1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8285 of 2025 1 - L.N. Baghel S/o Shri Ladu Ram Baghel Aged About 58 Years Working As Assistant Grade 02, At Office Of Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Division, Mahasamund, R/o Ward No. 10, Imli Bhatha District- Mahasamund, (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, District- Raipur, C.G. 2 - Superintending Engineer Water Resources And Ground Water Survey Division, Civil Lines, Sihava Bhavan, Raipur, District - Raipur, C.G. 3 - Engineer-In-Chief Water Resource Department, Shivnath Bhawan, North Block- Sector-19, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur, C.G. 4 - Chief Engineer Mahanadi Godawari Basin, Water Resources Department, District- Raipur, C.G. 5 - Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Mahasamund, District- Mahasamund, C.G. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner (s) : Shri Abdul Moin Khan, Advocate. For State : Shri Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Order on Board 22.07. 202 5 1. Challenge in this petition is the order of transfer dated 30.06.2025 whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Mahasamund to Dantewada. 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 2 representation against the transfer order before the transfer committee who will consider the grievance of the petitioner in accordance with law. Clause 8 of the said transfer policy dated 05.06.2025 is reproduced as below: “8. स्थानांतरण से व्यथिथत शासकीय सेवक द्वारा अपने स्थानांतरण के विवरूद्ध अभ्यावेदन के वल स्थानांतरण नीतित के उल्लंघन होने पर ही उक्त उल्लंघन होने वाले कं ति$का के संबंध में स्पष्ट आधारों के साथ स्थानांतरण आदेश जारी होने की तितथिथ से 15 विदवस के भीतर प्रश्नाधीन स्थानांतरण आदेश की प्रतित सविहत शासन द्वारा गवि1त वरिरष्ठ सति4वों की सविमतित के संयोजक एवं सति4व, सामान्य प्रशासन विवभाग को प्रस्तुत विकया जा सके गा। सविमतित द्वारा ऐसे प्रकरणों का इस स्थानांतरण नीतित के प्रकाश में परीक्षण करने के पश्चात अपनी अनुशंसा संबतिधत विवभाग को प्रेवि=त की जाएगी।” 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 inder