Petitioners CRPF constables challenged orders deploying other selected personnel to South Africa after Tripoli deployment was cancelled. The Court held there was no vested right and dismissed the petition.
The petition seeking to quash the deployment orders was dismissed along with the pending application.
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HC/GD AJIT SINGH AND ORS. ..... Petitioners
Through: Mr.Anuj Aggarwal, Advocate.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ..... Respondents Through: Ms.Saroj Vidyawat, Advocate with Mr.Vivek K.Singh, DC Law with Mr.Deepak Kumar, SI/CRPF.
CORAM: JUSTICE S.MURALIDHAR JUSTICE I.S.MEHTA
O R D E R % 03.04.2019
CM APPL. 15580/2019 (exemption)
W.P.(C) 3381/2019 & CM APPL. 15579/2019 (stay)
W.P. (C) 3381 of 2019 Page 1 of 4
Constables/(GD) with the CRPF, pursuant to the signal dated 9th August 2018 by the Inspector General, RAF, participated in the selection process for being deployed at the Embassy of India at Tripoli, Libya to replace the existing contingent of 15 personnel who were deployed there.
W.P. (C) 3381 of 2019 Page 2 of 4
process of deployment at the Embassy of India at Tripoli (Libya). In furtherance of the above decision, the Respondents issued the impugned transfer order dated 8th February 2019 for transfer of Respondent Nos. 5 to 11 as Security Assistants at the CGI, Johannesburg.
W.P. (C) 3381 of 2019 Page 3 of 4
S. MURALIDHAR, J.
I.S. MEHTA, J.
APRIL 03, 2019 mw
3 issues framed by the court
Whether personnel who became ineligible for employment at Tripoli due to the discontinuation of that deployment had a vested right to be deployed at Johannesburg in preference to those who first selec
Whether the selection process for deployment to Indian missions in Libya and Johannesburg was unfairly compromised for the Petitioners.
Whether the impugned orders approving deployment of Respondents Nos. 5 to 11 to the Consulate General in Johannesburg should be quashed.
Ajit Singh and Ors.
Union of India and Ors.
S. Muralidhar
I. S. Mehta
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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