Ravi Pratap Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Urban Development Lko. and 4 Others
Service Law – Transfer
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Writ-A No. 9517 of 2025, decided 28.08.2025 by Abdul Moin, J. Petitioner Ravi Pratap Singh (Executive Engineer) challenged transfer orders dated 13.06.2025 (Saharanpur to Agra) and 28.06.2025 (Agra to Lucknow) issued by State of U.P., Deptt. of Urban Development. Petition disposed of without merits; liberty to file comprehensive representation before respondent no.2 within 3 days; decision mandated within 2 weeks; no coercive action till disposal of representation; benefit conditional on timely filing. Keywords: transfer order, employee transfer challenge, representation, no coercive action, interim protection, service matter, urban development department.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of without entering into merits; liberty to petitioner to submit a comprehensive representation against the impugned transfer orders before respondent no.2 within three days; respondent no.2 to decide the representation in accordance with law within two weeks of receipt (with certified copy of the order); no coercive action by respondents in pursuance of the impugned transfer orders till disposal of the representation; benefit lost if representation not filed within the specified time.