c^ IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT I!!A§PURIC,GJ W£,IS)N^Ml^^.^..^..201l PETITIONER: BE§mmim]i> Kishori Lal Sahu S/o Late Lambhoo Ram Sahu, aged 52 years, Designation Patwari, P.C. No. 19, Kohka, Tahsil and Distt. Durg (C.G.) Versus ^^ >r (1) ' The State Govt. of Chhattisgarh Through - The Secretary, F:?evenue Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, F^aipur (C.G.) ^^**' ^•&^:r^ ^S^ ^<t^\qp (2) The Collector, .^'.c^^'....-<° ^^ ^"""^^ ' v Durg (C.G.) ^ n.,....-^ ^- ^"" A&' Wntpe^tit[on_yriderArtJcLe^ India for issuance of mandarnus ofwrit/dir€kctionor any )|:ll R-r aft|3roi:>rjato.vyrjt. :;-^' '^' ^^••.^^" ^ ^\ ^' HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRITPETITION fS) No. 4132 of 2011 PETITIONER RESPONDENTS KishoriLal Sahu. VERSUS The State Govt. of Chhattisgarh & Another. WRITPETITIONUNDERARTICLE 226/227 OF THECONSTITUTION OFIN0IA SB;li<m'mfr SIirrSatish K. Agnihotri, J. Present: ShriAJayShrivastava^Advocateforthepetitioner. Shri AJit Smgh, Panel Lawyer for the State/respondents. ORDER(ORAL) (Passed on 29th day ofJuly, 2011) t. Challenge in this p^^ totheorderdated 15.07.2011 (Annexure P/l) whereby the petitioner, working as Patwari at Pafrwari Halka No. 19, Durg, has been transferred to Patwari Halka No. 24, Dhamdha, District Durg, on administrative grounds. ,2. Leamed counsel appearmg for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is engaged in Krishi Sangadna work, thus, fhe transfer of the petitioiier is contrary to the mstructions of the State Govemment. Further, before completion of 2 16 years- at thc present place of posting, the impugned transfer order has been passed which is contrary to the transfer policy of the State Govemment. 3. TheKrishiSangadna^Year 2010-11 guidelines (Annexure P/2), issued by the Director, Land ^Records have no statutory force, as the saine is not sanctioned under the statutory provisions. Thus. it can not curtail the power of the State Govemment to transfer an employee, In the said guidelines^ it is proyided that as far as possible, the emplQyee engaged in Sangadna work should not be disturbed till tlie M^rk is over. 4. Shri Singh,; leamed Panel Lawyer appearing fbr the State/ respondenfs submits that the Sangadna work has alrcady been over. '•^^ i"-'.-.'"'.'.'^''.- ::- 5. The petitiorier has not challenged the impugned transfer order on any Qther ^ermissible legal ground ^e^exerctse b^^w^ p>.; violatton ;of ar|y statutory rules or regulations or lack pf ,. ^ conrpetenceoftheofTicer.passirigtheimpug 6. Even ptherwise, if is well s^ that the policies^ M^^^ guidelines and not CQntroIled by statutory provisions. The effect , thereof is advisory in character and thereby no legal right is conferred upon the emplpyee^^^^C^ Chief Commercial Manager, South C^^fraZ^^N7^ &c^(^ c& O^^r^ v. G. J?a^a^^^^<^ ;0^^).;'':;.1./1:,^;;-^''-^J:':';;\;^^;^ \ '•;1'.,';.<^\;.:'^'JI^~..^1;,^ 7. It is also well-seffled ttiat transfer is ^n mcidence of service and it is for i^ employer^^^^^^^^to asto wliere^^^^ officer/employee be posted, keeping in view public interest as well f ' as admmistratiye exigency. This Court has limifed jurisdiction to interfere wifh the traiisfer matter except in the cases of prdved ma/a J^^ nbn-competence 6f authority passing the transfer order and not heing in confbr^ regulations. The petitioner/employee cmmQt be perm^ fforever. Under the;provisioris of service rules, emptoyer has all the powers to p()st an emplbyee at a particularplacem interest and admimstrative exigency/(See £2)^(^^ ^^ 7a^;/^<A^<^ a^ of Indw cinci .another y. , ^ }• i':^ . ./' •'•.^- _. .''\'. j;'^ '"..••^•.^..:-.:^".:';'^':'-.';^:':..;}1^^ Janardhan Debanath & anotherj; State of MP. and another v. ^ &&^w^vfiw^o^ ;^^:;^<9^^^:.t':^;;.j'^'l^'l:,-^;^./.-::;.;^^ .; ;;.:;1,:';,/,^;/.,;:''Y^;';/^'1'^.~'',^^ 8. , In view of the above, the^^^^^ is devoid of merit and i^^^^^^^^^^ accQrdingly dismissed. Howeyer, the petifioner is at libert^^ make a detailed represenfation to die respondent authorities, if so advised, ibrirelease ofliis salary fbr the^p^^ quo was, m operation. Sd/- ^:y; ':'1-.'. • -'•'":^'^/i;"';;.,''; •.: :^?'-' ."•:'-.':.} :-f • •': <^ ' Satish' K. Agnihotri Judge 1(2Q07)8SCC212 ;2 (1974)43cc 3 ^<2604)4SCC245 4<1995)3SCC270 ;5(2007)8SCC150