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2025 DAILYLAW 106936 (ALL)

SUBEDAR SINGH v. State of U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

WRIA/17661/2024 · 2025-03-03

Ajay Bhanot

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:30211 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 17661 of 2024 Petitioner :- Subedar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar Shukla,Ramji Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mritunjay Mohan Sahai Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Sri Pankaj Kumar Shukla assisted by Sri Satendra Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Mritunjay Mohan Sahai, learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner has assailed the order of transfer. Transfer is an incident of service. No employee has a vested right to be transferred to any place of his choice. Transfer policy has to subserve the larger interest of the institution. Transfer can be challenged only on limited grounds namely, infraction of statutory provision or malafide. None has been asserted or established before this Court. No violation of any statute has been shown. The transfer policy does not confer any enforceable rights upon the petitioner. Reliance place by learned counsel for the petitioner on transfer guidelines is of no avail. The said transfer guidelines do not vest any enforceable right in the petitioner. No interference is warranted in the impugned order of transfer. In wake of the aforesaid, the writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 4.3.2025 Mohini Digitally signed by :- MOHINI RAI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad