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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
S.G.PANDIT, K.V.ARAVIND
S Venkateshappa, S/o Sakappa – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka – Respondent
ORDER :
S.G.PANDIT, J.
The petitioner, Tahasildar Grade-I is before this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, aggrieved by the order dated 30.01.2025 in Application No.02/2025 passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal at Bengaluru (for short, ‘the Tribunal’), rejecting his prayer to quash the impugned order of transfer and posting of respondent No.4 in his place under notification dated 31.12.2024 (Annexure-A6).
2. Brief relevant facts are that, the petitioner is working as Tahasildar, Grade-I which is a Group-A post at Bangarpet, Kolar District in pursuance to notification dated 31.07.2024. A show-cause notice dated 22.08.2024 was issued to the petitioner calling upon the petitioner to explain as to why he was not in the office on 22.08.2024 when the Deputy Commissioner visited the office of the Tahasildar. The petitioner is said to have submitted his reply stating that he was on field duty which was accepted as satisfactory by the Deputy Commissioner and the matter stood closed.
3. It is stated that in a Bagar Hukum Committee meeting held on 28.11.2024, certain differences arose between the petitioner and the Member of Legislative Assembly, Bangarpet Cons
Transfers of government servants can be initiated by MLAs based on public grievances if consistent with procedural guidelines and approved by the Chief Minister, and are generally not subject to judi....
Government servants have no vested right to remain posted at a particular place, and interference with transfer orders should be limited to cases of mala fides or violation of specific provisions.
Judicial review of employee transfers is limited; transfers are administrative unless proven mala fide or in violation of statutory provisions.
Transfer orders can only be interfered with in exceptional circumstances, such as mala fide exercise of power or violation of statutory provisions.
Transfer orders are administrative actions that should not be interfered with unless shown to be mala fide or in violation of statutory provisions, with public interest being a valid justification.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the transfer of a government employee should be made in public interest and for administrative reasons, and frequent transfers without justifi....
The court affirmed that transfer of a government employee is a necessary incident of service, with limited grounds for judicial review, primarily focusing on administrative necessity without proof of....
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