i[At IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION N^. -4/1 / 2005 x r"' PETITIONER -^D.S Awasthi S/o Late Shri S.P.Awasthi Aged about 56 years Occupation- Servjce, working as Upper Division Clerk, R/o- Old Government Saw Mill Kunharpara, Jagdalpur, Dist- Baster (C.G) RESPONDENTS Velssus fi.<M"/- y. y' .^t \'r! 1 ^^' '^^^' ^s^ T .** ^'-" 11 .** ys^V .^"^' y ^ . sf' :y' State of Chhattisgarh Through the Secretary, Forest Department, Mantralaya D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G) 2,/ Director, Kanger Valley National Park Jagdalpur, Dist- Baster (C.G) WRI-L^ETITIQN UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUT10N OF INDIAFOR ISSUANCE OF A SUITABLE WRIT ORDER OF DIRECTION TO DO JUSTICE IN THE MATTER. :/" XLHe-'Tg ,:.:.;; ^- '^T.-;3p^Nij|^'^|T'e,?^^ ;-/ 1.-.L ^^wo •^-•f//&ffQ-s' *i i*rcTTsbt4lch '">"' * ••••iiw:f'—:-^g'q' 200 3«^<i<4?i<*j(4t)!j»i<{iir) •w^iwlN^ (raT3ii^-!isntii<»i *HW-\ tiixctT^teyi (&%]< ; ^?3ri^ir3(i^r Shri H.S: Ahluwalia, couns^lforthepetitioner. Shri U.N.S. Deo, Govt. A|dvocate for the State on advance copy. Heard. , The petitioner has cBalF^ dated 27.10.2004 (Armexure-P/3] ged the yalidity of transfer order by which he has been transferred feom Jagdalpur to Beejapur. The submissipn ofteamed'|c6unself6r the petitioner is that the petitioner has some urinary prQtjtem, which needs regular surgical treatment. It is fiirther submitted 1|hat earlier the petitioner had Bled a W.P. No.No. 4181/2094 befbre vide order dated 25.11.2004 tfus Court, which was disposed of nd the petitioner was givea an opportunity to file a detailed r^presentation before the concemed authority, raising his grievanc^s within 15 days, and if such representation is filed the coneer^ed authority was directedto decide the same on ite own merits in| aceordance with law as early as possible preferablywithintwoHi|3nthsfi-omthedateofreceiptofthe representation. Learned counsel the said order dated 25.11.3 representation but the same has n| Since the representation came up inthe secondround befcj |also submitted that in pursuance of [004, Ihe petitioner has filed a E)t been decided so far. las aot been decided, fhe petitioner refhis Court. ifctti XI-HC-78 sn^i^irjN^ aW3<I^IS»lt| t:' ^.\- i3^'<ll<<l<t't,® MWCTI sb^l* ^MSQ-M^&^0^^ '•::«.»•*'.» •'*•'•'••!f''»'*-^*-;^:^y'f*^.:*~»^^yvy^^"./^ ^200 3ll^litisi<h('^dl^^) TOTrecgfttTSII^T 2--\ I have heard leamed counslel penised the recbrd. 1 • ' • •• . In the series ofjudgments^ that the transfer is ari incidence oj with by tfae Courts unless it4S,sho| by malafi<le or irrfraction of'.at) goveming the tFansfer. Referring| (Suf>plL4SGC 169 (AmbaniSahta Ray AIR1993S.C. 2444{UnionofIWa-Vs-^S,L.Ai)basY, the Hon'ble Apex Court has laid down thi^ Vidyalaya Sansathan -l/s- Court in later part ofPara 4 the mafter ofUnion oflndia & another (2004) 4 SCC 245 that:- undert^king etjer ofee 'afis, No governi^ ofapublic to be postedfor place orplace ofh^ a particularemplojfe or category oftra^s, plaeeto anoff{eris\ a condition of'&^ publ'ic interest ancf administratiori. Ur\l is shown t6 be exercise or statedl statutary provisiofis 'niiln'fl'i •<iin1fffe^<Ri^!< ^3I^BT3TI^?I 1 for the parties atlength and also the Hon'ble Apex Court has held service and is not to be iaterfered ^vnto be clearly arbitrary orvisited |y prescribed norms of prmciples |to the decisions reported in 1995 -Vs- State ofOrissa) and law in the maitei of S'endriya Datkddar Prasad Pandev and Others reportedm2004AIRS.C.W. 55f3. In thisjudgaent itself, the Apex meiitioned the observations rendered in otlters—Vs-JanardanDebanathand d» wnt servant oremployee has any legal right at'any one particular s choice since transfer of appointedtotheclass 'sferable posts from one notonly an incident, but Tice, necessqry too m efflciency in the public less anorder oftransfer outcome 6f malaflde to be in violation of prohi.bitins any such Itt'i XI-HC-78 sn^rgiriRt^icb WITSll^l Sbliqi --0 c. S^XDOK'IO, BlTn<rl'IS, ftcilUy — ^.P.-.Np•^U/^c^S_- _ _: NIHWI giin^''''l'<'*''-'-'y'-" ^ 2tto1 3ll^l Wf>([^^1^) 6«iwH^ff sn^T' -3 fransfer, the C , normally cannot as a matter ofra ihe appellate aw own decision employer/managt orders passaid admmistrative 's, concerned. ^urts or the Tribunals \nterfere with such drders ^tine, as thoiigh theywere ^iorities substituting their for that of the \nient, as against such m • the interest of fpigencies of the service The Hon'ble Apex Coi^rt reported in the niatter o^Neitwni -Vs-ShnBhagwan^OffDSS ofjudg^nent The above series at varioys pQmts oftimego tp for interference with an order autUority. Ifthe jurisdiction an4 there is any ehallenge on the mles thea unless the malt consideration are established pleadings and by brmging spme) that fhe transfer which has administrative exigency will riot| ff the authority and juri^ the challenge is also not arbitrarine^s or extraneous inclined to interfere with thef <n«il<i<fl-fKiKciT^f^l'iKlWK' ^isri^irsn^T further referred to the decision IHydi'oeleetricPowerCorffn.ttd., ^S74. dg^nents pronounced by the Apex Court sl^ow that a yery limited scoRe is given pf transfer p^sed by the compefent the aufhority are not challenged nor j^round of violation of any statutory ^fide, arbitrariness or extraneous |by eoming forward with definite levidenee on record,it cannot be said |been shown to be purely on the |be acceptedto be a nonnal transfer. idiction are not under challenge arid njiade on the ground of malafide, cobsiderations,then tUs Court is not order of transfer of fhe petitiwK w f'^1 lltXditasuafl XI-HC-78 *lt*!^Taitfrei 3;^''<ii<itci<<,(j>Tf1+iiiti,Rldiluy. ^:{^Ms[;.^k^M^ 200 sn^T^irR.ii* (WTSll^l StlHiqi Sll^W gRrRiTHlitrsn^r °ni<iFfi41ft|iwciT^'ted'tRf+tlK . ^ai&FSfI^T' ' -44 whereby he has beentransferred fl-om Jagdalpur to Beejapurafter a longperiod of~ ftiore than 11 years. The petition has no merits| motion stage itself. However, ifthe competenl,, ^uthority the representatkint of the petitionfijr' 25.11.2004 passed tiythis Court wiUnotcometoway6ftheauthori|ty. Certified c6py as perrules. SunU Kumar Sinha Judge and the same is disnussed at the if, ^uthority waats to tafce decisioa on u^r'in pursuance tp the order dated tben observationmade inthis order ^