HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 7604 of 2022 Court No. - 8 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite parties. 2. Present petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India has been filed challenging orders dated 05.11.2022 and 08.11.2022 transferring petitioner from the post of Constable (Driver), 26th Battalion P.A.C., Gorakhpur to Second Battalion P.A.C. Sitapur as well as seeking direction to authority concerned to allow him to continue to work at his present place of posting. 3. The dispute in the present writ petition pertains to transfer of petitioner by P.A.C. whereas petitioner claims to be Constable (Driver) in the U.P. Police Logistics Department. 4. The aforesaid issue has already been decided by this Court in a bunch of petitions leading being Writ - A No. - 6915 of 2025 (Raghvendra Singh and others v. State of U.P. and others) vide judgment and order dated 03.09.2025. The relevant portion of the judgment reads as under:- "18. In view of the discussions made herein above and upon perusal of the various Rules applicable to the PAC as well as the cadre of Motor Transport Department of Police, it is evident that cadre of Constable Drivers constitutes an entirely separate cadre from that of Constables in the PAC. It is also evident that post of Constable Drivers does not come within purview of the PAC Establishment at all after the advent of the 'Motor Transport Rules 2015'. In such circumstances, it is also evident that Police Establishment Board of the PAC would not have any power or jurisdiction over transfer of Constable Drivers in Motor Transport Department of Police. 19. Once the statutory rules do not include the cadre of Constable Drivers and Head Constables within Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Santosh Kr. Yadav Warsi, Arjun Singh Yadav, Rama Nand Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Pno. No. 060490373 Ved Prakash .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Dept. Home U.P. Civil Secrett. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) purview of the PAC, in the considered opinion of this Court, the Director General of Police, cannot by administrative instructions supersede specific statutory rules by conferring powers upon an organization which otherwise does not have any power over the cadre of Motor Transport Department of Police. The order dated 22.3.2024 issued by the office of Director General of Police, therefore, is held to be contrary to the provisions of the 'Motor Transport Rules 2015'. 20. Since it is quite evident that impugned orders have been passed by the PAC Establishment Board, pertaining to transfers of Constable Drivers, the same are, therefore, held to be without jurisdiction and impugned orders dated 12.6.2025 and 15.6.2025 are hereby quashed by issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari." 5. In view thereof, since aforesaid judgment is squarely applicable in the present facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned orders 05.11.2022 and 08.11.2022 stands quashed by issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari. 6. Petitioner shall be entitled to benefits indicated in judgment and order dated 03.09.2025 passed in Writ - A No. - 6915 of 2025 (Raghvendra Singh and others v. State of U.P. and others). 7. The petition as such stands allowed. September 18, 2025 kvg/- WRIA No. 7604 of 2022 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- GIREESAN KV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench