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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
MR. JUSTICE ARUN MONGA, J
Sunil Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited – Respondent
ORDER :
(ARUN MONGA, J.)
1. Before this Court are, unskilled/semi-skilled and/or skilled (Category 'A' or 'B') staff members of the two Power Distribution Companies (discoms) operating in State of Rajasthan, i.e. Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. (JVNL) and Ajmer Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. (AVNL). Vide instant order the entire bunch of above numbered petitions is being disposed of as same controversy is involved therein.
2. Common grievance being, that by virtue of mass transfers carried out by both the Discoms, the petitioners have not only been dislodged, but their service conditions have also been adversely changed qua inter-se seniority, which are to be maintained at Sub divisional/Divisional Level.
3. Given the nature of controversy, the individual facts in the various petitions need not be gone into.
3.1. What is assailed herein is the legality of the transfer orders being in alleged violation of the applicable service rules, as well as, the administrative impropriety of giving complete short shrift to even the deserving cases of extreme hardships which the petitioners would be confronted with.
3.2. Averment also is that the transfer exercise has been carried out in the most mechani
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Employees who voluntarily transfer forfeit their seniority for promotion, which must be calculated from the date of transfer, not from their initial entry date.
Employees transferred at their own request must forfeit previous seniority and accept the lowest rank in the new department, as stipulated by service regulations.
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Mutual transfers in Railway services must respect original seniority unless justified; improper reassignment mandates corrective action.
Court affirmed that service prior to inter-divisional transfer counts for eligibility, but not for seniority in promotion considerations.
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