PURAN CHAND Vs. STATE OF H.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Aggrieved by the order of transfer dated 04.07.2020, the petitioner has filed the instant petition for the grant of following reliefs:-

(2.) The petitioner is a Class-I Officer and posted as Deputy Superintendent of Police (for short the Dy. S.P.) at Baijnath, District Kangra and vide impugned order dated 04.07.2020 (Annexure P-1) has been ordered to be transferred to IRBn Jungalberi, District Hamirpur.

(3.) The transfer order has been assailed on two grounds. Firstly, that the petitioner could not have been transferred in a short span of about eight months as against the normal tenure of three to five years, as prescribed in the Transfer Policy and; secondly, the transfer is not on the basis of administrative exigency or public interest, but is based on a D.O. note issued by a local M.L.A., Baijnath, District Hamirpur.