Kochi: Kannur Collector Arun K Vijayan and late Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu were not on good terms, Land Revenue Joint Commissioner report said.
The Collector’s refusal to grant leave on weekends to ADM Naveen Babu had made him depressed, ADM’s Confidential Assistant deposed before the Land Revenue Joint Commissioner.
Naveen’s family had doubted the collector from the very beginning.
The Collector and the ADM did not share good ties, the Confidential Assistant said.
Collector had served show cause notice on Naveen, he deposed.
Despite getting transfer to Pathanamthitta,
the collector refused to relieve Naveen Babu on the grounds that there was no replacement for him.
Pathanamthitta Collector personal intervention to get Naveen Babu relieved failed to make any impact on Kannur Collector.
Collector, ADM shared strained ties
