Officer overstayed in foreign posting is 'deemed to have resigned'

Renuka Chidambaram, the IAS officer who did not rejoin duty after being posted to the UN mission in Sudan, has been declared ‘deemed to have resigned’ from July 1, 2013.

The Department of Personnel and Training issued a notification on Tuesday saying, "the President is pleased to direct that Renuka Chidambaram, a member of the Indian Administrative Service, borne on the cadre of Karnataka (KN:1985) is deemed to have resigned from the Indian Administrative Service with effect from 01.07.2013 in terms of rule 7(2)(c) of the All India Services (Leave) Rules, 1955".

Section 7(2)(c) says an IAS officer shall be deemed to have resigned from the service if he or she “continues foreign service beyond the period approved.’