{"id":193254,"date":"2003-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nand-kishore-and-anr-vs-state-of-u-p-and-ors-on-1-october-2003"},"modified":"2017-09-19T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T03:29:25","slug":"nand-kishore-and-anr-vs-state-of-u-p-and-ors-on-1-october-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nand-kishore-and-anr-vs-state-of-u-p-and-ors-on-1-october-2003","title":{"rendered":"Nand Kishore And Anr. vs State Of U.P. And Ors. on 1 October, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Allahabad High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Nand Kishore And Anr. vs State Of U.P. And Ors. on 1 October, 2003<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2004 (1) AWC 773<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: M Katju<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M Katju, U Pandey<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p> M. Katju, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. This special appeal has been filed against the impugned Judgment of the learned single Judge dated 29.8.2003.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The petitioners challenged a transfer order before the learned single Judge but their petition was dismissed, hence this appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. We have carefully perused the judgment of the learned single Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p>We fully agree with the view he has taken. We are of the opinion that the Chief Engineer has jurisdiction to make transfer within his own area of authority. Moreover, transfer is an exigency of service. Writ jurisdiction is discretionary jurisdiction and even if there is a technical error of law, this Court is not bound to interfere. There are allegations that the petitioners are involved with &#8216;Mafia&#8217; in doing land grabbing. This was a sufficient ground for transfer. <a href=\"\/doc\/1102476\/\">In Ramniklal N. Bhutta v. State of Maharashtra,<\/a> (1997) 1 SCC 134 (vide para 11), the Supreme Court observed :<br \/>\n  &#8220;The power under Article 226 is    discretionary.    It    will    be exercised only in furtherance of justice  and  not  merely  on   the making      out      of     a      legal point&#8230;&#8230; .The   Courts   have   to weigh the public interest vis-a-vis the private interest while exercising the power under Article 226.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"\/doc\/906698\/\">In State of Himanchal Pradesh v. Raja Mahendra Pal,<\/a> 1999 (2) AWC 2.78 (SC) (NOC) : (1999) 4 SCC 43 (vide para 6) and Director of Settlement v. M.R. Apparao, (2002) 4 SCC 638 (vide para 17), the Supreme Court observed that the &#8220;power vested in the High Court under Article 226 is discretionary&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. Thus, the High Court is not<br \/>\nbound to issue a writ even if there is<br \/>\nviolation of law because the power<br \/>\nunder Article 226 is discretionary. On<br \/>\nthe facts of the present case, we are<br \/>\nnot inclined to exercise our discretion<br \/>\nin favour of the appellants. We fully<br \/>\nagree with the learned single Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p>Appeal is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allahabad High Court Nand Kishore And Anr. vs State Of U.P. And Ors. on 1 October, 2003 Equivalent citations: 2004 (1) AWC 773 Author: M Katju Bench: M Katju, U Pandey ORDER M. Katju, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. 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