Reportedly the controversy surrounding senior Karnataka cadre IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin, who was suspended by the Election Commission of india for conducting a search on Prime Minister Narendra modi’s helicopter in Odisha on April 16, refuses to die and the Election Commission (EC) has approached the Karnataka High Court objecting to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order which gave relief to Mohsin.
Furthermore following this, a vacation division bench headed by Justice John Michael Cunha of the Karnataka High Court has issued notices to Mohsin, the state and central governments on the issue. ECI submitted to the HC “Every officer appointed to oversee an election is deemed to be on deputation to the EC and the commission has control over such officer”.
Moreover Mohsin had got relief from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) after the EC had asked the Karnataka government to take action. Apparently the EC said that Mohsin had conducted the search in PM modi’s helicopter without authority as required for a SPG protectee. Perhaps the CAT on April 29 ruled in favor of Mohsin stating that no disciplinary action can be taken against him and Odisha have faced similar checks.
