Transfer of government employees is an administrative prerogative, and policies regarding spouse posting are directory rather than mandatory. When spouses are governed by distinct service rules and belong to different cadres, the state is not compelled to ensure a common posting location.

Order :

ANAND SHARMA, J.

1. By way of filing the writ petition, the petitioner has challenged order dated 22.09.2025, whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Shahid Shriram Githala Govt. Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura Bogan, Sikar to Govt. Senior Secondary School, Ravwala, District Bikaner. He has also assailed the order dated 12.05.2026, whereby representation filed by the petitioner against transfer order, in compliance of order dated 25.11.2025 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in S.B. CWP No. 18238/2025 has been dismissed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is holding the post of Principal in Senior Secondary School and her husband Bhanwar Lal Dhayal is also on the post of Senior Teacher and is posted in District Sikar therefore, in the light of spouse policy of respondent-Government, an endeavor should be made to post both husband and wife either on the same place or at nearest places.

3. Learned counsel submits that by ignoring the policy of the Government, the petitioner was transferred in another District vide order dated 22.09.2025. Feeling aggrieved, the petitioner filed S.B. CWP No. 18238/2025 before this Court which was disposed of vide order dated 25.11.2025 granting liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation before the Competent Authority with further directions to the authority to decide the representation and till decision of the representation, operation of transfer order dated 22.09.2025 was stayed and petitioner was also granted liberty to approach this Court with fresh petition, in case, the representation is decided against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in compliance of order dated 25.11.2025, the petitioner filed representation before the Director Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner specifically mentioning therein that since, her husband is also a Government servant and is working in respondent-Department therefore, in view of spouse policy of the Government, transfer order be modified and the petitioner be posted in the same district so as to avoid any inconvenience to family of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel submits that ignoring the policy of the Government, in quite mechanical manner, the respondents have rejected the representation of the petitioner vide order dated 12.05.2026 and the grounds raised by the petitioner have not been objectively considered.

5. Per contra, learned Additional Advocate General submitted that petitioner is holding the post of Principal which is post of State service and therefore, she can be subjected to transfer anywhere in the territory of State of Rajasthan. Whereas husband of the petitioner is simply a Senior Teacher and ordinarily a Senior Teacher is not transferred out of Zone. Under such circumstances, policy of the Government that endeavour should be made to post both husband and wife, in case, both are in Government service at nearest places, was taken into consideration and looking to the fact that the petitioner is holding the post of State servant and is governed by Rajasthan Education Service Rules, 1970, and her husband is an employee of subordinate service and is governed by Rajasthan Education Subordinate Service Rules, 1971, and the service conditions qua posting of both husband and wife, being altogether different, respondents have rightly decided representation of the petitioner vide impugned order. Learned counsel submits that even otherwise, distance between Sikar and Bikaner is not substantial, as the two districts are quite nearby, hence, no significant inconvenience is likely to be caused to the petitioner.

6. Heard learned counsel for the parties