IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12543 of 2011 Ashok Kumar Singh Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ---------------------------------- For the State: Mr. Rishi Raj Sinha G.P.-19 Mr. Rajeev Shekha AC to GP-19 Mr. Rakesh Prabhat AC to GP-19 For the petitioner: Mr. Y.V. Giri,Advocate. ------------------ 2. 27.09.2011 Annexure-8 is the order of transfer of the petitioner. The order of transfer talks about the circumstances under which the respondents decided to transfer him from Patna to Bhabhua. Even if, the back ground under which the transfer order has been passed is ignored or may not be treated to be stigma as such the fact is that the petitioner has been posted in Patna since year, 2003 and the time for his zone transfer has already reached in the sense that it was only one month and 8 days away when the order contained in Annexure-8 had been passed on 29th April, 2011. Even this time period has more than elapsed, by the time the matter is argued and taken up. Court is of the opinion that order of transfer can not be interfered merely on the ground that petitioner feels it casts a stigma, merely because background to the decision, in this regard, has been stated. Since the petitioner does not have legal right to be posted in the range for all times to come and he can be moved around administratively, Court is not inclined to interfere with the order of transfer. So far as the stigma 2 part is concerned, that can be only established after proper enquiry in this regard. This writ petition is dismissed. The petitioner will be advised to join his place of posting within a period of two weeks from today, hence, the authority will be free to take action against him. Ravi/- (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)