Santosh Kumar Sinha v. State Of Chhattisgarh

-1NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Writ Petition (S) No. 7297 of 2019 Santosh Kumar Sinha S/o Late Umeshwari Prasad Sinha Aged About 61 Years Posted At Assistnat Grade - 3, Office Of Executive Engineer, Water Resource Department, Jashpur Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner(s)

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Chief Engineer, Water Resource Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division, Jashpur Chhattisgarh., District : Jashpur, Chhattisgarh ---Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Rahul Agrawal, Advocate.

For State :

Shri Ashutosh Mishra, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 11.09.2019

1. The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order of transfer dated 23.08.2019 whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Jashpur to Dharamjaigarh.

2. The contention of the petitioner is that, the petitioner has got less than one year service left for retirement as he is to retire in the month of August, 2020 and therefore at this juncture he should not be transferred.

3. Given the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner make a detailed representation in this regard to the respondents within a period of 10 day from today, and the respondents, in turn, shall consider and decide the same at the earliest preferably within a further period of 45 days. Till the representation of the petitioner is decided, the effect and operation of the impugned order so far as petitioner is concerned, shall remain stayed.

4. The writ petition accordingly stands disposed of. Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge inder