CWP No.20092 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision: 28.04.2010 (1) CWP No.20092 of 2009 Sunil Kumar ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents (2) CWP No.149 of 2010 Nagender Singh ... Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents (3) CWP No.20117 of 2009 Naresh Kumar and another ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.JS Hooda, Advocate,for the petitioners. Mr.RS Kundu, Addl. AG, Haryana, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): The petitioners in these cases have challenged their transfer made vide Annexure P-1. It is the admitted case of the parties that seniority is maintained at range level and they are borne on the cadre of range level. Their transfer out of a cadre is not permitted. Otherwise also, the controversy involved in this petition is squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this Court CWP No.20092 of 2009 2 in the case of Bhoop Singh Vs. State of Haryana and others (CWP No.1029 of 2000) decided on 04.07.2000, wherein the following observations have been made:- “In view of the above, the writ petition is allowed and order dated 14.06.1999, transferring the petitioner from Rohtak Range to Panchkula and the order dated 08.07.1999 further transferring him to the Haryana Armed Police at Hisar are quashed. The competent authority of the respondent department shall now issue the necessary order for posting the petitioner in Rohtak Range, Rohtak, within a period of ten days of the receipt of a certified copy of this order.” In view of the ratio of the aforesaid judgment, the impugned orders are liable to be quashed. For the reasons recorded above, the impugned orders in all the petitions are quashed and set aside. Consequently, the petitioners shall be retained in their respective ranges from where they are sought to be transferred. No costs. A copy of this order be placed on the record of each connected file. 28.04.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE Note: Whether to be referred to the Reporter? NO