The Telangana High Court granted an interim stay on the CAT order directing IAS officer Amrapali Kata’s allocation to the Telangana cadre through a cadre-swap arrangement, seeking a counter affidavit and raising questions over the legality of such swaps under service rules

Hyderabad: Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin of the Telangana High Court on Monday granted interim stay on a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that had directed the allocation of IAS officer Amrapali Kata to the Telangana cadre through a cadre swap arrangement.

The Bench issued interim directions suspending the CAT’s verdict and called for a counter affidavit from the officer. The matter has been posted after six weeks.

The dispute stems from the Department of Personnel and Trai

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