The Telangana High Court onTuesday deferred transfers of all judicial officers in the state for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic."Considering the exigencies caused by the pandemic of COVID-19 outbreak, the High Court is pleased to defer the annual general transfers-2020 of the judicial officers in all the cadres in the state for one year.However a decision will be taken in future on individual cases or on administrative exigencies," the court said in a notification.The High Court also directed all unit heads to defer the annual general transfers of judicial ministerial staff for one year for the same reason.The HighCourtearlier issued a notification, cancelling the summer vacation which was supposed to begin from May 4 for it, allcourtsand judicial services in the state.TheCourtcurrently has been hearing only "matters involving extreme urgency" through video conferencing.
