CWP No.17312 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.17312 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.05.2010 **** Sarabjit Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. 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. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. K.S. Sidhu, DAG Punjab ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner who is serving as a Forest Guard in the Department of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Punjab impugns the action of the respondents in transferring him to a remote place in the Pathankot Range. The petitioner appears to be a resident of Amritsar District. (2). One of the plea taken on behalf of the petitioner is that there is none to look after his old, ailing and totally blind father at Amritsar. Some other mitigating circumstances have also been highlighted by the petitioner. (3). Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the hardship faced by the petitioner it appears that his request for transferring him back to Amritsar District deserves to be considered CWP No.17312 of 2009.doc - 2 – sympathetically. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with a direction to respondents No.2 & 3 to re-consider the whole matter in the light of the above- mentioned mitigating circumstances of the petitioner and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law/policy within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (4). Ordered accordingly. (5). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 19.05.2010 vishal shonkar