IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 17539 of 2010 Date of Decision: 23.08.2011 Jagdeep Singh and others ...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. Kapil Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab for the respondents. **** SURYA KANT .J.(Oral) The petitioners have been shifted/transferred from their present place of postings to another Schools on account of poor result of the students of their schools. In order to increase the quality of education as well as sense of discipline among the teachers, who are required to devote themselves for the cause of future generations, the impugned order cannot be said to be punitive in nature. In any case, it is clarified that the impugned order shall not be taken as an adverse action for the purpose of service benefits and shall be, for all intents and purposes, treated as a simpliciter transfer order. With these observations, this petition stands disposed of without interfering in the transfer orders. (SURYA KANT) 23.08.2011 JUDGE 'ravinder'