Islam is yet to receive any compensation or correspondence from the department, which is directly under Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

The WBIC had passed the order on December 15, 2009. Islam was then the additional director general of police (Traffic).

On May 23, 2006, Islam had written to Bhattacharjee saying a vigilance inquiry had been initiated against him for acting in an impartial way. He urged Bhattacharjee to act against the then Chief Secretary A K Deb, Vigilance Commissioner Shyamal Dutta and the then IG (Vigilance) M K Mukherjee for their alleged involvement in corrupt activities. On June 4, 2007, Islam filed an RTI application seeking information on the notings made by Bhattacharjee in regard to his letter and the action taken.

When Islam received no reply in the next 30 days, he appealed to the State Public Information Officer of the Home department. In August 2007, he filed a second appeal with the WBIC, but it did not hear the issue. Following this, Islam had sent nearly two dozen reminders but to no avail.

Next, Islam moved the Calcutta High Court. On August 27, 2009, the court directed to WBIC to dispose of all his appeals within four weeks. Following this, the Commission finally started proceedings and passed the order on December 15, 2009.

In its order, the WBIC had rapped the Home department. “The Commission considers that the Home department, being one of the most important departments, shall have to pay a price for such procrastination,” it observed.

After the order, Islam requested that the Commission should deduct the amount from the person responsible for the incident and not the department.

“I request that the amount should be deducted from the salary of the person responsible, because the name of the department, which is inanimate, cannot be the offender and the person responsible is the offender,” Islam had written to the WBIC. He is yet to receive any reply.

In May 2010, Islam again filed an RTI application asking what action the department has taken regarding the Commission’s order. At present, Islam is posted in New Delhi as the RPF executive director (security).