Petitioners, police officials, challenged their transfer outside the police range. The court, relying on a recent Supreme Court decision affirming the legality of such transfers when lien is maintained, dismissed the writ petition as devoid of merit.
The writ petition filed by the petitioners challenging their transfer was dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.
C.W.P. No.183 of 2010
DATE OF DECISION : 19.4.2011
Krishan Kumar and another
PETITIONERS
VERSUS
State of Haryana and others
RESPONDENTS
CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER
Present:Shri Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Sunil Nehra, Senior D.A.G. Haryana.
MAHESH GROVER, J.
The petitioners who are police officials, have been transferred outside the range. The said controversy has now been answered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in C.A. No.8690/8791 of 2011 State of Haryana v. Kashmir Singh and others. It has been held in the said judgment that the transfer of a police official outside the range is permissible when his lien is maintained.
In view of the aforesaid, the instant petition is held to be without any merit and the action of the respondents in transferring the petitioners outside the
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range while maintaining their lien is perfectly in accordance with the provisions of
law.
Dismissed.
(MAHESH GROVER) April 19, 2011 JUDGE
GD
WHETHER TO BE REFERRED TO REPORTER? YES/NO
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the transfer of the petitioners outside the police range while maintaining their lien is legally permissible in view of the Supreme Court judgment in State of Haryana v. Kashmir Singh and othe
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C.A. No.8690/8791 of 2011 State of Haryana v. Kashmir Singh and others.
Krishan Kumar
State of Haryana
Mahesh Grover
As recorded by the court registry
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