Civil Writ Petition No.13504 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13504 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 28th Sept.,2011. Jagir Chand ...Petitioner Versus Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh. ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present: Mr.Gaurav Mohunta Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Kapil Kakkar Advocate for the respondent. * * * Nirmaljit Kaur, J.(Oral) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 14.07.2011 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent vide which the petitioner has been transferred from C.M. PBB. M.T.Jullandhar to C.M. (Loan Admn. Unit-SME Wingh) RASMECCC, Amritsar. While issuing notice of motion on 29.07.2011, the specific argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner was that “ as per Rule 8.4.6.1 envisaged in Chapter 8 pertaining to placement, transfer and job families of Reference Book on Staff Matters, an officer should be considered for posting in another module not before the minimum period of five years. Reply on behalf of the respondent has been filed. Along with the reply, the said rules have been placed on record as Civil Writ Petition No.13504 of 2011 (O&M) 2 Annexure R-2. Rule 8.4 of the said rules, relied on by the learned counsel for the petitioner, reads as under: “A Model Transfer Policy as given below, for transfer of officers in JMG Scale I and MMG Scale II has been framed by the Corporate Centre.” The respondents have also placed on record bio-data of the petitioner showing that he is presently SMGS-IV. As such, the Model Transfer Policy is not applicable to him. The said policy as is evident from Rule 8.4, reproduced above, is applicable to officers in JMG Scale I and MMG Scale II whereas the petitioner is SMGS Scale IV. In view of the above, the transfer of the petitioner is in order and requires no interference. Dismissed accordingly. (Nirmaljit Kaur) 28th September, 2011. Judge Seema-II