The Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) has asked the State government to clarify when an online system for transfers can be introduced in the Animal Husbandry department for veterinary surgeons and senior veterinary surgeons.
In a September 28 order, KAT also wanted to know why general transfer orders were issued in the department without giving the transferred staff an opportunity to indicate their choices or sans publishing a draft transfer list so that objections could be filed.
The order by KAT chairman C.K. Abdul Rehim and members M.R. Sreelatha and P.K. Kesavan came on a petition filed by the Kerala Government Veterinary Officers' Association (KGVOA) challenging a September 23 department order transferring 130 veterinary surgeons without first creating a transparent online mechanism for the exercise. In an August 29 order, KAT had asked the department to create the online system for transfers without further delay. The department was yet to comply with it.
