THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Judicial member Justice P.V. Asha has been appointed as the acting chairperson of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT). The Governor's order was issued on the recommendation of the Chief Minister at a time when the IAS lobby was pressuring to appoint administrative member Dr. Pradeep Kumar here.

Kerala Kaumudi had reported that the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department was moving to make an administrative member the acting chairperson instead of a judicial member. The Chief Minister intervened and forwarded the appointment recommendation to the Governor, following this. The notification was issued by Additional Chief Secretary Dr. Rajan Khobragade as per the Governor's order.

The acting chairperson was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the chairman,

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