HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 16458 of 2026 Court No. - 33 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondent no.2 (NHM) and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 22.09.2026, whereby, the petitioner has been transferred from Community Health Centre, Aonla, to Community Health Centre, Kaudanda. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is a contractual employee and contract employee as per terms and condition, his services under circular letter dated 16.07.2011, are not liable to be transferred from the place where he has been offered contract employment. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance not only circular letter dated 16.07.2011 but also the circular letter issued by Director, National Health Mission, U.P. Lucknow dated 18.8.2023 in which clear directives have been issued that such transfer should not be made. Clause 8 and 9 of the circular letter dated 16.07.2011 very clearly provides that contract employees and medical officers shall be appointed for a particular place and shall not be transferred to other places and those who do not want to work at that particular place for which contract of employment was made, their contract of employment shall be rescinded to make new appointments. Similar stand is taken under the circular letter dated 18.08.2023. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashutosh Gupta, Surya Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pranjal Mehrotra Ramesh Babu Sharma .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. Taking judicial notice of the above circular letters, writ petition no. 14433 of 2023, Salini Kumari v. State of U.P. and 3 Others, has been allowed, vide order dated 29.08.2023. 6. Learned Standing Counsel is not able to contradict the circular letters and the order passed regarding one such contract employees in Writ petition no. 14433 of 2023. 7. In view of above, this writ petition succeeds and is allowed in terms of the order passed in Writ A No. 14433 of 2023 and the order of transfer dated 24.08.2026 is, hereby, quashed. The petitioner will continue at the place where he was given contract employment and he shall be paid salary accordingly. October 7, 2026 Ved Prakash WRIA No. 16458 of 2026 2 (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad