The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) bench here Thursday stayed the Election Commission order suspending IAS officer Mohammed Mohsinfor checking prime minister Narendra Modi's helicopter inOdisha.
The officer from Karnataka cadre, deployed in Odisha as ageneral observer, was suspended on April 17 for checking Modi's helicopter in Odisha's Sambalpur in "violation" of normsfor dealing with SPG protectees and sent back to the state.
The CAT maintained that during an election process while reasonable assurances of protection and security must be made available to SPG protectees, it cannot be said "they are eligible for anything and everything."
The tribunal said: "Thereforethe suspension order issued by the election commission cannot, on the face of it, lie. It is hereby stayed."