Kanu Gohain to head DGCA for another three months

NEW DELHI: The tenure of Kanu Gohain, the Director General of Civil Aviation, has been extended for another three months from Monday as legal problems delayed the appointment of his successor.

Gohain, who superannuated last year, has been asked to continue at the top post of the crucial regulatory body for another three months after his second extension of two months expired yesterday, an official spokesperson said.

As the Civil Aviation Ministry last month decided to appoint Naseem Ahmad Zaid, India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Gohain's second-in-command A K Chopra moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to protest the decision.

The CAT, last month, quashed Zaidi's appointment on the petition of Chopra, a Joint Director General in DGCA, before the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet could approve it.

Zaidi is a Joint Secretary in the Civil Aviation Ministry, a 1976 batch officer belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.