IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 3860 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.09.2011 Gurinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Paramjit Singh Goraya, Advocate, for the petitioner Ms. Monika Chibbar Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) CM No. 9336 of 2011 Heard. Rejoinder enclosed with the application is taken on record and CM disposed of. CWP No. 3860 of 2011 Petitioner is a Pharmacist in the Health Department who has been transferred from Civil Hospital, Gurdaspur to Rural Hospital, Maksudpur, District Kapurthala. The above stated order merely recites that the petitioner has been transferred against a vacant post. The order in no way can be said to be punitive in nature nor it shall be treated as punitive in nature. CWP No. 3860 of 2011 (O&M) [2] With these observations, the writ petition is dismissed. However, if the petitioner or his family is facing any hardship due to the impugned order, liberty is granted to him to represent to the competent authority who shall consider his request sympathetically. As regard the proposed disciplinary action sought to be taken against the petitioner, the dismissal of this writ petition against the transfer order shall cause no prejudice to the petitioner and he shall be at liberty to take his defence in accordance with law. 19.09.2011 (SURYA KANT) 'ravinder' JUDGE