1 2025:CGHC:38749 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9094 of 2025 1 - Sunil Toppo S/o Shri Nicolas Toppo Aged About 46 Years Present Posted As Personal Assistant, Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Division Sarguja, Ambikapur, R/o House No. 32/10, Pratappur Naka, Maveshi Bazar District- Sarguja, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Forest And Climate Change, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - The Secretary General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - The Chief Conservator Of Forest Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh 4 - The Divisional Forest Officer Forest Division Sarguja, Ambikapur, District- Sarguja, Chhattisgarh 5 - The Collector District- Sarguja, Chhattisgarh 6 - Smt. Alma Tirkey Presently Posted As Personal Assistant, Office Of Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Division Dhamtari, District- Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Gagan Tiwari, Advocate For Respondent(s)/State : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Panel Lawyer Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Digitally signed by VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Date: 2025.08.05 19:44:50 +0530 2 05/08/2025 1. Challenge in this petition is the order of transfer dated 23.07.2025 whereby the petitioner has been transferred from the Surguja to Dhamtari. 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, therefore, he may be permitted to pursue the remedy of representation before the concerned authority. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the State has not raised any objection on the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents annexed with the writ petition. 5. 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 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 गवि0त वरिरष्ठ सति3वों की सविमतित के संयोजक एवं सति3व, सामान्य प्रशासन विवभाग को प्रस्तुत विकया जा सके गा। 3 सविमतित द्वारा ऐसे प्रकरणों का इस स्थानांतरण नीतित के प्रकाश में परीक्षण ” करने के पश्चात अपनी अनुशंसा संबतिधत विवभाग को प्रेवि<त की जाएगी। 6. 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 status quo as on today shall be maintained by the parties. 7. The petitioner is directed to produce a copy of this order within a week from today to the said transfer committee. 8. The writ petition accordingly stands disposed of with the aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge ved