Taking up the issue for the third consecutive day, Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan asked the government to cancel the transfer of the Principal of the Government Cotton Hill School K K Urmila Devi and do justice to her.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the transfer was not part of any disciplinary action but only a administrative step.
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Achuthanandan repeated the charge that the government took
action against the Principal within three days of issuing a showcause notice, which gave her 15 days time for explanation.
The LDF had alleged that action against her was a vindictive step, but both Chandy and Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb had said she was transferred after an inquiry which actually recommended suspension.
LDF had disrupted proceedings of the House forcing it to be adjourned ahead of the day's schedule on June 25 and had staged a walkout over the issue yesterday.
The incident that provoked action against the Principal happened on June 16 when a function was arranged in the school campus in which the Minister was to present awards to the Schools English Club.
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