IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17068 of 2008 SHAILENDRA PRASAD & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3. 23.01.2009 Heard leaned Counsel for the petitioner no. 1 and the learned Counsel for the State. The petitioner was transferred by order dated 20.9.2008 from Patna to Madhubani. He is stated to have joined the transferred place of posting on 29.9.2008. After he joined his new post the original order of transfer has been cancelled on 16.10.2008. This aspect of the matter stands settled by two Bench decisions of this Court reported in 2000 (2) PLJR 332 ( Smt. Jyotsna Kumari Vs The State of Bihar & ors. ) and 2000 (3) PLJR 139 (Mahmood Azam vs. The State of Bihar & ors.) holding that an order of transfer once issued and acted upon becomes a spent force and is redundant. Thereafter no order of transfer survives for annulment or cancellation. The impugned order of cancellation dated 16.10.2008 is accordingly quashed. The writ application stands allowed. This shall however be without prejudice to the rights of the respondents to deal with the petitioner on the issue of transfer and posting in accordance with law. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)