Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (J.J. Munir, J., order dated 24.2.2023) in WRIT - A No. 965 of 2023, Omvir Singh v. State of U.P. and 4 Others: writ petition challenging the transfer of a Fireman from Saharanpur to Jalaun dismissed. The Court held that transfer after thirteen years at one station on a transferable post is an exigency of service and does not affect the employee's rights, and that the contention that the transfer was mechanical, complaint-based or punitive did not make it a fit case for interference. Keywords: transfer, exigency of service, punitive transfer, judicial review of transfer, U.P. Fire Services, Fireman, Saharanpur, Jalaun.
What did the court decide?
A transfer made after the employee has already stayed thirteen years at one station, on a transferable post, in public interest and for administrative reasons is an exigency of service and does not affect any rights of the employee.