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SUBBA REDDY SATTI
Rasamsetti Hemaprakash – Appellant
Versus
State Of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief:
2. a) Petitioner joined in Government service on 02.12.1998 as a Junior Assistant, ZP Staff in Panchayat Raj Department, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. In the year 2018, the petitioner was transferred as Executive Engineer to PRI Division, Vijayawada. Later, he was promoted to the post of Senior Assistant and posted at Vijayawada in the Directorate of Disabled Wel
The court affirmed that transfer orders are administrative decisions and should not be interfered with unless proven to be arbitrary or in violation of statutory provisions.
Transfers of employees in public service are generally not subject to judicial review unless proven to be arbitrary or in violation of statutory provisions.
Transfers of office bearers must adhere to statutory guidelines; failure to do so constitutes arbitrariness, violating Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
Judicial review of transfer orders is limited; transfers made on administrative grounds are valid unless shown to be arbitrary or malicious.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the issue of transfer is a prerogative of the employer, and the courts cannot interfere with transfer orders made on administrative grounds un....
Judicial review of employee transfers is limited; transfers are administrative unless proven mala fide or in violation of statutory provisions.
Judicial review of administrative transfers is limited; transfers based on administrative grounds are generally upheld unless shown to be arbitrary or in violation of statutory rules.
Transfers in public service can be made on administrative grounds without detailed justification, provided they do not violate statutory rules or are made in bad faith.
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