High Court Of ChhattisgarhWPS/6737/2019disposed off

Shashank Singh v. State Of Chhattisgarh

2019-09-02Hon'Ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy2 pages

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6737 of 2019 Shashank Singh S/o Shri Ram Kishore Singh Aged About 35 Years Posted As Assistant Engineer, Office Of Sub Divisional Officer, J.C.B. Division No. 1, Janjgir, District Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. The Engineer-In-Chief, Water Resources Division, Sihawa Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. The Chief Engineer, Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Project, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

4. D.L. Khunte, Posted As Assistant Engineer, Office Of Executive Engineer, Hasdeo Canal Water Management Division, Janjgir District Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ----Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Sunil Pillai, Advocate For State :

Mr. Chandresh Shrivastava, Dy. A.G.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 02/09/2019

1. The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order Annexure P/1 dated 09.08.2019, whereby the petitioner has been transferred from the office of Sub-Divisional Officer, JCB Division No.1 Janjgir to the office of Chief Engineer, Hasde Kachhar, Water Resources Division, Bilaspur.

2. The contention of the petitioner is that the petitioner is the District President of Chhattisgarh State Gazetted Officers Association and thereby the petitioner falls within the protected category under the transfer policy of the State Government.

3. Given the said facts, let the petitioner make a detailed representation to the respondents within a period of 10 days from today and the respondents in turn shall decide the representation within a further period of 45 days from the date of receipt of representation. Meanwhile, there shall be a stay of the effect and operation of the impugned order, so far as the petitioner is concerned.

4. The authorities concerned are also directed to verify the fact whether the petitioner does fall under the protected category under the transfer policy of the State Government or not.

5. With the aforesaid observations, the present writ petition stands disposed off.

Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Ved