Pno - 840650540 , S.I. , Mahendra Kumar Pathak v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:25670; WRIT - A No. - 4219 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 18); Karunesh Singh Pawar, J.; Order Date 2.5.2025. Petitioner S.I. Mahendra Kumar Pathak (PNO 840650540), counsel Sushil Kumar Pathak; respondents State of U.P. (Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. and 4 others), counsel C.S.C./Deepshikha. Challenge to transfer order dated 28.06.2024 (CBCID HQ Lucknow to Lucknow Zone), order dated 04.04.2024 and relieving order dated 04.03.2025 after circa 40 years' continuous Lucknow posting; transfer as incident of service; no vested right to posting; precedents relied on: Shilpi Bose, Gobardhan Lal, H.N. Kirtania, NHPC v. Shri Bhagwan; petition dismissed; no quantum involved; no statute sections cited.
What did the court decide?
Transfer is an incident of service and the petitioner cannot claim a right to remain posted at one place for over forty years during the course of his service.