- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:14898-DB WP No. 3413 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR WRIT PETITION NO. 3413 OF 2025 (S-KSAT) BETWEEN: SRI.C.SAMPATH KUMAR, S/O LATE CHIKKAVEERAIAH P, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINER, UNDER AN ORDER OF POSTING AT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEAD OFFICE, RESIDING AT SRIVATSA NILAYA, BEHIND SRIRANGA GAS GODOWN, GANESH NAGAR, HANUMANTHAPURA, TUMAKURU – 572 133. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. PRITHVEESH M K.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, VIKASA SOUDHA, BENGALURU 560 001. 2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, VIKASA SOUDHA, BENGALURU 560 001. 3. SRI S. LAKSHMIKANTH, FATHER S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER MAJOR, WAS ON DEPUTATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, Digitally signed by SHAKAMBARI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:14898-DB WP No. 3413 of 2025 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS SUB DIVISON, TUMAKURU 572 101. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.VIKAS ROJIPURA., AGA FOR R1 & R2; SRI.VIJAYA KUMAR V B., ADVOCATE FOR C/R3) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE COSNTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO A) CALL FOR RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 23/01/2025 PASSED IN APPLICATION NO.4990/2024 BY THE HON’BLE KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU BENCH (ANNEXURE-A) AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT) Petitioner is knocking at the doors of the Writ Court for assailing the State Administrative Tribunal's order dated 23.01.2025 whereby his Application No.4990 of 2024 has been negatived. In the said Application, petitioner had called in question the Transfer Notification dated 24.10.2024 so far as his displacement was concerned. 2. After service of notice, the learned AGA appears for the official respondents and the private respondent is - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:14898-DB WP No. 3413 of 2025 represented by a private counsel. They resist the petition by making submission in justification of the impugned order. 3. Learned AGA in all fairness submits that frequent transfers of a civil servant are not in the best interest of administration; Petitioner has been assigned the posting at Tumakuru now and he will continue there only. If somebody is posted there, that will be rectified by issuing appropriate orders. With this arrangement, learned counsel appearing for the private respondent is also happy since his apple cart too is not disturbed. With the above observations, this petition is disposed off, costs having been made easy. Sd/- (KRISHNA S DIXIT) JUDGE Sd/- (RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR) JUDGE DH/Snb List No.: 1 Sl No.: 8