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The Telangana High Court connected Monday issued notices to the State authorities successful a writ petition filed by a societal activistic challenging the posting of IPS officers successful the cadre posts of IAS officers successful the presumption of Principal Secretary.
Justice Surepalli Nanda of the HC, who heard the plea, directed the Chief Secretary to record antagonistic affidavits successful the matter, posting the proceeding to December 10. The petitioner V. Srikanth’s counsel Vijay Gopal contended that the GO Rt. 1342 issued connected September 26 (facilitating posting of IPS officers successful the cadre of Principal Secretary) was amerciable and unconstitutional. The GO was against the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules 1954 and the IAS (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Amendment Regulations-2016.
The counsel, presenting arguments earlier the judge, said that during a caller reshuffle of IPS officers the State authorities posted 3 of them, C.V. Anand, Shikha Goel and Stephen Ravindra, successful the cadre of Principal Secretary. As per the rules, IAS officers were expected to beryllium posted successful these positions, helium said.
The petitioner stated that an IPS serviceman appointed arsenic Home Secretary would person the powers to o.k. tapping of telephones nether the Telecommunications Act-2023. The serviceman belonging to the constabulary section taking specified decisions would pull the provisions of ‘Doctrine of Bias’, helium said.
The petitioner maintained that helium had already submitted a practice to the Chief Secretary questioning the posting of IPS officers successful Principal Secretary positions but nary enactment was taken. He requested the HC to state the enactment of the CS successful the substance unconstitutional and walk an bid to region the IPS officers from the posts of Principal Secretary.
