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It is further contended that as per notification dated 23-07-2020, no transfer can be made during the ban period. As per the petitioner, private respondent 3 served for 20 years in the Office of Kinnaur Forest Division at Reckong Peo and on her promotion, she was transferred to JICA Project, Rampur, however, she managed a D.O. note and in order to accommodate her, the petitioner was transferred.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per respondents, it is the prerogative of the State Government to post\/transfer any employee anywhere in the State, keeping in view the administrative convenience\/exigencies and no government employee can claim his\/her transfer or posting as a matter of right. The petitioner is a permanent resident of Tehsil Nankhari, Shimla, and has been transferred to Rampur, which is near to his native place. The transfer of the petitioner is made on prior approval of the State Government and in public interest. The petitioner completed his stint of two and half years at Forest Division Reckong Peo, Kinnaur, and he is transferred near to his native place, so should have no grudge. Private respondent 3 instituted a separate reply, refuting and resisting the contentions raised by the petitioner in the petition. As per respondent 3, the petitioner has completed his normal stint in tribal area, that is, two winters and three summers, thus his transfer is legally sustainable. Private respondent 3 further submitted that the petitioner had earlier made a representation for his transfer from Kinnaur Forest Division to Wild Life Division Sarahan, denying that the petitioner is transferred in order to adjust her (respondent 3)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Observation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court while making an observation upon the State\u2019s responsibility to make consistent and sustainable order with respect to transfer and appointment, said, <em>\u201cIt is the policy of the respondents State that one has to be transferred from a hard\/tribal area after completion of his\/her tenure and his choice(s) to be taken into consideration while transferring him\/her, but in the extant case, the petitioner has been transferred against his choice to the office of APD, JICA Project Rampur, District Shimla and his representation was not taken into consideration.\u201d <\/em>With respect to the contention that the place of transfer was in fact made as per the choice of the petitioner, the Court reflected disagreement and said, <em>\u201cThe station, where the petitioner has been transferred, i.e., APD, JICA Project Rampur, District Shimla, is not the place of petitioner\u2019s choice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Decision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While allowing the present petition, the Court said, <em>\u201cUnder these circumstances, it seems that the transfer of the petitioner in place of private respondent No. 3 is made just to accommodate private respondent No. 3 and neither in public interest nor as per the transfer police in vogue and thus liable to be quashed and set-aside.\u201d<\/em>[Satyawan Mehta v. State of Himachal Pradesh, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/WHo7w2L3\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine HP 2126<\/b><\/a>, decided on 28-10-2020]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Sakshi Shukla, Editorial Assistant has put this story together<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J., while allowing the present petition, held the impugned transfer order to be arbitrary and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[3391,5941,31729],"class_list":["post-238773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-public_interest","tag-service-law","tag-transfer-order"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HP HC | [Service Law] State cannot make arbitrary orders of transfer under the garb of public interest; 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