The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to grant a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the cadre change to IPS officer Mane Swapnil Tukaram (IPS: 2022: WB). The IPS officer is seeking his cadre to be changed from West Bengal to Karnataka on the grounds of his marriage to Karnataka cadre IPS officer Shaloo (IPS: 2021: KN).
Interestingly, the Karnataka government has already granted its NOC for the proposed inter-cadre transfer of the applicant, but it is the Bengal government that is sitting on the file by neither granting NOC nor communicating any decision, thereby causing undue delay in the matter. It is happening despite repeated representations and requests for processing his application by Mane.
Not only this, but the applicant even sent reminders to the Bengal government for the same and later moved the CAT, which has ruled that the Bengal government’s failure to grant NOC would be considered as NOC deemed to have been issued.
The CAT thus directed the Bengal govt to relieve Mane to join the Karnataka Cadre within the stipulated time frame, failing which the applicant would be deemed to be relieved after the expiry of said period.
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