2025:CGHC:34465 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7911 of 2025 Umesh Kumar Vastrakar S/o Shri D.P. Vastrakar, Aged About 52 Years Presently Posted As Forest Range Officer, At Forest Range, Surajpur, District Surajpur Chhattisgarh Abhishek Vihar Phase 2, Mangla, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Forest, And Climate Change, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Under Secretary, Department Of Forest, And Climate Change, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest Government Of Chhattisgarh, Sector 19, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Divisional Forest Officer, Division Surajpur District Surajpur Chhattisgarh ...Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Shri Aditya Kumar Mishra, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri Shreyansh Mehta, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 21.07.2025 1. Challenge in this petition is the order of transfer dated 30.06.2025, whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Forest Range Surajpur, District-Surajpur to Park Range Officer Rehad Park Range, Guru Ghasidas National Park, Surguja. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that against the said transfer order, the petitioner has already made representation which is still pending before the Transfer Committee. As per Clause-8 of the Transfer Policy dated 05.06.2025, there is in-house remedy for making representation against the transfer order before the Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.07.22 19:11:29 +0530 Wps 7911 of 2025 2 Transfer Committee, who will consider the grievance of the petitioner in accordance with law. Clause-8 of the said Transfer Policy is reproduced as below: “8. स्थानांतरण से व्यथिथात शासेकीय से वकी द्वार अपनां स्थानांतरण की थिवरूद्ध अभ्याव दनां की वल स्थानांतरण नांथित की उल्लंघनां होनां पर हो उक्त उल्लंघनां होनां वल की थि की की सेबंध में$ स्पष्ट आधर की सेथा स्थानांतरण आद शा जार होनां की थितथिथा से 15 थिदवसे की भीतर प्रश्नाधनां स्थानांतरण आद शा की प्रथित सेथिहोत शासेनां द्वार गथि-त वरिरष्ठ सेथि0व की सेथिमेंथित की सेयजाकी एव सेथि0व, सेमेंन्य प्रशासेनां थिवभीग की प्रस्तु4त थिकीय जा सेकी ग। सेथिमेंथित द्वार ऐसे प्रकीरण की इसे स्थानांतरण नांथित की प्रकीशा में$ परक्षण कीरनां की पश्चात ” अपनां अनां4शासे सेबंथिधत थिवभीग की प्र थि:त की जाएग। 3. Be that as it may, since in-house remedy has been provided to the employee concerned to raise the grievances before the Transfer Committee against transfer order, this court deem it appropriate to direct the petitioner to move fresh representation before the Transfer Committee along with copy of this order within a week from the date of receipt of copy of this order, and the Transfer Committee, in turn, shall take a decision on the representation so made by the petitioner in accordance with law in an objective manner and pass a reasoned order on its own merits within a further period of two weeks. Till then no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner. 4. The petitioner is directed to produce a copy of this order within a week from today to the said Transfer Committee. 5. The writ petition accordingly stands disposed of with the aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma