Guwahati, Mar 31 (PTI) Assam DGP Sankar Baruah was today directed by the Gauhati High Court to continue in office till the date of further hearing of the case against the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
In an interim order staying an earlier CAT directive to the state, a division bench of Justice I A Ansari and Justice A C Upadhyaya heard the writ petition filed by the government and issued notice returnable on April four, the next date of hearing.
The bench asked the DGP to continue till that period.
DGP (vigilance and anti-corruption) Sharda Prasad had challenged the notification of appointment of Baruah on seniority grounds before the CAT following which the tribunal on March three last set aside the notification and directed the state to constitute a panel within one month considering all "eligible officers".
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