CWP No.13953 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.13953 of 2008 Date of decision: 04.11.2008 Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal ..Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sanjeev Manrai, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab for respondents No.1 & 2. Mr. Ashok Singla, Advocate, for respondent No.3. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral) The petitioner was posted as Superintendent, District Jail, Sangrur on 4.12.2007. Vide order dated 21.7.2008 (Annexure P-2), he has been transferred to Bathinda, as District Probation Officer. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No.3 has been transferred in place of the petitioner and respondent No.3 has been trying to help a criminal for which he is already been facing trial at Sangrur. Learned counsel for respondent No.3 states that during the pendency of the writ petition, respondent No.3 had been discharged vide order (Annexure P-2) and that no proceedings are pending against him at Sangrur. Learned counsel for the State submits that there is no malafide involved in transferring the petitioner from Sangrur to Bathinda as it is a routine transfer. CWP No.13953 of 2008 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner states that one Darshan Singh has filed a Criminal Revision No.1593 of 2008 in this Court against the discharge of respondent No.3 and in case that revision is allowed and respondent No.3 is to face trial at Sangrur, then he be transferred out. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, we are of the considered opinion that transfer of a government employee is one of the exigencies of government service and a government employee can always be transferred from one place to other on administrative ground as per rules and there is no malafide involved in the transfer of the petitioner and hence we uphold the order of transfer. It is further directed that in case trial against respondent No.3 reopens at Sangrur, then respondent No.3 shall be transferred out forthwith. The writ petition is disposed of. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE November 04, 2008 'rajpal'