Case brief
What is this about?
Jeewan Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh, CWP No.9241 of 2025, decided 3.6.2025 by High Court of Himachal Pradesh (Sandeep Sharma, J.). Keywords: government employee transfer; transfer policy; adjustment of employee nearing retirement; adverse family circumstances; normal tenure completed; no illegality in transfer order dated 28.4.2025; representation dated 1.5.2025; direction to decide representation within ten days; opportunity of hearing; speaking order; interim stay of joining transferred station; Gram Panchayat Kohala to Gram Panchayat Gahliya; District Kangra; Panchayat Secretary; writ disposed with directions; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions to the respondents/competent authority to decide the petitioner's representation dated 1.5.2025 (Annexure P-2) within ten days in terms of the transfer policy (adjustment of employees nearing retirement and on ground of adverse family circumstances), after affording an opportunity of hearing and by a speaking order; interim protection that the petitioner shall not be compelled to join the transferred station till the representation is decided; pending applications disposed of.