New Delhi, June 19 -- Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai has conveyed to the Union government that the Centre should refrain from selectively acting on collegium recommendations, emphasising that appointments and transfers should not be cleared in instalments or by segregating names. According to people familiar with the matter, Justice Gavai issued this message after presiding over his first collegium meeting on May 26, which recommended a sweeping overhaul of key judicial positions across the country. "CJI Gavai was emphatic that segregating names from a batch of recommendations not only disturbs the seniority of judges but also sends an improper message about the collegium's authority and functioning," a person aware of the development said. This person pointed out that some of the recommendations made by CJI Gavai's predecessors have remained pending till date after the government segregated them. In a decisive opening move, CJI Gavai led the collegium in recommending the elevation of three high court judges -- Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi, and AS Chandurkar, to the Supreme Court. Apart from Justice Gavai, the collegium comprised Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, JK Maheshwari, and BV Nagarathna. The Union government acted with speed, notifying the appointments on May 30, allowing the top court to reach its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges. It also proposed the appointment of five chief justices -- Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva (Rajasthan), Justice Vibhu Bakhru (Karnataka), Justice Ashutosh Kumar (Gauhati), Justice Vipul M Pancholi (Patna), and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan (Jharkhand). Four sitting chief justices were rotated between Madras, Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana and Jharkhand high courts....