Kannan Gopinathan, a 2012-batch AGMUT-cadre IAS officer, joined Congress Monday. His status as a serving government servant, however, remains in limbo as his 2019 resignation from service is yet to be accepted, it is learnt.

Gopinathan resigned from the IAS in protest against the restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

His executive record sheet in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), accessed on Monday, still showed his status as “serving”. As per the record, which was last updated on November 21, 2023, he is “posted as Power Development Secretary in Dadra and Nagar Haveli”.

Spokespersons of DoPT and Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the cadre controlling authority for AGMUT-cadre officers, did not respond to a re

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