The government is said to have sent back the transfer recommendations about two High Court judges to Chief Justice of India J S Khehar for reconsideration by the collegium after sitting on the recommendation made by the SC collegium to transfer them along with one High Court chief justice. The transfer of Uttarakhand High Chief Justice K M Joseph as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Court, Justice Valmiki Mehta of the Delhi High Court to the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Court and Justice M R Shah of the Gujarat High Court to the Madhya Pradesh High Court was recommended separately by the Supreme Court collegium early last year but the Centre sat on the files without offering any explanation. The reluctance of the government to process the transfer recommendations became a major bone of contention between the higher judiciary under previous CJI T S Thakur and the NaMo administration with the Supreme Court questioning the government inaction on numerous occasions. Further, the SC collegium's move to transfer Tripura HC Chief Justice T Vaiphei to Hyderabad HC as CJ has also run into trouble with Chief Justice Vaiphei expressing his disinclination to move to Hyderabad over language concerns. He is learnt to have told the collegium that since he is from the North-East, he wants to serve in the region. He was appointed CJ of Tripura HC last September 21. The SC collegium is learnt to have decided to take back its recommendation about him since a judge can't be transferred twice without his consent.