IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.608 of 2009 PRAVIN KUMAR SINHA ……….. Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ……. Respondents. ----------- 2. 22.01.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner was transferred by an order dated 30.6.2008. He joined the place of transfer at Phulwarisarif, Patna. After he had joined, the respondents cancelled the order of transfer by an order dated 6.10.2008. This aspect of the issue, cancellation of an order of transfer which had already taken effect, has been decided by two Bench decisions of this Court, reported in 2000 (2) PLJR 332, (Smt. Jyotsna Kumari Vs. State of Bihar & Ors.) and 2000 (3) PLJR 139, (Mahmood Azam Siddique & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.), holding that an order of transfer once issued and acted upon becomes a spent force and redundant. Thereafter, there is no transfer order in existence for cancellation or annulment. Following the same, this Court in CWJC No. 16215 of 2008, (Vidya Sagar Singh & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.), and analogous cases by the order dated 6.1.2009 has held to the same effect. This writ petition is, therefore, allowed in terms of the discussions contained in the order dated 6.1.2009 passed in CWJC No. 16215 of 2008. The respondents shall, however, not be inhibited in their powers of dealing with the petitioner for his transfer and posting in - 2 - accordance with law by reason of the present order. The writ petition stands allowed. The order dated 6.10.2008 stands quashed in so far as the petitioner is concerned. dk ( Navin Sinha, J. )