a corruption case. His transfer order came within 24 hours.
- Up against
- Managing Director, Bokaro Steel Plant (unnamed in source), Bokaro Steel (SAIL)
- Reported reason
- TOI reports the sequence (arrest, then transfer within 24 hours); it does not quote an official reason.
- Outcome
- Transferred.
- What became of the matter
- Unknown. What happened to the corruption case against the MD is not reported.