Telangana High Court on Friday sought to know from the Union government the points on which the Central Administrative Tribunal-Hyderabad erred in its order allowing IAS officer Somesh Kumar, who was allocated to Andhra Pradesh cadre following the bifurcation of the State, to continue with Telangana State.
A bench of justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Surepalli Nanda wanted the Central government and the Department of Personnel and Training to explain on what points the Tribunal order can be set aside. The bench was hearing a batch of writ petitions filed by the Central government challenging the Tribunal directions allowing 15 All India Service (AIS) officers to continue to serve Telangana State even after they were allocated to residuary Andhra Pradesh State in compliance with A.P. Reorganisation Act.
Additional Solicitor General Suryakaran Reddy, who presented contentions on behalf of the Union government the previous day, continued his arguments on Friday. Referring to Somesh Kumar’s objection about non-inclusion of the then chief secretary of the undivided AP State P.K. Mohanty in the list of officers to be allocated to the two Telugu States, the ASG argued that Mr. Mohanty’s name was not included since he was retiring from service at midnight of June 1, 2014.
