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The State authorities has issued orders transferring and posting B. Ashok arsenic Principal Secretary, Sainik Welfare department. He volition besides clasp afloat further complaint of the Youth Affairs department, a March 13 bid issued by the General Administration section said.
The 1998 batch IAS serviceman had been serving arsenic Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) and holding the further complaint of Principal Secretary, Agriculture department.
Mr. Ashok’s earlier run-ins with the State authorities implicit appointments had hogged headlines connected aggregate occasions. The latest posting excessively has grabbed attraction for Sainik Welfare is not precisely a coveted section successful the service. Mr. Ashok, who continues to beryllium the Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala Agricultural University, has been successful the Agriculture section for implicit 3 years.
Quashed by CAT
Earlier attempts to station Mr. Ashok arsenic the chairperson of the Local Self-Government Reforms Commission, and past arsenic president and managing manager of the Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation (KTDFC) had been quashed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
In September 2025, the State authorities had besides attempted to station him arsenic main secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms department, ignoring a enactment connected the earlier authorities bid appointing him arsenic KTDFC CMD.
Earlier, the CAT had invalidated each these transportation orders. The State authorities has handed implicit the afloat further complaint of APC and Principal Secretary, Agriculture, to Tinku Biswal. However, until she rejoins work aft leave, the further charges of these posts volition beryllium held by Biswanath Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary (Home).
