Research › Search › Judgment

Allahabad High Court · body

2025 DAILYLAW 161280 (ALL)

SHUBHAM BHARGAVA v. U.O.I. THRU. MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPTT. OF FINANCING SERVICES NEW DELHI AND ANOTHER

WRIA/9921/2025 · 2025-09-01

Abdul Moin

body2025

Judgment text

Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 9921 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Arvind Kumar, learned counsel, who files memo on behalf of respondent no.1, and Sri Gopal Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for respondents no.2 and 3. 2. With the consent of learned counsels for the parties the matter is being decided finally. 3. The petitioner is aggrieved by the transfer order dated 18.07.2025, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition, whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Bahraich to Salem. 4. It has also been pointed out by Sri Srivastava that the petitioner has already been relieved on 05.08.2025. He also states that as the petitioner has been relieved as such his entire matter now would be considered by the competent authority where the petitioner has been transferred. 5. Various grounds have been taken by the learned counsel for the petitioner to challenge the said order. 6. However, it has been pointed out that in terms of Clause 26 of the Transfer Policy for Officers up to scale III issued by the Indian Bank, a copy of which is Annexure-5 to the petition, the petitioner can raise his grievance before the Zonal Officer/FGMO Corporate Office and that the petitioner has already raised his grievance vide grievance dated 21.07.2025, a copy of which is Annexure-4 to the petition. As such, it is Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vivek Kumar Shukla, Shweta Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Gopal Kumar Srivastava Shubham Bhargava .....Petitioner(s) U.O.I. Thru. Ministry Of Finance Deptt. Of Financing Services New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) prayed that the said grievance be directed to be decided by the competent authority who is said to be respondents no.2 and 3. 7. Accordingly, considering Clause 26 of the Transfer Policy the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to consider and dispose of the grievance as raised by the petitioner, a copy of which is Annexure-4 to the petition, in accordance with law and relevant rules which grievance would be decided within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 8. Till then no coercive action has been taken against the petitioner in pursuance to the impugned transfer order dated 18.07.2025. September 1, 2025 A. Katiyar WRIA No. 9921 of 2025 2 (Abdul Moin,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench