IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12162 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:15.09.2011 Ajay Kumar son of Dalip Kumar, resident of House No.122-B, Police Lines, Sirsa, now resident of Police Lines, Barrack, Mewat (Haryana). ...Petitioner versus State of Haryana, through its Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana, Chief Secretariat, Chandigarh, and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Karan Vir Nanda, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Kirti Singh, DAG, Haryana. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ?No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks for quashing of an order issued under Annexures P-5 and P-6 under the terms of which on a transfer from a place in District Sirsa to the District Mewat, he had been directed to vacate the official residence at Sirsa. The petitioner would point out to a communication from the Chief Secretary to all the Deputy Commissioners at Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Mewat dated 04.10.2006, directing the Deputy Commissioners to allow for retention of accommodation in the concerned districts wherever the transfer involves a person to assume office in Mewat district since no accommodation was easily available at Mewat. There is no challenge to Civil Writ Petition No.12162 of 2011 (O&M) - 2 - this letter itself as being discriminatory. On the other hand, the petitioner relies on this notification to secure a parity of benefit that he should also be allowed to retain the accommodation at Sirsa. The State has filed its counter stating that the petitioner is at liberty to obtain private accommodation at Mewat and he will be reimbursed for the expenses of accommodation subject to the relevant rules. That in my view, is all the benefit that the petitioner could obtain. He is directed to vacate the premises and having regard to the difficulty pleaded, I would allow for two months from today to vacate the premises. For such period, the petitioner may pay the same rent which he had paid and no additional amount of penalty would be collected by the State. The writ petition is disposed of. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 15.09.2011 sanjeev