^- gie Benc^ 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTIS6ARH AT BILASPUR WRITPETITION fS)NO.<3^>'<^ OF 2011 PETircONER RESPONDENTS . \ ^^^ >^^^ .'•^•'.\\ >"" ,.».^-<^^- Y^&'•^ ^A.-"' Smt. Reena Bajpayee, W/o. Shri S.C. Shrivastva. aged about 51 years, Presently posted and working as Project Officer, in the office of Integrated Child Development Project, Bilaspur (C.G.), R/o. Parijat Extension, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur (C.G.) VERSUS l.^The State of Chhattisgarh, Through: The Secretary, bepartment of Women and Child bevelopment, Mantralaya at D.K.S. Bhawan. Raipur (CG). ^- 2. District Programme Officer, Women and Child Development, District Cell, Bilaspur (C.6.) ^^ 3.^ Collector, Bilaspur (C.G.) 4. r Tarkeshwar Sinha, (father's name and age not known to the petitioner) Project Officer, Integrated Women and Child Development, Bilha, Distt. Bilaspur (C.G.) WRIT PETCTCON UNbER ARTCCLE 226 OF THE CONSTCTUTCON OF INDIA 'M^""'ym ^vl^&^. ^wSs^^'- '%-N^®<^; HIGH COmT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR PETITIONER WRrTPETmONfS)No. 3826 of20^1 Smt. Reena Bajpayee. RESPQNDENTS ;VERSUS •/• '•-• .'.'.-"••.•';.;.;\ .'. The State ofChhattisgarh&Qthers. WRTF PETITION UNDER ARTICLE226 OF THE CONSTITUTIQN OFI INDIA SB: Hori'ble Sliri Safisli K. Aenihotri^J. Present: Shri Shashank Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. ShriM.P.S.Bhatia^DeputyGovemmeiitAdvpcatefbf^ :,^. ^ ''.Resppn4entNo.l M.3..,.....-,.. ':,'^ ^.; '...:-f '••^•- ^;: -• ,!•' - ORDERrORAL) (Passed on 18th day ofjuly, 2011> 1. Challenge in this petition is to the order dated 11.07.2011 (Annexyre IV!) whereby the petitioner, working as Prqject Qfficer, Integrated <2hild Development Prqjecf, Bilaspur, has been transferred to the office of District Programme Coordmator, Bilaspur. v '^.v; :'-. '•;.''t';'^''::;-','.'.:- ;'h...';..';"";-.>"."-'.'.-' '•^.. •• .;", .'.. •^ .:-'''•.••'-.••'" :•.;.•.;• ,:,,_,;'..' 2. Shri Thakur, leamed counsel appearing fbr dte petitioner submits that from 21.06.2007 till the latest impugned transfer order was passed on 11.07 2011, the r?etitioner was transferred on 04.07.2008, 29.0().2009 and 15.07,201 0, almost every year whicb comes within the ambit of 'frequent transfers'. Shri Thalair further submits that tr^isfer of this nature caases instability arid mconyenience iii the life of the petitioner aad the work also suffers. ^ } •.".•,' - .:'' -: ^.' . ••''"•:'.'.;;'" :; •'•-•,.'".. ';':"-^-/':~'. f//i.< 3, Shri Bhatia,| leamed Stafe counsel submits that the first three ti-ansferordersi.e. 26.01.^007,, 04.07.2008 and 29.06.2009 was passed on fhe request ofthe petitioner. The present impugned order was passed afiter about one year. Thus, it cannot come within the ambifof'frequenttransfers'. i-'it.. "% 4, Shri Thakyr does not deny fhe fact that the imtial t^ were made on the reqyest ofthe petitioner: •^•.v.: r.: .• ;/' t:^'-;../;-;'.': .'•;••'.";^.. ••—.'•--»••;-.•.••".,-••• :•• ^,.- . • .•'••/•:'• .::. ''••:•"•: :;:;...' :..;:;;;,. 5. Bethat as it |may, on the order dated 15.07.2010 and the impugned ' order dated 11.07.2D1Q wer^^^^^^^^ adniinistrative exigency. It is frue that it is fbr the^^^^^^^^S^ Govemmerit :to transfer ^ administrative exigency at any place, however, ftie Sfate shpul<d ensure tfiat th©^^^e^ not suffer instabitity caused by transfer fronr one place t6 otfier place, as afbrestated< It does riot f only disturbjfUe family fabric alon^ but also the workmg cpndition^^^ ^ suffers substantially. Even in the transfer policy^^^o^^^ provMedthat as^as ppssible,nb employee should * before three years ofpostmg at one place.It appears that the Staie has nof Ncen eare 6f it. In the facts of the case, when Ihere is no challerige to the impugned transfer order ori the ^urid bf malafide^^^^M 1^, is ncrt mclmedto.mtei^e wi& transfer order. 6. However, itj is made clear fhat the State Govemment shoyld be ^carefal in transferrin^^^a^^ , he done frequently without any^^r^ inconvenience and sufferance^^^^^^ the emptoyee, but &e woric of the employee also suffcrs substatitiall^andifalspimposesburdenon^ 7, In view oftiie above, the WTitpetition is disposed o£ Sd/- , _ Satish K. Agnihotn Judge ^: ^'•y^. Amit