IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.286 of 2009 SANJAY KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 16.01.2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner was transferred by an order dated 30.6.2008. It has been annulled by a subsequent order dated 16.10.2008. The short submission of the petitioner is that in pursuance of the order of transfer dated 30.6.2008, he had joined the transferred place of posting and there remained no transfer order in existence for modification or annulment. This aspect of the matter has already been decided by this Court more particularly in two Bench decisions reported in 2000(2) PLJR 332 (Smt. Jyotsna Kumari v. State of Bihar & ors.) and 2000(3) PLJR 139 (Mahmood Azam Siddique v. State of Bihar & ors.)It has been held in the aforesaid cases that an order of transfer once issued and acted upon becomes spent force and redundant. Nothing survives for annulment and cancellation. In the latter of the two cases, similar objection was sought to be taken on behalf of the State that since the order of transfer contained certain errors and mistake, it was cancelled. This defence has specifically been negated. In view of the law already laid down by this Court, the order dated 16.10.2008 is not sustainable, which is, 2 accordingly, quashed. The writ application stands allowed. This shall 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. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)