By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Feb. 5: The AP High Court on Friday suspended an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal which had set aside the appointment of Mr R.R. Girish Kumar as director-general of police.
The tribunal had on January 28 set aside as “illegal and arbitrary” the appointment of Mr Kumar, and directed the government to appoint a new DGP within two weeks. The tribunal had passed orders on petitions filed by the former DGPs, Mr A.K. Mohanty and Mr S.S.P. Yadav.
The CAT order was suspended by a division bench comprising Justice V. Eswaraiah and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar. The judges suspended the operation of the CAT order till the final disposal of the government’s petition.
The court prima facie agreed with the contention of the government that the state has the power to create a post. The judges did not agree with the contention of Mr Yadav that his transfer to the APSRTC tantamounts to a reversion.
The tribunal had directed the government to release the due amounts to both Mr Mohanty and Mr Yadav as they were transferred to low payscale posts. The court said the pay attached to the DGP in the apex scale was allowable only as long as the incumbent held the post.
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