<p>“The government has finally accepted my resignation from the Income-Tax Department. I received the letter today (Tuesday),” Kejriwal said. He quit the IRS on February 2006.<br />Kejriwal, who was a Joint Commissioner in the I-T department when he quit, had earlier said he would fight in court to retrieve the money he had paid as dues.<br /><br />On November 3, he submitted a cheque for Rs 9,27,787 along with a letter to prime minister, asking him not to trouble his six friends who had given him an interest-free loan to settle his dues.<br /><br />The 43-year-old activist, a 1995-batch IRS officer, had decided to settle the dues in an attempt to blunt attacks by his detractors.<br /><br />However, the government had claimed that he had violated bond rules by quitting the service before completing mandatory three years of service after going on a study leave on full pay. However, Kejriwal said he took non-paid leave and quit the service after serving bond conditions.</p>
<p>“The government has finally accepted my resignation from the Income-Tax Department. I received the letter today (Tuesday),” Kejriwal said. He quit the IRS on February 2006.<br />Kejriwal, who was a Joint Commissioner in the I-T department when he quit, had earlier said he would fight in court to retrieve the money he had paid as dues.<br /><br />On November 3, he submitted a cheque for Rs 9,27,787 along with a letter to prime minister, asking him not to trouble his six friends who had given him an interest-free loan to settle his dues.<br /><br />The 43-year-old activist, a 1995-batch IRS officer, had decided to settle the dues in an attempt to blunt attacks by his detractors.<br /><br />However, the government had claimed that he had violated bond rules by quitting the service before completing mandatory three years of service after going on a study leave on full pay. However, Kejriwal said he took non-paid leave and quit the service after serving bond conditions.</p>