Dismissed

Rajesh Kumar v. Union of India & Anr.

Delhi HC4 Aug 2025CONT.CAS(C)/1162/2025

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The Delhi High Court rejected an original writ petition alleging violation of an interim order. The court held that the interim stay applied only to specific prior transfer orders and did not ban future transfers. Thus, the fresh transfer order was not a suitable subject for contempt proceedings, and the petition was dismissed.

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The petition was dismissed with liberty to challenge the Transfer Order dated 22.07.2025.

Rajesh Kumar Vs Union of India & Anr. — Civil Procedure and Limitation | Delhi HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CONT.CAS(C) 1162/2025 & CM APPL. 47268/2025

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RAJESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Atul Kumar Singh and Mr.Ayush Tyagi, Advs.

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versus

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UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr.R. V. Sinha and Mr.A. S. Singh, Advs.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

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O R D E R

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% 04.08.2025

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This petition has been filed by the petitioner alleging a violation of the interim Order dated 21.08.2019 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 8355/2019, titled Rajesh Kumar v. Union of India & Anr. .

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By the said interim order, this Court had stayed the Office Order dated 23.07.2019, by which the petitioner had been transferred to the Punjab Circle. This Court had also stayed another Order dated 23.07.2019, by which the petitioner had been transferred to the Kerala Circle.

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The petitioner submits that, despite the said interim order continuing to operate till date, the respondents have now transferred the petitioner to the Haryana Circle.

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In our view, a fresh transfer order cannot be made the subject matter of the contempt proceedings. Our interim Order dated

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 07/08/2025 at 12:31:21

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21.08.2019 was confined only to the two Office Orders that have been mentioned hereinabove and did not impose a complete ban on the transfer of the petitioner in the future.

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Accordingly, while reserving the liberty to the petitioner to challenge the Transfer Order dated 22.07.2025, if so advised, in accordance with law, we find no merit in the present petition. The same is, therefore, disposed of.

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NAVIN CHAWLA, J

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MADHU JAIN, J

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AUGUST 4, 2025 /sg/DG

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 07/08/2025 at 12:31:21

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