CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has revoked suspension of a whistleblower assistant professor from Jind who was suspended for registering an FIR against his principal on corruption charges.“Narender Kumar was heard in-person on July 26, 2018. After taking into consideration his submission, facts and circumstances of the case and perusal of the record, I find the act of omission by Narender Kumar does not warrant continuation of his suspension. Hence, taking a lenient view, Narender Kumar is reinstated pending inquiry,” ordered Jyoti Arora, additional chief secretary, (higher education) Haryana.Narender has been posted at Government College for Women, Jind, against a vacant post. The order was released on Wednesday.An assistant professor in history, Narender was placed under suspension by the department of higher education on February 9, 2017. He was also chargesheeted under the Haryana Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules in July 2017.The main allegations against Narender were that he had approached the local police against then principal of the college Ved Prakash Sheoran for corruption charges and registered an FIR without waiting the response from the department.He was also accused of tarnishing the image of the department as well as the then principal.Narender has already submitted his detailed reply against the charges.In December 2016, Haryana police had registered an FIR against Sheoran for cheating, forgery and related charges on Narender’s complaint.Narender had made several complaints to the directorate of higher education regarding the alleged irregularities committed by Sheoran during his tenure as principal. However, when the department failed to take any action for a considerably long period, he had submitted complaint to the police. Acting on Narender's complaint police had booked the principal.

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