Deepti Uppal’s inter-cadre transfer on grounds of marriage okayed; but Jagannathan’s extension in Kerala lands up in CAT

HERE is a case where sarkari files did not hinder an early reunion of an IAS and an IFoS (Indian Forest Service) officer who wanted to be living together after marriage. Only three days after DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari took up this case of an inter-cadre transfer of 2011 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Ms Deepti Uppal to Punjab cadre on the grounds of marriage with Punjab cadre Indian Forest Service officer (2012 batch) Vikram Singh Kundra, the DoPT on October 16 issued an order saying that…