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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Manmohan, Navin Chawla, JJ.
Vijay Singh - Appellant
Versus
Union of India - Respondent
W.P.(C) 13364 of 2021 & CM Appls. 42120-121 of 2021
Decided On : 26-11-2021




The court upheld the routine nature of transfer orders in central paramilitary forces, asserting that personal circumstances do not constitute a grave reason for intervention.

Headnote:(A) Service Law - Transfer Orders - The petitioner challenged the movement order directing him to join a specific battalion by citing the ongoing IVF treatment of his pregnant wife, but the court emphasized the exigency of service in central paramilitary forces. (Paras 1-6)

(B) The petitioner sought consideration for extending his stay due to personal circumstances, but the court found that no grave reason existed to interfere with the valid transfer order.

Facts of the case:
The petitioner needed to stay for his wife’s IVF treatment, having faced challenges in conception for over nine years.

Findings of Court:
The petitioner had completed his tenure in Delhi and a transfer is routine for service personnel.

Issues: Whether the petitioner had a valid ground to stay his transfer due to personal circumstances.

Ratio Decidendi: The court reaffirmed the principle that transfer is a routine service exigency and does not warrant intervention in the absence of grave reasons.

Result: Writ petition dismissed.

Table of Content
1. challenge to transfer order (Para 1 , 2)
2. circumstances affecting transfer due to wife's health (Para 3 , 4)
3. court's reasoning on transfers in paramilitary service (Para 5)
4. dismissal of the writ petition (Para 6)

ORDER

Present writ petition has been filed challenging the movement order dated 18th November, 2019 issued by Respondent No.3 directing the Petitioner to join 90 Bn, Anantnag, J&K on or before 8th December, 2021 as well as signal dated 15th November, 2021 issued by Respondent No. 4 rejecting the Petitioner's representation dated 16th September, 2021 and transfer order dated 31st August, 2021 issued by Respondent No. 3.

2. Petitioner also seeks directions to the Respondents to consider the request of the Petitioner to stay his transfer and extend his stay at 103 Bn. CRPF RAF for one year.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the Petitioner seeks the stay of transfer on account of ongoing IVF treatment of his five months' pregnant wife at IVF fertility and IVF Centre, Patel Nagar, Delhi as the Petitioner's wife has conceived for the first time after 9-10 years of constant effort after the solemnization of their marriage on 15th June, 2012.

4. He states that both his parents had passed away when he was young and there is no one to take care of his wife, who needs constant care and regular checkups at the clinic as her treatment is still going on.

5. Having perused the paper book, this Court finds that though there were initial difficulties in the couple having a child, yet the petitioner's wife is now pregnant and is in good health. The petitioner has just completed four years and six months tenure in Delhi and in routine is bound to be transferred outside Delhi. Further, as the petitioner belongs to a central paramilitary force, he is in routine to be posted all over the country. It is settled law that transfer is an exigency of service. This Court in the present case finds no grave reason to interefere with the movement/transfer order passed by the respondents.

6. Accordingly, the present writ petition along with pending applications is dismissed.

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