Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Delhi Prison Officials Face Termination Over Identity Record Discrepancies
Delhi officials checked the identity records of prison staff hired in 2020.
The check covered 477 people.
Officials said some records did not match properly.
These records included biometric information and photographs.
The department first stopped 50 people from working in December 2023.
One of those people, Ashok Kumar, had never started the job.
A tribunal temporarily stopped the dismissals.
The Delhi High Court later removed that protection, allowing 49 officials to be terminated.
The affected workers include supervisors, warders and matrons.
The Delhi High Court cleared termination proceedings against 49 Delhi Prisons department officials.
The affected staff include nine assistant superintendents, 39 warders and two matrons.
The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board flagged inconsistencies in recruits’ identity verification records.
The verification covered 477 prison personnel appointed in 2020, with discrepancies reported among 50 officials.
The Central Administrative Tribunal had stayed the terminations, but the High Court set aside that order.
- Who
- Forty-nine Delhi Prisons department officials, including assistant superintendents, warders and matrons, are affected.
- What
- Their termination from service was allowed after alleged discrepancies were found in identity verification records.
- When
- The officials were appointed in 2020; services were discontinued in December 2023, and the High Court ruling came last week.
- Where
- The affected officials were posted across Delhi’s Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini prison complexes.
- Why
- The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board reported inconsistencies in biometric records and photographs linked to recruitment verification.
Authorities’ position
Employees’ legal position
Identity verification findings
Authorities’ position
The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board and jail authorities said discrepancies were found in biometric records and photographs during recruitment verification.
Employees’ legal position
The affected employees obtained a stay from the Central Administrative Tribunal, temporarily preventing their termination.
Employment outcome
Authorities’ position
The Delhi High Court set aside the tribunal’s stay, clearing the way for 49 officials to be terminated.
Employees’ legal position
The tribunal’s earlier order had protected the officials from termination, although that protection was later overturned by the High Court.
- Officials facing termination
- 49
- Personnel covered by verification
- 477 prison employees
- Year of appointment
- 2020
- Initial services discontinued
- 50 officials in December 2023
- Affected staff breakdown
- 9 assistant superintendents, 39 warders and 2 matrons
- Prison complexes mentioned
- Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini
- Earlier tribunal action
- The Central Administrative Tribunal stayed the terminations before the High Court set aside its order