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2026 DAILYLAW 20554 (RAJ)

SMT. PRIYANKA KUMARI D/O VED PRAKASH BAGADIYA W/O SHRI RAKESH KUMAR v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

CW/20418/2025 · 2026-02-13

Anand Sharma

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[2026:RJ-JP:7097] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 20418/2025 Smt. Priyanka Kumari D/o Ved Prakash Bagadiya W/o Shri Rakesh Kumar, Aged About 34 Years, Resident Of Village Jheegar Chhoti, District Sikar, Rajasthan-332024 ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Department Of Medical Health And Family Welfare, Government Secretariat, Jaipur. 2. Director, Medical Health And Family Welfare Services, Swasthya Bhawan, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme Jaipur. 3. Deputy Director (Administration), Directorate Of Medical Health And Family Welfare, Swasthya Bhawan, A-2 Jamna Lal Bajaj Marg, C-Scheme, Ashok Nagar, Jaipur. 4. Chief Medical And Health Officer, District Barmer, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Tanmay Dhand with Mr. Dhariya Singh & Mr. Suraj Kumar Dixit For Respondent(s) : Mr. Archit Bohra, AGC with Mr. Prakhar Jain HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA Order 13/02/2026 1. Aggrieved by transfer order dated 13.10.2025, whereby the petitioner, who was awaiting posting order during her gestation period, and maternity leave has been posted at Sub Health Centre, Kharwala, Chohtan, District-Barmer. 2. Grievance of the petitioner is that she has just delivered a child and she may not be in a position to take proper care of child while remaining posted at a place having a distance of 500 kms from home town of the petitioner. [2026:RJ-JP:7097] (2 of 2) [CW-20418/2025] 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that by virtue of interim order dated 19.12.2025, the petitioner is still continuing awaiting posting order. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents opposed the present writ petition and submitted that immediately after the appointment, the petitioner proceeded on maternity leave and after resuming her duties, since she was awaiting posting order as per availability of the vacancy, she has been posted at Chohtan, District-Barmer. 5. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. In view of the peculiar circumstances of the petitioner, who has just delivered a child, on humanitarian consideration, this Court grants liberty to the petitioner to make a representation before the Director (Non-Gazetted), Medical Health and Family Welfare Services, Jaipur, within a period of 7 days, who shall consider the peculiar circumstances of the petitioner and shall pass a fresh order of posting of the petitioner within a period of 15 days from the date of representation along with certified copy of this order. 7. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed of. 8. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the case. 9. Pending application(s), if any, also stand(s) disposed of. (ANAND SHARMA),J DAKSH/181(s)