Aarti Pal (Women Head Constable , Pno - 112441281) v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Compassionate-ground transfer writ (WRIT - A No. - 4755 of 2025; 2025:AHC-LKO:25364; Lucknow Bench, Allahabad High Court; Judge: Karunesh Singh Pawar, J.; Order Date 1.5.2025) by Woman Head Constable Aarti Pal (Pno 112441281), posted at P.S. Krishna Nagar, Police Commissionerate, Lucknow, whose husband serves in U.P. Police at Unnao; prayer for spousal/couple posting in same district; petition disposed of with directions: joint application with husband within two weeks; Additional Director General of Police (Establishment), Police Headquarter, Lucknow (respondent no. 2) to decide representation expeditiously within six weeks thereafter in accordance with law and communicate decision; Standing Counsel had no objection; no statutes, no cited cases, no amounts.
What did the court decide?
Not a transfer order itself: petitioner directed to file a joint application with her husband within two weeks requesting posting at a station where both can serve together; respondent no. 2 (Additional Director General of Police (Establishment), Police Headquarter, Lucknow) directed to consider and decide the representation expeditiously, within six weeks thereafter, in accordance with law, and communicate the decision to the petitioner.