The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench at Hyderabad on Tuesday set aside the order of the Andhra Pradesh government suspending Senior IRS officer Jasti Krishna Kishore from service and sent him back to his parent wing of income-tax department.
The Andhra Pradesh government suspended Kishore in December last year over allegations of irregularities during his tenure as chief executive officer of AP Economic Development Board (APEDB).
The Bench comprising tribunal chairman chairman Justice L Narasimha Reddy and member BV Sudhakar gave this verdict after hearing a plea filed by Kishore. The bench, however, made it clear that the AP government was free to pursue the criminal cases it had filed against the IRS officer in accordance with law.
