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ShareBangalore: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday issued notices to transport minister R Ashok and Chikmagalur BJP MLA CT Ravi. Justice Ram Mohan Reddy ordered the issuance of notices to Ashok and Ravi as also the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), in connection with a petition filed by Flossy Philomena D'Souza, an accounts supervisor with KSRTC, challenging her transfer from Chikmagalur to Kolar on August 19.
The petitioner has claimed that though her transfer order mentioned that it was being issued in public interest, it later turned out she was being transferred as the local MLA had sent a letter to the minister seeking the same. She said this was evident in the documents that she accessed after filing a right to information application.
Ordering notices to the minister, the MLA and KSRTC, Justice Ram Mohan Reddy said: "It is very strange that ministers and MLAs are interfering in cases where there are unblemished records of service. It is nothing but a serious lapse. If transfers were to be made at the behest of ministers and MLAs, the morale of the employees will go down.
Let them come and explain."
