Saurabh Chandra Dubey v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Medical Health and Family Welfare Deptt. Lko. and 3 Others
Writ (Article 226, Constitution of India) – Transfer of government employee
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ - A No. 13836 of 2025; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Court No. 7; Manish Mathur J.; December 9, 2025; Article 226 writ petition; government servant transfer; representation rejected after 11 years at District Barabanki; wife on dialysis at Chandan Hospital Lucknow; compassionate/medical ground transfer; Senior Assistant vacancies in Barabanki and Lucknow; CMO Lucknow letter dated 19.05.2025; written instructions dated 03.12.2025; order quashed by Certiorari; reconsideration within two weeks; Director (Administration, Medical and Health Services, U.P., Lucknow); petition allowed at admission stage; parties bear own costs.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order dated 19.09.2025 quashed by writ of Certiorari; opposite party no.3, Director (Administration, Medical and Health Services, U.P., Lucknow), directed to reconsider petitioner's transfer representation in light of his wife's dialysis treatment in Lucknow and available vacancies there, within two weeks of receipt of certified copy of the order.