IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4933 of 2009 ARUN KUMAR VERMA Versus BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ORS ----------- 2/ 20/04/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent Board. The petitioner is aggrieved by order of his transfer from Saharsa to Madhepura. The ground urged is that his wife is also employed at Saharsa. Reliance is placed on a government policy that, to the extent possible, husband and wife be posted together. Any policy decision of the Government guiding transfers and postings cannot create a legal right or cause of action for a writ application. Nonetheless, if the government has framed any guidelines, it is required to act fairly upon the same and if it proposes to reject an application under the guidelines, there have to be valid and justifiable reasons for it. The need for this reason, as part of fairness on application on behalf of the Government, is distinct from the issue of legal right thereupon. Even if there be no legal right, the respondents are still bound in accordance with their policy guidelines, unless there be valid justification for deviation. 2 The writ application is disposed with the aforesaid observation. KC (Navin Sinha, J.)