B.v.Suresh Babu v. Union of India
Writ of Mandamus (Article 226, Constitution of India) – Transfer application
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Madras High Court, W.P.No.1531 of 2025, decided 24.01.2025 by V. Bhavani Subbaroyan, J. Petitioner, a Superintendent in the Filaria Control Unit, Government of Puducherry, sought a mandamus under Article 226 to compel the second respondent (Under Secretary, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Personnel Wing) to consider his transfer application dated 10.06.2024 for transfer to Yanam, forwarded by the 6th respondent (Assistant Director, Filaria) on the same date but not acted upon. By consent the petition was taken up for final disposal at admission. The Court, without expressing any opinion on merits, directed the respondents to pass orders on the transfer application on merits and in accordance with law within four weeks of receipt of a copy of the order, and disposed of the petition with no order as to costs. Keywords: transfer application, writ of mandamus, Article 226, time-bound direction, consider and pass orders, Yanam, Puducherry, Filaria Control Unit.