1 2025:CGHC:4109 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 572 of 2025 1 - Nilesh Rane S/o Bisal Rane Aged About 41 Years Presently Working As Assistant Veterinary Field Officer At Veterinary Dispensary Singarpur, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Veterinary Development Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Under Secretary Veterinary Development Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Director Veterinary Services, Indrawati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Shri CJK Rao, Advocate For State/Respondents : Shri Vivek Sharma, Additional Advocate General and Shri Pratik Tiwari, Panel Lawyer Hon’ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 22/01/2025 1. The petitioner is presently working as Assistant Veterinary Field Officer. Vide order dated 08.01.2025, the petitioner has been transferred from Veterinary Dispensary Singarpur, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) to Veterinary Dispensary Chatakpur, District Jashpur. The wife of the petitioner is also working as Supervisor at Dongargarh Digitally signed by GOPAL SINGH Date: 2025.02.04 16:00:03 +0530 2 Block, Rajnandgaon. The petitioner is having a small girl child aged about 8 months. The petitioner is engaged in 21st Livestock Census Scheme being run by the Central Government, wherein the petitioner is having separate login and password for specific area in mobile application, which is not transferable and the above work is to be completed upto February 2025 and as per the directions of the respondent no.3 during the above census period, the officers/employees engaged in the above census is not to be allotted separate work till the completion of the above census. Hence this writ petition. 2. Following reliefs have been sought in this petition: “10.1. That, this Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus setting-aside the order dated 08.01.2025 (Annexure P/1) whereby the petitioner has been transferred to Veterinary Dispensary Chatakpur, District Jashpur. 10.2. That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be please to allow the petitioner to work in the present place of posting i.e. Veterinary Dispensary Singarpur, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.). 10.3. That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief as it may deems fit and appropriate.” 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been transferred, however, it has not been considered by the respondents authorities that the petitioner has been engaged in 21st Livestock Census Scheme being run by the Central Government wherein the petitioner is having separate log and the password for the specific area in mobile application which is not transferable and the said work is to be concluded upto February, 2025, as such the transfer order is required to be quashed and appropriate order is required to be passed by the respondents authorities. Since the only 3 ground which has been raised by the petitioner which is arguable in this case is that since the petitioner is engaged in the livestock census work, as such the order of his transfer, in my opinion, should be kept in abeyance till the census work comes to an end. For this, when it was inquired from the State Counsel, it was replied that hardly it will take time upto 28.2.2025 and as such it is directed that the order of transfer passed against the petitioner may be kept in abeyance till 10.3.2025 and the petitioner is directed to join his transferred place by 17.3.2025. 4. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) JUDGE Gopal Singh