The Centre on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking extension of time for completing formalities to transfer Assam National
Register of Citizens (NRC) Coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh.
The apex court on October 18 had ordered the Centre and the Assam Government to transfer Hajela to his native State Madhya Pradesh within seven days.
The counsel for the Centre on Thursday told the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that though the government has taken steps to transfer the 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre but procedural formalities will take some more time.
“You file the application,” the bench, which also comprised Justices SA Bobde and S A Nazeer, said.
Hajela was appointed the NRC coordinator by the top court to oversee the mammoth and sensitive exercise of finalising and publication of Assam NRC data.