1/ W 1.! % :gmgm » mm HE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ‘ W.P.(SlNo. Ef&®§2. Of 2011 PETITIONER Santdsh Kumar Singh Rajput, S/o _ Shri Bhagwan Singh, aged about 51 years, Post Accountant, working wn the office of Assistant Commissioner Triba'l Development Department, Bilaspur (C.G.) VERSUS L :1)‘ State of Chhattisgarh, Through The Secretaly, Tribal ‘ Development ,T Mantralaya, D.K.S.- Bhawan, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), _ :2) JD Collector, Bilaspnr Distt. Bilaspur (C.G.) / , ) Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Development,‘ :3 Bilaspur (C.G.) A 43 Principal, A Goiit. Higher Secondary School, Parasi, Block office Mmahi, Distt. Bilaspur (C.G.) I WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE ‘ coNSTITUTIoN OF INDIA T RESPONDENTS (3 g, HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR (Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India) Single Bench : Hon’bie Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present :- Shri Pankaj Agrawal, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Arun Sao, Govt. Advocate for the State. ORDER (ORAL) (Passed on this 26th day of August, 201 1) Heard learned counsel for the parties. By this petition. the petitioner seeks to challenge the legality and validity of the order dated 15-7—2011 (Annexure — P/1) passed by the respondent No.2 whereby the petitioner. working as Accountant, has been transferred from the office of Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Welfare, Bilaspur to the Government Higher Secondary School Parasi, Block ManNahi. Learned counsel appearing for petitioner submits that the petitioner mainly challenges the impugned transfer order on the ground that the same has been passed without seeking approval of the Minister ln~charge and, as such, the impugned order is contrary to the transfer policy. Thus, the same is bad in law, which deserves to be quashed. The State Government has produced the original file before this Court, wherein it is found that the transfer of the petitioner along with other 29 persons has duly been approved by the Minister ln-charge. Thus, the objection of the petitioner, as aforestated, is rejected. WRIT PETITION (S) NO.4708 OF 2011 PETITIONER Santosh Kumar Singh Rajput Versus RESPONDENTS State of Chhattisgarh & Others Gowri Next contention of the teamed counsel for the petitioner is that the approval was taken from the Minister ln-charge for 30 persons, but only 10 persons were transferred including the petitioner, thus, the same is discriminatory. The said contention of the petitioner is frivolous and is rejected, as the transfer order has been passed within 3O employees, not more than 3O employees. Even othen/vise, the petitioner has not challenged the impugned transfer order on any other permissible legal ground ie. exercise of mala fide or violation of any statutory rules or regulations or lack of competence of the officer, passing the impugned order. In view of foregoing, the petition is dismissed at the motion stage itself. Sd/-' Satish K. AgnihOtri Judge 36