ASHOK KUMAR SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF ENERGY LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
WRIA/6993/2025 · 2025-07-02
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:37155 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6993 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Energy Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Devansh Singh,Sushil Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ran Vijay Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent no.1 and Sri Prashant Singh holding brief of Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for respondents no.2 and 3. With the consent of learned counsels appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally decided. Under challenge is transfer order dated 31.05.2025, a copy of which is annexure no.1 to the petition, so far as it pertains to the petitioner, by which the petitioner has been transferred from district Ayodhya to Sultanpur.
Learned counsel for petitioner has raised various grounds to challenge the impugned transfer order, however the Court is of the view that the said grounds fall in the realm of the grounds to be considered by the respondents at the first instance. Accordingly, without entering into the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to submit a comprehensive representation against the impugned transfer order dated 31.05.2025 before the competent authority i.e. Chief Engineer (Vitran), Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Ayodhya Kshetra / respondent no. 3 within a period of one week from today. In case such a representation is made, respondent no. 3 shall proceed to decide the same in accordance with law considering the grounds taken by the petitioner in the representation, which would be decided within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of the representation alongwith certified copy of this
order. Till disposal of representation, no coercive action shall be taken by the respondents against the petitioner in pursuance of the
impugned transfer order. It is made clear that if the petitioner does not submit his representation within the time specified, then the benefit of this
order shall not be available to him.
Order Date :- 2.7.2025 A. Katiyar Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench