Observing that it would set aside the order of Central Administrative Tribunal allocating 13 All India Service officers to Telangana, the Telangana High Court on Tuesday adjourned to January 2 the hearing of the batch of writ petitions filed by the Centre challenging that order.
A Bench of Justices Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao made the observation noting that it would set aside the allotment of officers as the courts cannot perform the duty of appellate authority of allotting them amongst the States. The Bench was hearing the batch of pleas filed by the Department of Personnel and Training of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs questioning the CAT order passed in 2016.
The Bench also noted that it would remand the matter back to the Central government so that the issue of re-allocation of officers in the backdrop of carving out Telangana from unified Andhra Pradesh would be re-examined in its entirety. The Centre would be asked to assess each case individually.
