IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3656 of 2009 Prabhakar Jha son of Shri Jayanti Jha, resident of village-Bangown, P.S.- Bangown, District- Saharsa. ………. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Welfare Department Govt. of Bihar, Patna having its office at New Secretariate, Patna. 3. The Director, Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna at New Secretariate, Patna. 4. The Deputy Director, Welfare, Kosi Division, Saharsa. 5. The District Welfare Officer, Saharsa. ………Respondents ----------- 2/ 06.04.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 15.10.2008. Earlier, by order dated 30.6.2008, the petitioner was transferred from Katihar to Saharsa. It is his specific case that he joined at Saharsa on 22.7.2008. Thereafter, by the impugned order dated 15.10.2008, earlier order of transfer has been cancelled with immediate effect. The law with regard to an order of transfer complied with and acted upon by joining at the new place of posting leading to the legal position of their being no order of transfer in existence thereafter for annulment or cancellation, stands settled by two Bench decision of this Court in 2000(2) PLJR 332 (Smt. Jyotsna Kumari Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.) and 2000(3) PLJR 139 (Mahmood Azam Siddique Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. ). This Court has held that such an order of transfer acted upon and complied with becomes a spent force and redundant. The order dated 15.10.2008 is, therefore, not sustainable in law and it is accordingly, quashed. The writ petition stands allowed. JA/- (Navin Sinha, J.)