Sanjay Kumar v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 2258 of 2017 • Sanjay Kumar S/o. Shri Ishwarlal Aged About 31 Years Presently Working As Constable At Kotwali, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Home Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, District Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

2. Director General of Police, Chhattisgarh, Police Head Quarter, Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

3. The Superintendent of Police, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Tarun Dansena, Advocate For Respondents-State :

Shri Shashank Thakur, GA for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 15/05/2017

1. The petitioner has filed this petition on the grievance that despite order dated 27.12.2016 whereby the petitioner was transferred from Rajnandgaon to Dhamtari, the Superintendent of Police, Rajnandgaon, is not relieving the petitioner to join at the transferred place.

2. The issue regarding implementation of transfer order has been considered by this Court in the case of Ms. Manisha Agrawal v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others, 2015(4) C.G.L.J. 182, wherein relying upon several judgment of the Supreme Court, it has been held by this Court that once the employee has been transferred, it is required to be complied with

unless it is modified, varied or cancelled by the State Government itself.

3. In view of the aforesaid order, unless the Transferring Authority, itself, has kept in abeyance the transfer order or has modified or cancelled, the other authority subordinate to him are under an obligation to comply with the transfer order. Therefore, this petition is disposed off with the direction that the petitioner shall be relieved forthwith by the controlling authority subject to the observation made above.

4. The petition is disposed of.

Sd/- Judge Prashant Kumar Mishra Ashu