CAT stays Kerala government’s transfer order of IAS officer B. Ashok a day after it was issued

The Ernakulam Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) deferred the transfer order issued by the Kerala government on Monday posting IAS officer B. Ashok as Principal Secretary of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (P&ARD).

The CAT has stated that its interim order issued earlier this month, which stayed a government order transferring the 1998 batch IAS officer from his post as Principal Secretary, Agriculture, and Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) and posting him as managing director of Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation (KTDFC), will continue.

The case has been posted for hearing on September 22.

CAT sets aside govt. order appointing B. Ashok as CMD of KTDFC

While staying the government order, CAT had directed that Mr. Ashok continue to hold his earlier posts of Principal Secretary, Agriculture, and Agriculture Production Commissioner.