Srinagar, Oct. 28 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has held that the case of a government employee nearing retirement warrants special consideration in transfer matters, particularly in view of the difficulties involved in completing pension-related formalities.

The Tribunal directed the Jammu and Kashmir government to reconsider the transfer of a senior Co-operative Department officer due to retire within a year, while declining to interfere with the transfers of four other officials from Kashmir to Jammu division.

The order was passed by a Tribunal Member (Judicial) M.S. Latif on October 26 in O.A. No. 1110/2026, with the competent authority directed to pass appropriate orders on the officer's case within two weeks.

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