In a significant development, senior IPS officer Abhilasha Bisht (IPS:1994:TG) got interim relief from the High Court in her fight against her cadre reallocation to Andhra Pradesh by the Union Government. The High Court permitted her to continue serving in Telangana till further orders, pending the adjudication of her challenge to her reallocation to the Andhra cadre.
A division bench of High Court Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda passed the order while hearing her writ petition.
The Union Govt had ordered Bisht to be reallocated to the Andhra cadre in 2025. She moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against this order, but the CAT upheld her reallocation to the AP cadre on January 9, 2026.
Then she moved the High Court against it. In addition to challenging the CAT’s order, Bisht also questioned subsequent proceedings issued by the Centre and communicated through the Telangana government.
She has now sought restoration of her seniority in the 1994 batch of IPS officers and continuation in the Telangana cadre.
Bisht, in her petition, contends that the cadre allocation process was flawed due to its reliance on a “distorted” seniority list allegedly provided by the state authorities.
According to her, the process led to her being wrongly treated as junior to officers of the 1994 batch. She argues that the fact was contrary to it, as these officers were virtually junior to her, thereby unsettling a seniority position that had remained unchanged for over two decades.
Bisht has further argued that the Centre had acted on inaccurate information despite seeking a certified seniority list and altered her position without issuing prior notice to her or giving her an opportunity to present her case.
She claims that this action violated the principles of natural justice and was influenced by extraneous considerations.
Further hearing was adjourned to July 1.
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