Police officers move CAT Police officers challenge transfers

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, AUG. 6. Three top police officials, whose services have been `requisitioned' by the Central Government to be posted in the Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi, have challenged the Centre's move in the Chennai Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today.

The City Police Commissioner, Mr. K. Muthukaruppan, the Joint Commissioner of Police (Central), Mr. S. George, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Triplicane), Mr. Christopher Nelson, filed their petitions in this regard today.

The petitions are likely to come up before a Bench headed by the Tribunal Chairman, Mr. Justice S.S. Subramaniam, tomorrow.

The `transfer' of these officials to the Cabinet Secretariat, without the `concurrence' of the State Government, has threatened to develop into a Centre-State confrontation.

Viewing this transfer as being ``politically motivated'' and a ``punishment'' to the officials concerned, the State Government has formally conveyed its inability to spare their services for Central deputation. Ms. Jayalalithaa has written to other Chief Ministers seeking their views on the ``sudden and arbitrary'' transfers.

Already, the First Bench of the Madras High Court has ordered notices to the Central and State Governments on a petition seeking to restrain them from disturbing any of the 19 identified officers (including these three) from their existing positions.

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