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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:139351 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11670 of 2025 Petitioner :- Surendra Pal Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Pandey,Prabhakar Awasthi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri Prabhakar Awasthi, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for quashing of the transfer
order dated 21.07.2025 on the ground that his wife is still working in district Kaushambi as Headmistress in a School and hence on the principle of a spouse being posted at a place, the other spouse be also placed as far as possible in same district, as per the transfer policy, his wife's representation for consideration of her husband's posting is liable to be considered and disposed of in accordance with law which he has already made before the competent authority namely the respondent no. 2. Learned Standing Counsel on the contrary submits that petitioner has already stood relieved pursuant to the transfer order, however, he is not averse to the petitioner's representation being considered by the competent authority in the matter and pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with a direction that respondent no. 2 shall consider the grievance of the petitioner's wife raised in his representation dated 21.06.2025 for
consideration of her husband's posting at a nearby district and decide the same within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Needless to add the order to be passed by the competent authority, as directed herein above, shall be reasoned and speaking one.
Order Date :- 14.8.2025 IrfanUddin Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad