IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 10914 of 2010 1. SMT. KALPANA SINHA, W/O SRI VIJAY KUMAR, R/O AGAMKUAN, P.S. BYPASS, DISTRICT-PATNA. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY , DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,GOVT. OF BIHAR,PATNA. 2. DIRECTOR IN CHIEF, HEALTH SERVICES,BIHAR,PATNA. 3. CIVIL SURGEON CUM CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER,PATNA. 4. INCHARGE MEDICAL OFFICER, PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE,SAMPATCHAK,PATNA. 5. SMT. KANTI DEVI SINHA, W/O NOT KNOWN, POSTED AS A.N.M, PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, SAMPATCHAK, PATNA. ----------- 2 06.08.2010 The petitioner is aggrieved by the order of transfer dated 18.06.2010 issued by the Civil Surgeon –cum- Chief Medical Officer, Patna by which she, an ANM, has been transferred from Primary Health Centre, Sampatchak in the district of Patna to the Primary Health Centre, Dulhin Bazar, Patna. Her grievance is that in less than three years, she is being transferred but there are other ANMs, for reasons best known to the Civil Surgeon, they have been left untransferred for long period upto 13 years in one Station. Petitioner states that transfer is not as a matter of policy as no policy is discernible from this action. They are on the whims and caprice of the officer concerned and, as such, should not be permitted to be carried out. In my view, let the petitioner first represent against her transfer to Regional Deputy Director, Health Services, Patna Division against the order of transfer and raise all her grievances there. The Regional Deputy Director, upon representation being filed alongwith copy of this order, would take a decision in the matter within three weeks positively and communicate his decision to the petitioner. For the period of three weeks, the impugned order of the Civil Surgeon –cum- Chief 2 Medical Officer, Patna shall not be given effect to. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)