Gireesh Chandra v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Food and Civil Supplies Lko. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow), WRIT - A No. - 9570 of 2025, single-judge bench of Manish Mathur, J., decided January 16, 2026. Petitioner Gireesh Chandra challenged transfer order dated 25th July 2025 moving him from District Kanpur to District Aligarh as discriminatory/arbitrary versus eight retained colleagues; State written instructions dated January 13, 2026 showed petitioner had the greatest district tenure; no arbitrariness found, no indulgence granted; petition disposed with liberty to apply in the next routine transfer. Counsel: Sikandar Yadav (petitioner); C.S.C. and Sandeep Sharma (respondents). No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with the aforesaid directions, including liberty to petitioner to make an appropriate application regarding posting difficulties in the next routine transfer.