CAT Halts Departmental Proceedings Against Sameer Wankhede in Aryan Khan Drug Case

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has stayed further departmental proceedings against IRS officer and former NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in connection with the 2021 Aryan Khan drug case.

A CAT Bench of Justice Ranjit More and Rajinder Kashyap noted that the charges framed by the Revenue Department on August 18 were based on material already submitted by Wankhede before the Bombay High Court, which had granted him interim relief.

The tribunal issued notice to the Revenue Department and restrained it from continuing the inquiry until the next hearing on October 14.