Ex-Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay replies to Centre's show-cause notice

NEW DELHI: Former Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopdhayay on Thursday responded to Centre's show-cause letter.
In his reply, Bandyopadhyay said that as per the directive of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, he left the meeting for a review of Cyclone Yaas ravaged Digha, a popular sea resort town in Purba Medinipur district, reported PTI quoting an official in the secretariat.
Earlier this week, Centre issued him a show-cause notice for not reporting to the department of personnel and training (DoPT), as directed by in Friday's order placing his services with the government of India.
The show-cause notice sent to Bandyopadhyay on Monday is said to have pointed out his failure to present himself at the DoPT office in North Block at 10 am on Monday, and asked why disciplinary proceedings should not be initiated against him for having defied the Centre's directions in alleged violation of service rules.
The notice came after the former Bengal chief secretary allegedly skipped a crucial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in West Bengal last week to review the situation arising out of Cyclone Yaas. Modi being the chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the chief secretary was liable under