High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/13244/2021disposed of

Baljinder Singh v. State Of Haryana And Others

2021-07-22Mr. Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH.

Civil Writ Petition No.13244 of 2021 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 22, 2021 Baljinder Singh ..........Petitioner.

VERSUS

State of Haryana and others ........Respondents.

CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G. S. SANDHAWALIA

Present:

Mr. Aditya Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Kirti Singh, D.A.G. Haryana.

(The proceedings are being conducted through video conferencing, as per instructions) ******* G.S. SANDHAWALIA, J.(Oral) Present Civil Writ Petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to transfer the petitioner from Government Senior Secondary School Dharsul Kalan (Fatehabad) to District Sirsa in any station (against vacant post) on account of couple case and in view of Policy Guidelines dated 06.10.2004 (Annexure P-1). Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that a representation dated 11.05.2021 (Annexure P-4) has already been filed to the respondents for the necessary relief. He submits that the petitioner would be satisfied if the action is taken on the said representation in a time bound manner. Keeping in view the above facts, this Court is of the considered SACHIN MEHTA 2021.07.22 17:02 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court, Chandigarh

CWP-13244-2021 -2opinion that there is no requirement for receiving reply on behalf of respondents, which will only cause delay in the decision making process. Accordingly, keeping in view the fact that there is a Transfer Policy of Haryana Government for couples and further the fact that the petitioner's wife is a Government employee, posted in District Sirsa and there is a vacant post, as such, respondent No.2 is directed to take a decision on the representation dated 11.05.2021 (Annexure P-4) within a period of four weeks on receipt of the certified copy of this order. In case, the relief is not liable to be granted on account of any legal impediment, a reasoned order be passed and communicated to the petitioner.

( G. S. SANDHAWALIA ) July 22, 2021 JUDGE Sachin M.

Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether Reportable:

Yes/No SACHIN MEHTA 2021.07.22 17:02 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court, Chandigarh