R.Anurajan v. Government of India
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What is this about?
The High Court of Madras dismissed a writ petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's order upholding a transfer order. The Court held the transfer was administrative, necessitated by public interest and workplace disruption, and not punitive.
What the court decided
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated : 15.07.2019
CORUM
THE HONOURNABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.SASIDHARAN and THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE P.T.ASHA
W.P.No.14570 of 2019
and
W.M.P.No.14545 of 2019
R. Anurajan ... Petitioner
Vs.
1.Government of India,
Ministry of Defence
rep.by its Defence Secretary,
South Block,
Cabinet Secretariat,
Rasina Hill,
New Delhi.
2.The Director General of Ordinance Factory,
No.10A, S.K. Bose Road,
Kolkata – 700 001.
West Bengal.
3.The General Manager,
Cordite Factory,
Aruvankadu,
The Nilgiris.
4.The General Manager,
Ordinance Factory,
Itarsi,
Madhya Pradesh.
5.The Registrar,
Central Administrative Tribunal,
Madras Bench,
Chennai. ...Respondents
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records relating to the order dated 30.04.2019 in O.A./310/00497/2019 of the 5th respondent/Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench.
For Petitioner : Mr.N.G.R. Prasad
Senior Counsel for M/s.Row and Reddy
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the transfer order of a Class III employee from a sensitive defence factory to another factory on administrative grounds is punitive or justified by administrative exigencies.
Whether the court has jurisdiction to interfere with the transfer order when the employee is facing pending disciplinary proceedings and has caused disruption in the workplace.
Whether the transfer violates the principle that termination of seniority or service benefits should not occur unless transfer is punitive.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
R. Anurajan
- respondent
Government of India, Ministry of Defence
- respondent
Director General of Ordinance Factory
- respondent
General Manager, Cordite Factory
- respondent
General Manager, Ordinance Factory, Itarsi
- respondent
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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