CWP No.14268 of 2010.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.14268 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 03.03.2011 **** Balak Ram . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. HS Sethi, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG Punjab ***** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner is working as an Accountant Gr-I in the Improvement Trust/Municipality. He is aggrieved by his repeated transfers. (2). Vide the impugned order dated 20.07.2010 (Annexure P2), he has been transferred from Improvement Trust, Gurdaspur to Nagar Council, Dina Nagar. The impugned order merely says that the petitioner has been posted against a vacant post. (3). Since the impugned order re-transfers the petitioner after a short duration of 2-3 months only, the impugned order is set aside with a direction to respondent No.2 that if it CWP No.14268 of 2010.doc - 2 – is not prejudicial to the ‘administrative interest’, the petitioner be allowed to continue at Gurdaspur for the normal or reasonable tenure and thereafter he may be transferred at any other place. However, if there are sufficient reasons to transfer the petitioner in ‘public interest’, the competent authority shall be at liberty to do so by passing a fresh order along with such reasons. (4). Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 03.03.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge