NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has decided to sack 13 senior officers employed with ordnance factories after finding their overall performance “unsatisfactory”.
Few months ago, the Government had ordered rigorous screening of performance of all officers of the ordnance factories which work under the administrative control of the defence ministry’s department of defence production.
“The Government, after having assessed the overall performance of officers of Indian Ordnance Factories Service, following the prescribed procedure, has decided to retire its 13 Group ‘A’ officers from Government service in public interest due to their overall unsatisfactory performance,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
Official sources said the officers are being served three months’ notice period and they will get pension and other benefits.
It is not clear whether any of the officers being sacked were employed with the Pulgaon ammunition depot in Maharashtra where 19 army personnel were killed in a massive blast on May 31, 2016. (AGENCIES)
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