IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13313 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 29, 2010. Ashok Malhotra .....Petitioner versus The Chairman, State Bank of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.D.R.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner, on his promotion to the post of Assistant Manager, has been transferred by the respondent-bank from Chandigarh to Amritsar vide order dated 27.7.2010 (Annexure P-6) . The petitioner avers that he is a physically challenged person and is disabled to the extent of 50%. He relies upon the Guidelines/Instructions dated 15.2.1988 (Annexure P-7), issued by the Government of India in the matter of posting/transfer of physically handicapped persons employed in the public sector banks/financial institutions. On this premise, the petitioner seeks quashing of his transfer from Chandigarh to Amritsar. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is even willing to forego his C.W.P.No .13313 of 2010 2 promotion in case he is allowed to continue at Chandigarh. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, it appears that the plea(s) taken by the petitioner, as noticed above, need to be passionately considered by the competent authority to take a conscious decision as to whether or not the petitioner be retained in Chandigarh, keeping in view the guidelines referred to above and/or his family circumstances. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation to respondent No.2 who shall then consider the same sympathetically and make an endeavour to retain the petitioner at Chandigarh, if so possible, on the promotional post and/or by foregoing the same. The representation of the petitioner shall be disposed of as early as possible and preferably within a period of one month. Till the petitioner's representation is decided, the respondents are directed to retain him in Chandigarh. Dasti. July 29, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE