Narayan Prasad Rathore v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 562 of 2016 Narayan Prasad Rathore S/o Hetram Rathore, Aged About 63 Years R/o Village Darri Baradwar, Tahsil Champa, District Janjgir Champa (Chhattisgarh) Through Laxman Kumar Rathore, Son Of Shri Babulal Rathore, Aged About 26 Years, R/o Village Seoni, Champa, Police Station And Tahsil Champa, District Janjgir Champa (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Jail, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2. Jail Superintendent, Central Jail Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri K.K. Patel, Advocate For Respondents/State :

Shri Ramakant Mishra, Dy.A.G.

S.B.:Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 02/03/2016 Heard.

1. The petitioner has filed this petition seeking a direction to respondent No.2 to decide petitioner's application for transfer of his son from Central Jail, Bilaspur to Korba Jail under the provision of the Prisons Rules, 1968 (in short "the Rules of 1968")

2. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the authority to transfer a prisoner from one jail to other jail vests with the Director General of Prisons & Correctional Services under

-2Rule 791 of the Rules of 1968.

3. In view of the above, the proper course of action for the petitioner would be to prefer representation before the competent authority for consideration of prayer for transfer.

4. The petition, with the said liberty, is disposed off. Sd/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Praveen