Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as “NHPC” for short). The learned Single Bench appreciated the entirety of the facts presented on record and came to the conclusion that during the entire service career of the appellant/petitioner, commencing from 19.01.2004, he had been given only one hard posting at Tawang basin during the period from 01.07.2009 and the remaining tenure was on soft postings. It was further noted that as per Clause 3.2 of the Transfer Policy of the NHPC, no employee of the corporation, i.e. NHPC, could be allowed to stay within one region or within one cluster for more than ten years. However, ignoring the policy and taking note of the personal difficulties of the petitioner, he had been allowed to remain within Cluster-III (soft posting) for a continuous period of more than ten years and by virtue of the impugned transfer order he had been posted in an area which comes under Cluster-III. Finding that there is no material to substantiate the allegation of mala fide exercise of power, or violation of any statutory provision or condition of service and concluding that the impugned order of transfer had the approval of the competent authority, the learned Single Judge proceeded to dismiss the writ petition by the order dated 02.05.2023, which is assailed in this intra-court appeal.
