Smt. Poornima Dewangan v. The State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPS No. 8947 of 2019 Smt. Poornima Dewangan W/o Pradeep Dewangan Aged About 27 Years R/o Pathragada, Tahsil Jagdalpur , Distt. Baster, Posted as Staff Nurse at Baliram Kashyap Medical College Jagdalpur, District : Bastar(Jagdalpur), Chhattisgarh --- Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Chhattisgarh through Secretary Health and Family Welfare Department Mantralaya, New Raipur Distt. Raipur Chhattisgarh.

2. Director Health and Education, Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Joint Director Cum Superintendent Late Shri Baliram Kashyap Smiriti Health And Medical College Cum Maharani Hospital Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh., District : Bastar(Jagdalpur), Chhattisgarh --- Respondents For the Petitioner : Mr. Parag Kotecha, Advocate For the State : Ms. Akanksha Jain, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order on Board -11-2019 Heard.

1. The grievance of the petitioner is that she is working as Staff nurse at Kondagaon, she was married in the year 2016 and her husband is working as Block Programme Manager at Community Health Center, Narayanpur. Therefore, she moved an application for her transfer to District Hospital Narayanpur or to a nearby place of her husband as per the transfer policy of the State. It is submitted that several representations have been made right from the year 2017 but they have not been considered.

2. Perused the representations filed by the petitioner as also the transfer policy of the State Government which is placed on record.

The Policy of the State purports that normally as far as practicable the wife and husband are posted at the same place.

3. Considering the fact that the husband of the petitioner is working at Narayanpur and the petitioner has made several representations for her transfer as per the State Policy, it is directed that respondents 1 & 2 shall consider and decide the same within a period of 90 days from the date of presentation of a copy of this order.

4. With the above observation, this writ petition stands disposed off. Sd/- GOUTAM BHADURI JUDGE R a o