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ARTICLE AD BOX
Radhakrishnan, 55, contended that the transfer was illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the ED’s 2019 policy.
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed the plea of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, facing allegations of harassment, threatening and extortion, against his transfer from Kochi to Srinagar.
The officer, Deputy Director P Radhakrishnan, had challenged the June orders moving him out of Kochi’s Functional Unit-I (FU-I) and relieving him from duties the next day.
The Tribunal said the transfer was intended to ensure a free and fair inquiry into the complaint and found no ground to interfere. In the same order, the Tribunal sharply rebuked the ED for retaining him in the same station for more than 28 years and the same region for 30 years, despite vigilance directives and its own transfer policy discouraging such prolonged postings.
“It was the misdemeanor of the respondents that an employee like the applicant could continue in the same station for more than 28 years and in the same region for 30 years. Allowing an officer to continue in sensitive posts for unduly long spells will create vested interests,” Justice K. Haripal observed.
Radhakrishnan, 55, contended that the transfer was illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the ED’s 2019 policy. In his petition, he alleged that the June 11 transfer order gave no reason, did not indicate public interest or administrative exigency, and was issued without convening the Civil Services Board (CSB) as required.
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