Overview
- The division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin issued an interim stay on December 8, keeping the CAT directive in abeyance.
- The court directed Amrapali Kata and the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to file counter affidavits, with Deccan Chronicle reporting a four-week timeline.
- The matter was adjourned for six weeks and will be heard along with a connected case involving IAS officer Ronald Rose.
- The Department of Personnel and Training contended that the CAT wrongly applied a swapping formula and that a proposed exchange with officer Harikiran, who is from a reserved category, is barred by service rules.
- The CAT Hyderabad Bench had on June 24 ordered Kata’s allocation to the Telangana cadre, effectively overturning DoPT’s October 2024 Khandekar-based directive placing her in Andhra Pradesh.