Jaimani Lakra v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 3716 of 2016 Jaimani Lakra S/o Shri Jagdul Ram Bairagi, Aged About 58 Years Occupation Project Officer, Integrated Child Development Project, Sarangarh, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh R/o Saraswati Shishu Mandir Mohalla Sarangarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

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1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Child Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, P.S. Rakhi, P.O. Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 492002

2. Additional Secretary, Department Of Women And Child Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, P.S. Rakhi, P.O. Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 492002

3. District Collector, Raigarh District Raigarh Chhattisgarh

4. District Project Officer, Women And Child Development Department, Raigarh, District Raigarh Chhattisgarh ---- Respondent For Petitioner :

Shri Sudeep Verma, Advocate For State :

Shri Chandresh Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer S.B.:

Hon'ble Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Order On Board 26/08/2016 Heard on admission.

1. The petitioner has filed this petition on the grievance that though the transfer order has been issued on 4.2.2016, he is not being relieved. He submits that the present policy dated 11.06.2016 does not prohibit relieving on the ground that reliever has not come because it is not a

-2case of transfer from scheduled area to non-scheduled area but transfer from scheduled area to scheduled area only.

2. On the other hand, learned State counsel submits that the petitioner is posted at a sensitive place in core scheduled area and if the reliever of the petitioner has not come, relieving of the petitioner may adversely affect the administrative exigency.

3. At the first place, the policy which requires that the Government servant of scheduled area shall not be relieved till reliever has not joined, is applicable only in the case where the transfer is from the scheduled area to a non scheduled area as clearly provided in clause 2.6 of policy dated 11.06.2016.

4. The issue regarding implementation of transfer order, has been considered by this Court in the case of Ms. Manisha Agrawal Vs. 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.

5. Therefore, in these circumstances, either the transfer order has to be implemented or the State has the option to cancel, vary or modify or keep in abeyance.

6. Accordingly, this petition is disposed off with the direction that if the transfer order of the petitioner is not cancelled, varied or kept in abeyance by the respondent-Transferring Authority, the petitioner would be required to be relieved towards implementation, execution of the transfer order. Sd/- (Manindra Mohan Shrivastava) Judge Praveen