IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 8493 of 2009 Date of decision : 20.07.2011 H.C. Joginder Singh and others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioners were specially recruited in Mounted Armed Police (MAP) as Constables. They are aggrieved against the order passed by the Director General of Police (DGP), Haryana declining their request to transfer them to District police service. The DGP, Haryana has given valid justification to reject this prayer. It is stated that the petitioners were specially recruited as MAP constables. The qualification prescribed for their recruitment is different from the District Police and HAP. Their training is also different. They are specifically trained for handling the mounts. They are not trained to perform day-to-day police working. It is stated that the persons like the petitioners, are also required to perform skill games like Tent Pegging and Jumping. These skill game cannot be acquired in a short period but after many years of practice. These are the reasons given to oppose the prayer as well. In addition, it is also pointed out that one Constable Nar Singh alongwith 15 constables of Mounted Armed Police had Civil Writ Petition No. 8493 of 2009 -2- previously filed Civil Writ Petition No. 659 of 1989 making similar prayer for their transfer from MAP of District Police. This petition was dismissed by Division Bench of this Court on 31.07.1990. It was then noticed that there was no case of violation of provisions of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and the posting would depend upon the administrative exigencies and no one claim to be posted or adjusted in a particular branch. No one has appeared to make submissions on behalf of the petitioners. Rather no one was present on 13.12.2010, 07.09.2010 and 28.05.2010. There is no merit in the writ petition. The same is, accordingly, dismissed. July 20, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH) rts JUDGE