The Bengaluru bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) stayed the order transferring senior IPS officer Ravi D Channannavar from the post of Managing Director, Karnataka State Electronic Development Corporation (Keonics). The transfer order was issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) without any post.
In the order passed on June 9, the CAT bench said, “The operation and implementation of the impugned order of transfer dated June 7, 2023, passed by the Under Secretary of DPAR, posting HC Girish, Deputy Conservator of Forests and Member Secretary of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, to the post of the applicant (Ravi Channanavar), is stayed till the next date of hearing.”
The bench included Justice S Sujatha, Judicial Member, and Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Administrative Member.
Mr. Channannavar had said in the appeal to CAT that he was transferred from his post as Managing Director, Keonics, Bengaluru, hardly six months after taking charge, without any assigned reason or any posting. He pointed out that the transfer order was passed with total non-application of mind, and the DPAR had thrown all known principles of transfer to the winds.
As per All India Service Rules, the minimum stipulated tenure for service is two years, but he was disturbed without showing any posting, which is contrary to law.
