All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) has come down heavily on the Revenue department’s move to issue a show cause notice to Jayachandran Kallingal, the general secretary of CPI-affiliated Joint Council, for his reported criticism against District Collector Geromic George.
Mr. Jayachandran, who is Tahsildar at Devaswom Special LA Office, Thiruvananthapuram, had participated in a news channel debate on Mr. George’s widely-condemned summoning of a government doctor to his residence to treat a toenail fungal infection.
He was subsequently issued a show cause notice by the Principal Secretary of Revenue Department for “commenting against the District Collector”. He has been charged with failing to obtain the government’s prior permission to participate in the programme and thereby, violating the Kerala Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1960.
