CW/18113/2022 of POONAM KUMARI W/O RAJBEER SINGH Vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN on 20 December 2024

1. The State of Rajasthan through its Secretary, SecondaryEducation Department, Government of Rajasthan, Secretariat,Jaipur.

2. The Director, Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner

3. Deputy Director (Personnel), Siksha Sankulan, JLN Marg,JaipurJaipur

4. Shri Kripal Singh son of Shri Dafedar Singh, aged about 59years, R/o 42 B, Kalyan Colony, Tonk Pathak, Jaipur.

----Respondents

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For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Shoba Sharma for Mr. Gaurav Sharma Mr. Vijay Pathak Mr. Dinesh Yadav Mr. Sunil Kumar Singodiya Mr. Sandeep GarssaMr. Suresh Kumar Mr. Kartar Singh FaujdarMr. Ram Pratap SainiMr. Asgar Khan Mr. Pawan Sharma for Mr. Ashok BansalMs. Purvi Gupta for Mr. Shiv Charan Gupta Mr. Vinod Kumar Sharma Mr. Punit SinghviMs. Gunjan Sharma Mr. R D MeenaMr. Laxmi Kant MalpuraMr. Ashish GausingaMr. Prem Shanker Sharma Mr. Dharmendra JoshiMs. Komal Kumari Giri Mr. R K GouttamMr. Devkrishna PurohitMr. M S RaghavMr. Tanveer AhamadMr. Digvijay Singh Mr. Dilip Singh KurkaMr. N K MeenaMr. Sandeep KalwaniyaMr. Pradeep Mathur

Mr. Arvind Gurjar Mr. Ashok YadavMr. Abhishek Singh Dewanda with Mr. Ankit SwamiMr. Koslesh Kumar BairwaMr. Babu Lal BairwaMr. D N Sharma Mr. Ram Dev PotaliaMr. Ashindra GautamMs. Suman Sharma Mr. Rahul KamwarMr. Vikash Kumar JakharMr. Rahmat AliMr. Lalit Sharma Mr. Kapil KulharMr. Rajeev Bhushan Bansal Mr. Suresh KhileriMr. Shivatma Kumar Tank with Ms. Neha GodaraMr. Tarun VermaMr. Manish Kumar Sharma Mr. Akarsh Mathur Mr. Yellop Singh Mr. Shovit JhajhariaMr. Vipin Sharma Mr. Sukhdev Singh SolankiMr. Sudhir GuptaMr. Dharam Chand JainMr. Rachit Sharma Mr. Atul Kumar Jain Mr. Dinesh YadavMs. Shital MirdhaMr. Hanuman Choudhary Mr. Bajrang SepatMr. Narpat Singh ShekhawatMr. Praveen Sharma Mr. Sanjay Mehla with Ms. Sunita MehlaMr. Nagendra Sharma Ms. Sunita Sharma Mr. Virender GodaraMr. Deepak BishnoiMr. Gopendra Singh ShekhawatMr. Ajay ShuklaMr. Yash JoshiMr. Syed Adeel NaqviMr. Aman AliMr. Raj Kumar KasanaMr. Raj Dev TripathiMr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma Mr. Kailash Chand KataraMr. Akshit Gupta [2024:RJ-JP:52311](10 of 15)[CW-14079/2015]Mr. Mahendra Sharma Mr. R B Sharma GantholaMr. Banwari Lal Sharma Mr. Namo Narayan Sharma Mr. Shree Narayan SwamiMr. Prahlad Sharma Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma Mr. Ravi Kant Sharma Mr. Ankit SethiMr. B B L Sharma Mr. Raj Sharma Mr. Durga Prasad Sharma Mr. Akhil SimloteMr. Deen Dayal Sharma Mr. Manoj Kumar AvasthiMr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma Mr. Jetinder Kumar SainiMr. Sukhraj Singh Rathore Mr. Virendra Singh Mr. Raghu Nandan Sharma Mr. Rajneesh Gupta Mr. Dheeraj Kumar PaliaMr. Prashant Vijay Mr. Vikas JakharMr. Kuldeep Singh PuniaMr. Dinesh Kumar Saini Mr. Jai Kishan YogiMr. Bhupendar Kumar Sharma Mr. Mamraj Gurjar with Ms. Anushka DikshitFor Respondent(s): Mr. Basant Singh Chhaba, AAG with Mr. Rahul Gupta Mr. Aniket BaniwalMr. RamdhanMr. G.S. Gill, AAG with Mr. Surya Pratap SinghMr. Sandeep Taneja, AAGMs. Sara Parveen for Mr. Kapil Prakash Mathur, AAGMs. Mahi Yadav, AAG with Ms. Manaswita NalwalMs. Aditi Vats for Mr. Bharat Vyas, AAGMr. Yash Joshi for Mr. Vigyan Shah, AAGMr. Shamee Khan for Mr. Bhuvnesh Sharma, AAGMr. Manoj Sharma, AAG with Mr. S.M. Sharma Mr. Aditya Sharma for Mr. Keshar Singh Shekhawat, AGCMr. Archit Bohra, AGC

Mr. Sumit Teterwal, CGSPCMr. Sanjay Bharti, Dy.GCMr. Gopal Krishna Sharma, AGCMs. Anjum Parveen Salawat for Ms. Namita Parihar, Dy.GCMs. Manju Joshi, AGC with Mr. Shriram JakharMr. Akash Gaur, Dy.GCMs. Harshita Thakral for AGMr. Shreyans Jain for Mr. Amit Lubhaya HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN

Judgment

20/12/2024

1. Vide order dated 02.12.2024 passed in SB Civil WritPetition No.4880/2024 titled as Krishan Kumar Vs. Addl.Director and Anr., Registrar (Judicial) was directed to list all thematters pertaining to transfer, APO, deputation and allied issueswhich were pending from a long period before appropriate Court.

2. In compliance of the aforementioned directions, the Registryhas listed all the matters pertaining to transfer, APO, deputation ofthe employees/petitioners or allied matters, as under Code 510list.

Ratio decidendi

3. At the outset, it is noted that the Hon’ble Apex Court,through a plethora of judgments, has time and again held that thepermissibility and scope of judicial review against transfer ordersis minuscule. The rationale exercised to circumscribe the Courtsinterference with transfer orders whilst exercising writ jurisdiction,primarily pertains to the fact that a bedlam of an aggravatedmagnitude shall ensue within the workings of the Government, if all employees, posted at a location of their liking, refuse to and/orcontest their postings, when issued on account of administrativeexigencies. Inevitably, the only scope of interference subsists in aneventuality where the transfer orders are issued on account ofcertain malafides, at the end of the transferring authority.

4. By logical deduction, it is made rather obvious that noGovernment will be able to smoothly function if the GovernmentServants insist that once appointed or posted in a particular place,they should continue at such place, as long as they desire whilstmeeting out their individualistic and familial ease. The fact of thetransfer being an indispensable part of an employee’s service is ofparamount importance, which often loses favorability at the end ofthe employee, when they become comfortable with the place oftheir choosing.

5. It is noted that a government employee, posted at a locationof their choice, does not have the fundamental protection tocontinue serving at the said location, especially in light of the factthat the incident of transfer, is a part and parcel of the conditionsof service, when employed on a transferable post. It is true thatthe order of transfer often causes a lot of difficulties anddislocation in the family set up of the concerned employees but onthat score alone, the order of transfer cannot be struck down.Administrative exigencies ought to prevail and/or take precedenceover the familial and individualistic priorities of the employeesposted on transferable jobs. The only eventuality, where theCourts may extend interference in transfer orders, is when thetransfer orders violate an applicable statute or are passed on account of certain malice. In the matters in hand it is noteworthythat the petitions pertain to the period in-between 2015-2024,thence much water has flown.

6. In support of the aforesaid reliance can be placed upon thedictum of the Hon’ble Apex Court as enunciated in Shilpi Bose(Mrs.) and Ors. vs. State of Bihar and Ors. reported in 1991Supp. (2) SCC 659, Varadha Rao vs. State of Karnataka andOrs reported in (1986) 4 SCC 131, Rajendra Roy vs. Union ofIndia and Anr. reportedin (1993) 1 SCC 148, NationalHydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. vs. Shri Bhagwanreported in (2001) 8 SCC 574, S.K. Nausad Rahaman vs.Union of India and Ors. reported in (2022) 12 SCC 1, State ofUttar Pradesh and Ors. Vs. Gordhan Lal reported in 2004(11) SCC 42 and Union of India Vs. S.L. Abbas reported in1993 (4) SCC 357, and it can be deduced that transfer is anincidence of service and it is not an absolute right of an employeeto remain at single place of posting and the employee can berotated/transferred considering administrative exigencies, publicinterest, etc. by the competent authority.

7. The relevant extract from Shilpi Bose (Supra) isreproduced herein below:

7. The relevant extract from Shilpi Bose (Supra) isreproduced herein below:

“4. In our opinion, the Courts should not interferewith a transfer Order which are made in publicinterest and for administrative reasons unless thetransfer Orders are made in violation of anymandatory statutory Rule or on the ground ofmalafide. A Government servant holding atransferable post has no vested right to remainposted at one place or the other, he is liable to be transferred from one place to the other. TransferOrders issued by the competent authority do notviolate any of his legal rights. Even if a transfer Orderis passed in violation of executive instructions orOrders, the Courts ordinarily should not interfere withthe Order instead affected party should approach thehigher authorities in the Department. If the Courtscontinue to interfere with day-to-day transfer Ordersissued by the Government and its subordinateauthorities, there will be complete chaos in theAdministration which would not be conducive to publicinterest. The High Court over looked these aspects ininterfering with the transfer Orders.”

8. Qua the instant batch of petitions, it is analyzed that thepetitions are pending from a prolonged time after getting ex-parteinterim orders or stay orders. Illustratively, the writ petitioners inS.B. Civil Writ Petition No(s). 14079/2015, 10765/2018, 14889/2018 upon attaining interim protection(s), have not madeefficacious efforts to contest the matter further, for a period ofapproximately five years and above. The general practice quatransfers, APOs, deputations is that the transfer orders qua apersonnel is passed as per the Annual General Transfer Policywithin a period of three to five years of service or considering theunforeseeable administrative exigencies. However, the aggrievedemployees upon attaining the interim orders/protections in theirfavor, let the petitions stale in the dockets of Registry.

9. Having made the observations noted herein-above regardingthe scope of judicial review/interference in transfer orders, thisCourt deems it appropriate to dispose of the instant bunch of petitions with directions to the petitioners to file a representationbefore the concerned respondents/appropriate authority within aperiod of fortnight; and the respondents are directed to adjudicatethe said representation within an upper limit of thirty daysthereafter, strictly in accordance with law, following the ratioencapsulated in Shilpi Bose (Supra), the governing policy andthe administrative exigencies.

10. It is made clear that on the forty-fifth day from the date ofpassing of this judgment, the interim order(s), if any, operativeshall lapse and stand inoperative.

11. In light of the aforementioned, the instant batch of petitionsshall stand disposed of with the above-stated directions. Pendingapplications, if any, shall stand disposed of.

(SAMEER JAIN),J

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