Writ petitions by Patwaris challenging inter-district transfer orders were grouped. The Court stayed the transfer and quashed the impugned orders, allowing the State to issue fresh orders if exigency arises, leaving merits open.
Quashed the impugned transfer orders. Stay continued. State entitled to issue fresh orders if exigency arises.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
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NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR
WPS No. 6562 of 2022
Abha Tamboli D/o Shri Vinod Tamboli Aged About 35 Years R/o Bhartiya Nagar, Bilaspur, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondents
WPS No. 6565 of 2022
Rakesh Kumar Pandey S/o S.N. Pandey Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At Phn 50, Deepka, Tahsil Katghora, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6585 of 2022
Rajendra Sahu S/o Ratilal Sahu Aged About 31 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At P H N 17 And 12 Rampur Jambahar, Tahsil Korba District Korba Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
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---- Respondent
WPS No. 6587 of 2022
Suraj Dubey S/o Late Sanat Kumar Dubey Aged About 32 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At Phn 45, Sakari, Tahsil Sakari, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6594 of 2022
Alok Kumar Tiwari S/o B.P. Tiwari Aged About 49 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At Phn 29, Mopka, Tahsil Bilaspur, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6622 of 2022
Rajendra Kumar Dongre S/o Shri Barat Ram Dongre Aged About 52 Years (Wrongly Writeen As Rajendra Dongre In The
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Impugned Transfer Order), Presently Posted At P.H. No. 33, Village Patharla, Revenue Circle Pirda, Tahsil Pithora, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6624 of 2022
Vinay Kumar Patel S/o Shri Shyam Kumar Patel Aged About 34 Years Presently Posted At P.H.No.49, Village Pendravan, Revenue Circle Devari, Tahsil Pithora, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6691 of 2022
Rajeshwar Prasad Sahu S/o Shri Supet Ram Sahu Aged About 31 Years Occupation- Patwari, P. H. No. 63 Kumhari, R. N. M. Bhilai Tahsil And Police Station Arang, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
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---- Respondent
WPS No. 6693 of 2022
Devendra Kumar Verma S/o Shri Gulab Singh Verma Aged About 38 Years Occupation-Patwari, P.H. No. 84 Doma, R.N.M Kandul P.S. Mujgahan, Tahsil And District-Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6702 of 2022
Firoj Alam S/o Mohammad Akram Aged About 29 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At P H N 01, Sapalva, Tahsil Pali, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6712 of 2022
Badri Prasad Tandon S/o Shri Ganeshram Tandon Aged About 56 Years Occupation - Patwari, P.H. No. 43 Amsena, R.N.M. Samoda, Tahsil Arang P.S. Kharora, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
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---- Respondent WPS No. 6741 of 2022
Sanad Kumar Vishwas S/o Late Shri Santosh Vishwas Aged About 37 Years Presently Posted As Patwari, Land Record Section, Tehsil Rajnandgaon, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6762 of 2022
Sanat Kumar Pandey S/o Late Shri Laxmi Narayan Pandey Aged About 51 Years Working As Patwari, Village Pendari, P.H. No. 47, Ric Pendari, Tahsil Sakri, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6822 of 2022
Prem Kishore Yadav S/o Shri Firu Ram Yadav Aged About 34 Years Occupation Service, Presently Posted As Patwari At P C N No. 01, Devarbija, Tahsil Berla, District : Bemetara, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
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Bhawan, Capital Complex Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6881 of 2022
Uttam Chandrakar S/o Munnalal Chandrakar Aged About 57 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At Phn 78, Temri, Tahsil Dharsiwa, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6901 of 2022
Rupesh Gurudiwan S/o Jagdish Prasad Gurudiwan Aged About 48 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At Phn 04, Manjurprahri, Tahsil Bilaspur District Bilaspur (C.G.)
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 6973 of 2022
Bhupendra Kumar Kande S/o Gyandas Kande Aged About 39 Years Working As Patwari And Posted At Halka Patwari No.-35, Bajrangpur - Nawagaon, District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.)
---- Petitioner
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Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 7337 of 2022
Pradeep Dewangan S/o Shri Gharan Dewangan Aged About 33 Years Presently Posted As Patwari, At P H N 39, Chikhali, Tahsil Rajnandgaon District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 7420 of 2022
Vijay Singh S/o Late Surendra Singh Aged About 30 Years Occupation - Patwari, P.H. No. 18 Kodgar, Tahsil Sakola District - Gourela- Pendra- Marwahi Chhattisgarh, R/o Sarkari Para Pendra, District : Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 7609 of 2022
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Hirendra Kumar Banjare S/o Late G.R. Banjare Aged About 47 Years Occupation Patwari, P. H. No. 47 Samoda And Kagdehi, Tahsil Arang, District Raipur, (C.G.) R/o Atal Vihar Colony Lig-3 Arang, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 7872 of 2022
Dinesh Singh Thakur S/o Shri Dayaram Singh, Aged About 52 Years Working As Patwari At P.N.N. 9, Bademarenga, Tahsil Tokapal, District Bastar (Jagdalpur) (Chhattisgarh)
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
WPS No. 8338 of 2022
Rizwan Ali S/o Md. Ashraf Ali Aged About 32 Years Presently Posted As Patwari At P.H.N. 06 Parri Tahsil And District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondents
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and
WPS No. 6694 of 2022
Digeshwar Prasad Sahu S/o Late Chhannu Lal Sahu Aged About 40 Years Occupation Patwari, P. H. No. 6 Khouli, R.N.M. Chandrakhuri, Tahsil And P.S. Arang, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
---- Petitioner
Versus
---- Respondent
| For Petitioners | : Mr. Vaibhav P. Shukla, Mr. Mateen Siddiqui, Ms. Diksha Gouraha, Mr. Anil S. Pandey, Mr. Somkant Verma, Mr. Ravipal Maheshwari, Mr. Santosh Pandey, Ms. Prachi Singh, Mr. Siddharth Shukla, Mr. Sumit Shrivastava, Advocate. |
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| For State | : Mr. Vivek Sharma, Addl. A.G. & Ms. Shailja Shukla, Dy. Govt. Advocate. |
Hon'ble Shri Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas
Order on Board
20.06.2024
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only transferred within the district for which they appointed, therefore, the impugned transfer order is bad in law. They would further submit that the seniority of Patwari is being maintained in district level, therefore, they cannot be transferred from one district to another district as their seniority will be adversely affected and would pray for quashing of the impugned transfer order.
Sd/-
(Narendra Kumar Vyas) Judge
Arun
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a Patwari can be transferred from one district to another district against the rules.
Whether maintaining seniority at district level prevents inter-district transfer of Patwaris.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Abha Tamboli
Rakesh Kumar Pandey
Rajendra Sahu
Suraj Dubey
Alok Kumar Tiwari
Rajendra Kumar Dongre
Narendra Kumar Vyas
As recorded by the court registry
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