POONAM BOCHHAWAL D/O KARAN SINGH, W/O ARJUN RAM BOCHHAWAL v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
CW/18113/2025 · 2025-11-25
Ashok Kumar Jain
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18113/2025 Poonam Bochhawal D/o Karan Singh, W/o Arjun Ram Bochhawal, Aged About 50 Years, R/o Ward No.3, Vpo Babai, Tehsil Khetri, District Jhunjhunu (Raj.) At Present Working On The Post Of Principal, In Shahid Jawan Singh Govt. Sr. Secondary School Manota Kalan (Khetri) District Jhunjhunu (Raj.) ----Petitioner Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Department Of School Education, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur (Raj.)
2. Director, Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Jhunjhunu (Raj.)
3. District Education Officer, Secondary Education, Jhunjhunu (Raj.)
4. Rattan Singh, Presently Working On The Post Of Principal, At Govt. Sr. Secondary School Malhaniya District Jhalawar (Raj.) ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sanjay Mehla Ms. Sunita Mehla For Respondent(s) : Mr. Manoj Sharma, AAG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN
Order 25/11/2025
1. Instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with following prayer:- i) By an appropriate writ, order and direction, the Impugned order dated 22.09.2025 and relieving
order dated 24.09.2025 passed by the respondents, impugned order dated 17.11.2025 passed by the learned Tribunal, Jaipur may kindly be quashed and set aside.
(2 of 3) [CW-18113/2025] ii) By issuing an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof, the respondents may kindly be directed to continue the petitioner on the post of Principal at her present place of posting i.e. Govt. Sr. Secondary School Manota Kalan (Khetri) district Jhunjhunu with all consequential benefit which she is/was getting prior to the impugned order. Iii) Any other order which this Hon’ble Court deems just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may be passed in favour of petitioner.
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioner while placing reliance upon
order dated 27.02.2025 passed by the Division Bench of this Court at Principal Seat, Jodhpur in D.B. Spl. Appl. Writ No.332/2025 : Pradeep Kumar Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors. submits that the husband of the petitioner is posted as Principal in Govt. Sr. Secondary School, Rojara (Khetri) District Jhunjhunu and the present petitioner is transferred from Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Manota Kalan, Jhunjhunu to Govt. Senior Secondary School, Gothara, District Jhunjhunu. He also submits that it is duty of the respondents that the petitioner be transferred to the same place or nearby place where her husband is working, who is also a Government servant. He also placed reliance upon
order dated 04.11.2025 in SB CWP No.16789/2025 Kiran Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors. And
order dated 17.11.2025 in SB CWP No.17323/2025 titled as Sanjay Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
3. Aforesaid contentions were opposed by learned AAG appearing on behalf of the respondents and he submits that due to administrative exigency the transfer has been effected but considering the grievance as raised by the petitioner, the petitioner is free to make a representation to the Department,
(3 of 3) [CW-18113/2025] which will consider the representation on the grounds raised by the petitioner and this petition can be disposed at this stage.
4. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
5. Considered the grievance raised herein, the petitioner is given a liberty to submit a representation to the respondents- Authority within a period of 30 days raising all grounds and the respondents-Authority are directed to decide the representation with a reasoned and speaking order within a period of 30 days from date of receipt of representation. After the decision, the respondents are under an obligation to communicate the decision to the petitioner either by way of speed post or through E-mail, if petitioner has provided E-mail in her representation. If the petitioner is still aggrieved, she has a liberty to approach this Court with fresh petition.
6. In the meanwhile, impugned order dated 22.09.2025 qua the present petitioner shall remain stayed till disposal of the representation, by the respondents.
7. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition with pending application, if any, stands disposed of.
(ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J Chetna/63