In yet another case of cadre allocation, the Telangana High Court has ruled in favour of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and issued a stay on the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)’s directions allocating IAS officer Amrapali Kata (IAS:2010:AP) to Telangana. Amrapali is currently serving as Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism department. The court has directed her to file counter affidavit within six weeks.
Amrapali had been allotted to Andhra Pradesh by the DoPT in October last year.
Instead of following the DoPT’s direction, Amrapali approached the CAT, challenging the DoPT orders, and succeeded in getting relief as the CAT allocated her to the Telangana cadre as part of a “swapping” arrangement with another IAS officer, Harikiran (IAS:2009:TG).
The DoPT, however, moved the High Court saying the swapping procedure did not apply to Amrapali because Harikiran belongs to a reserved category, and hence it was not permissible. Hearing the DoPT’s appeal against the CAT order, the Telangana High Court passed an interim order suspending the CAT’s decision to allocate her to Telangana.
The matter will come up for the next hearing after six weeks.
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