{"id":151952,"date":"2009-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sudhir-kumar-singh-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-21-january-2009"},"modified":"2018-01-06T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T04:00:49","slug":"sudhir-kumar-singh-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-21-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sudhir-kumar-singh-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-21-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sudhir Kumar Singh vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 21 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sudhir Kumar Singh vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 21 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI.\n                      W.P. (S) No. 1328 of 2008\n                                   ...\n         Sudhir Kumar Singh                 ...          Petitioner\n                            -V e r s u s-\n         The State of Jharkhand &amp; others ...             Respondents\n                                   ...\nCORAM: - HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.G.R. PATNAIK.\n                                   ...\n         For the Petitioner        : - Mr. Prashant Pallav, Advocate\n         For the Respondents       : - Mr. Arbinda Kr. Mehta,\n                                       J.C. to G.P.-I.\n                                            ...\n    C.A.V. on 05.01.2009                          Pronounced on: 21\/01\/2009\n\n6 \/ 21.01.2009<\/pre>\n<p>    Challenge in this writ application is to the order dated<br \/>\n            28.02.2008 vide Memo No. 54\/V, Mohanpur issued from the office of<br \/>\n            the Commissioner, Santhal Pargana, Dumka whereby the petitioner<br \/>\n            has been transferred from Mohanpur Child Development Project<br \/>\n            Office, District-Deoghar to the Child Development Project Office,<br \/>\n            Jama, District &#8211; Dumka.\n<\/p>\n<p>            2.    The petitioner was appointed as Driver in the Department of<br \/>\n            Social Welfare, Deoghar. Thereafter by the order of the Director,<br \/>\n            Social Welfare Department dated 22.02.2006 he was transferred from<br \/>\n            the office of the Child Development Project Officer, Mohanpur,<br \/>\n            District Deoghar to Child Development Project Office, Berhat where<br \/>\n            he joined on 28.02.2006. Again by the order of the Commissioner,<br \/>\n            Santhal Pargana, Dumka he was transferred from Berhat to the<br \/>\n            Office of the Child Development Project Officer, Paljori on<br \/>\n            04.12.2006 where he joined on 06.12.2006. By a further order of his<br \/>\n            transfer passed by the Commissioner, Santhal Pargana, Dumka<br \/>\n            dated 27.04.2007 he was transferred from Paljori to the office of<br \/>\n            Child Development Project Officer, Taljhari in the district of<br \/>\n            Deoghar in a purported vacant post. In compliance with the order,<br \/>\n            the petitioner joined his post in the office of Child Development<br \/>\n            Project Officer, Taljhari on 13.05.2007. However, in spite of<br \/>\n            submitting his joining letter on 13.05.2007, the Child Development<br \/>\n            Project Officer sent his services back to the office of Commissioner,<br \/>\n            Santhal Pargana, Dumka and consequently he joined the office of the<br \/>\n            Commissioner, Santhal Pargana, Dumka on 14.05.2007.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                            -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      By yet another order dated 06.08.2007 of the Regional<br \/>\nDevelopment Commissioner, Dumka he was again transferred to the<br \/>\noffice of Child Development Project Officer, Mohanpur on<br \/>\n07.08.2007.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The petitioner&#8217;s grievance is that besides being subjected to as<br \/>\nmany as six transfers during a period of two years, he has not been<br \/>\npaid his salary since the month of December, 2005.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The petitioner filed several representations demanding<br \/>\npayment of his salary and ultimately on considering his<br \/>\nrepresentation, the Commissioner, Dumka vide his letter dated<br \/>\n10.10.2007 directed the C.D.P.O., Mohanpur to pay the entire arrears<br \/>\nof salary to the petitioner including salary for the period during<br \/>\nwhich the petitioner was kept waiting for his posting.\n<\/p>\n<p>      When despite such direction of the Commissioner, the<br \/>\npetitioner was not paid his salary, he filed a writ petition before this<br \/>\nCourt vide W.P.(S) No. 946 of 2008 praying for a direction to the<br \/>\nrespondent authorities to pay the entire arrears of his salary along<br \/>\nwith statutory interest.\n<\/p>\n<p>      On being informed about the writ petition filed by the<br \/>\npetitioner, the respondent authorities had again issued the<br \/>\nimpugned order of his transfer from Mohanpur to Jama.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The petitioner has assailed the impugned order of his transfer<br \/>\nas being illegal, arbitrary and prompted by malafide reasons only in<br \/>\norder to harass the petitioner. The petitioner submits that he has<br \/>\nbeen suffering from Nephrelogical disorders and is undergoing<br \/>\nmedical treatment and the frequent transfers have been affecting his<br \/>\nhealth.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.    A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the<br \/>\nrespondents. It is sought to be explained that the petitioner was<br \/>\nappointed as Jeep Driver by the Department of Social Welfare and<br \/>\nhe joined in the office of Child Development Project Officer,<br \/>\nMohanpur on 07.10.1987 where he remained continuously for 17<br \/>\nyears in service. The post of Driver is transferable from one district<br \/>\nto other by the order of the Commissioner. Several female<br \/>\nemployees of the Child Development Project Officer, Mohanpur had<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                           -3-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>made serious allegations of petitioner&#8217;s ill-behaviour. He was<br \/>\ntherefore transferred from Mohanpur to Paljori within the district of<br \/>\nDeoghar on administrative grounds on 13.09.2004. Two years later,<br \/>\nby order dated 22.02.2006 he was transferred from Mohanpur<br \/>\ndistrict Deoghar to the Child Development Project Office, Berhat in<br \/>\nthe district of Sahebganj on administrative grounds. Although he<br \/>\njoined at Berhat but he remained absent from duty from 01.04.2006<br \/>\nto 04.12.2006 without prior permission from the competent<br \/>\nauthority. Thereafter he was transferred from Berhat to Palajori by<br \/>\norder dated 04.12.2006 issued by the Commissioner, Dumka where<br \/>\nhe joined on 06.12.2006. However, since the post of Jeep Driver of<br \/>\nChild Development Project, Palajori was abolished according to the<br \/>\nnew staffing pattern, it was not possible to make payment of his<br \/>\nsalary from Palajori. As such on the recommendation of the Deputy<br \/>\nDevelopment Commissioner, Deoghar, the petitioner was again<br \/>\ntransferred from Palajori to Taljhari in the district of Sahebganj on<br \/>\nthe sanctioned post of Jeep Driver in the office of Child<br \/>\nDevelopment Project Officer, Taljhari. However, since the post was<br \/>\nnot vacant on account of another Jeep Driver Sammual Baxi had<br \/>\nalready joined the post, under the orders of the Director, Social<br \/>\nWelfare, Jharkhand, therefore, the petitioner&#8217;s joining at Taljhari<br \/>\ncould not be accepted and his service was returned to the office of<br \/>\nthe Respondent No. 2. The petitioner was kept waiting for posting<br \/>\nfrom 15.05.2007 to 06.08.2007. Later, on the petitioner&#8217;s own<br \/>\napplication, he was posted in the office of Child Development<br \/>\nProject Officer, Mohanpur district Deoghar by the order dated<br \/>\n06.08.2007 of the Regional Developmwnt Commissioner, Dumka.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Admitting the fact that the petitioner was again transferred<br \/>\nfrom Mohanpur to Jama in the district of Dumka, it is explained that<br \/>\nsuch transfer was made on administrative grunds on 08.02.2008<br \/>\nalong with other employees under the recommendation of the<br \/>\nDivisional Establishment Committee. After issuance of the order of<br \/>\nhis transfer from Mohanpur to Jama, the petitioner was relieved<br \/>\nfrom his duty from the office of Child Development Project Officer,<br \/>\nMohanpur to enable him to join at Jama.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                           -4-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      The stand taken by the respondent is that the petitioner has<br \/>\nnot challenged the order of his transfer dated 08.02.2008 by which he<br \/>\nwas transferred from Mohanpur to Jama. The impugned Annexure-5<br \/>\ndated 28.02.2008 is only a consequential order by which the<br \/>\npetitioner has been relieved by the Respondent No. 4 from<br \/>\nMohanpur to enable him to join at Jama.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.    From the counter affidavit of the respondents the facts which<br \/>\nemerge are that admittedly the petitioner was transferred from one<br \/>\nplace to another within short intervals. However, the circumstances<br \/>\nunder which these transfer orders were passed, have also been<br \/>\nexplained. One of the circumstance being the alleged complaint<br \/>\nreceived from the female employees against the petitioner and the<br \/>\nother being that the sanctioned post to which the petitioner was<br \/>\ntransferred, was not vacant and available for the petitioner&#8217;s<br \/>\nposting. It has also been stated that under such compulsive<br \/>\ncircumstances the orders of the petitioner&#8217;s transfer though<br \/>\nfrequently made, had to be taken on administrative exigencies.\n<\/p>\n<p>      It further appears that the last order of his transfer, of which<br \/>\nthe petitioner appears to be aggrieved, is the order of his transfer<br \/>\nfrom Mohanpur to Jama by the order of the Respondent No. 2 on<br \/>\n08.02.2008 on the basis of the recommendation of the Divisional<br \/>\nEstablishment Committee, the resolution of which was taken at its<br \/>\nmeeting held on 16.01.2008. The order which is impugned in this<br \/>\nwrit application is Memo No. 54\/V\/Mohanpur dated 28.02.2008<br \/>\n(Annexure-5), appears to be a consequential order of relieving the<br \/>\npetitioner from his post at Mohanpur on the basis of his transfer<br \/>\norder dated 08.02.2008. As rightly pointed out by the learned<br \/>\ncounsel for the respondents, the main order dated 08.02.2008 of his<br \/>\ntransfer has not been challenged by the petitioner and as such his<br \/>\nchallenge to the consequential order (Annexure-5) would be of no<br \/>\nrelevance.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Furthermore, except stating his presumption that the order of<br \/>\nrelieving him from his post at Mohanpur was on account of the<br \/>\ngrudge of the authorities due to the writ application filed by him<br \/>\ndemanding payment of his salary, the petitioner has not pointed out<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                           -5-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>              any such circumstance which could demonstrate that the respondent<br \/>\n              authorities were impelled by any mala-fide motives in passing the<br \/>\n              orders of the petitioner&#8217;s transfer. The last order of his transfer<br \/>\n              against which the petitioner appears to be aggrieved has been<br \/>\n              passed by the Divisional Establishment Committee by way of a<br \/>\n              general transfer of not only the petitioner but several other<br \/>\n              employees. The mere fact that such transfer in respect of the<br \/>\n              petitioner came to be effected within a short interval after his earlier<br \/>\n              transfer, in itself cannot be considered as illegal and arbitrary actions<br \/>\n              on the part of the respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p>                    It is true that under the policy of procedure regarding transfer<br \/>\n              and posting of Government Servants, the general policy stipulates<br \/>\n              that the duration of posting on any post and at any place will be<br \/>\n              generally for a period of three years but the Rule also provides that<br \/>\n              in special circumstances like death, illness, vacancy or any<br \/>\n              administrative reasons, transfer and posting could be made at any<br \/>\n              other time.\n<\/p>\n<p>              5.    As noted above, the transfer of the petitioner was made<br \/>\n              entirely on administrative exigencies that too pursuant to the<br \/>\n              recommendation of the Divisional Establishment Committee. There<br \/>\n              being no circumstance to indicate any mala-fide or arbitrariness on<br \/>\n              the part of the respondents and the order impugned in this case<br \/>\n              being only a consequential order made pursuant to the petitioner&#8217;s<br \/>\n              order of transfer, I find no merit in this application. Accordingly,<br \/>\n              this writ application is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                 (D.G.R. Patnaik, J.)<br \/>\nBirendra\/A.F.R.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jharkhand High Court Sudhir Kumar Singh vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 21 January, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI. W.P. 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