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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
B.M. SHYAM PRASAD, T.M. NADAF
G S Satish Kumar, S/O. Late Sonnarangalah – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka Represented By Its Principal Secretary, Rural Development And Panchayat Raj Department – Respondent
ORDER :
B M SHYAM PRASAD, J.
The petitioner in Application No.3683/2025 with the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal [for short, 'the Tribunal'] has called in question the first respondent's Order dated 12.08.2025 posting him as an 'Executive Officer', Taluka Panchayat, Belur, Hassan District. The first respondent has shown that the petitioner was awaiting posting. The Tribunal has not granted an interim order at the initial stage, but the petitioner has reported to duty at Belur, Hassan District where he is presently working. The Tribunal, by the impugned order dated 04.12.2025, has rejected the petitioner's application, and consequentially, the third respondent will continue to work as 'Executive Officer' at Taluka Panchayat, Bengaluru South and the petitioner will have to continue to work as 'Executive Officer' at Taluka Panchayat, Belur.
2. The Tribunal, after referring to the earlier rounds of litigation before it in the Application in No.2305/2025 and before this Court in the writ petition in W.P. No.23915/2025 as regards the petitioner being transferred as 'Executive Officer' at Taluka Panchayat, Bengaluru South, has rejected the petitioner's application opining that when t
The court affirmed that transfer orders must respect Tribunal directions and applicable guidelines, recognizing the petitioner's right to his assigned post unless public interest dictates otherwise.
Once a valid transfer order is executed, it should not be interfered with, emphasizing governmental discipline and lawful authority.
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....
Administrative transfers are within the authority's discretion, and employees have no vested right to remain posted at a specific location. The court emphasized that administrative transfers are esse....
A government servant holding a transferable post has no vested right to remain posted at one place and is liable to be transferred from one place to another, and the court should not interfere with a....
The court emphasized that transfer orders should not be interfered with unless they are shown to be vitiated by malafide or made in violation of any statutory provision or issued by an incompetent pe....
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....
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