New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Kannan Gopinathan, a young officer who quit the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) last year in August, said on Friday that the new directive asking him to return to service is not with good intent.
Gopinathan, a 2012 batch IAS officer hailing from Kerala and posted in Dadra and Nagar Haveli as Power and Non-Conventional Energy Secretary, had quit the IAS pretesting against the denial of "fundamental rights" to lakhs of people in Jammu and Kashmir for weeks after the state lost its special status.
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Thirty-four-year old Gopinathan confirmed that he got a letter asking him to join back the service as the country is fighting COVID-19.