IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** C.W.P. No.15721 of 2011 Date of Decision:15.09.2011 Surjit Kaur .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present:- Mr. Pankaj Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. **** DAYA CHAUDHARY, J.(Oral) This petition has been filed for quashing of impugned order dated 3.8.2011 vide which transfer order of the petitioner from Government Senior Secondary School, Rampur Jangir, District Kapurthala to Government School Dyal Bharang, Amritsar has been cancelled. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the impugned cancellation order has been challenged only on the ground that the same has been done just to adjust respondent No.5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner has worked for six days at the new place of posting and the transfer order has been cancelled after six days only. It is also the argument of learned counsel for the petitioner that the transfer is contrary to the policy framed by the State Government as the husband of the petitioner is practising Doctor at Amritsar. Heard the argument of learned counsel for the petitioner and have also perused the relieving order annexed as Annexure P-3 with the petition. C.W.P. No.15721 of 2011 -2- Although the guidelines have been issued with regard to transfer of the employees and as per transfer policy, it is mentioned that all efforts are to be made for keeping husband and wife nearer to their work places but in the present case, the husband of the petitioner is a practising Doctor and it is mentioned in the policy that in case the wife is government servant and husband is working privately, the same course is to be adopted. It is also the case of the petitioner that the petitioner has worked at the previous place of posting for about three years and then she was transferred but subsequently the transfer order was cancelled. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the petitioner approached this Court by filing the present petition and prior to that, and has made a representation which is annexed as Annexure P.6 but no action has been taken on that representation. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the submissions with regard to guidelines which are applicable to the case of the petitioner, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider the representation dated 5.8.2011 Annexure P.6 and pass necessary order within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order. September 15, 2011 ( DAYA CHAUDHARY ) renu JUDGE