Hyderabad, June 25 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday, June 24, delivered a significant verdict directing that IAS officer Amrapali Kata be allocated to the Telangana cadre.

Currently serving as the Managing Director of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation, Amrapali Kata had filed a petition challenging the central government's earlier decision to assign her to the Andhra Pradesh cadre following the bifurcation of the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh state.

The CAT bench, comprising judicial member Lata Basavaraj Patte and administrative member Varun Sindhu Kulkaumudi, reviewed the case and found merit in Amrapali Kata's arguments. She contended that the guidelines set by the Pratyush Sinha Committee, which...