ARVINDER GOYAL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THREE writ petitions bearing CWP Nos. 6729, 8721 and 10021 of 2012, have been filed by the employees working with the Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Limited (for short, 'the Company').

(2.) THE petitioner herein is working as Senior General Manager (Projects) since 1993. He has impugned his transfer as Senior General Manager (Electrical) at the plant of the company at Naya Nangal. The preliminary issue sought to be raised by the petitioner impugning his transfer is that he is an Engineering Graduate. He has been working in Commercial, Projects and Materials and Administration, etc. He is not an expert in Electrical side. He has been made to work and report to a person who has been appointed recently in the Company. His selection was made by a Committee of which the petitioner was one of the members. This is 7th transfer of the petitioner in last 11 months.

(3.) AS the petitioners in the present writ petitions impugned the action taken by the respondent -Company, a preliminary objection was raised by counsel for the respondent -Company regarding maintainability of the writ petitions claiming that the respondent -Company cannot be termed as a State or any other authority amenable to writ jurisdiction of this court.