ORDER :

How some of the Public Prosecutors have over a period of time shamelessly started hobnobbing with some of the politicians to procure and secure orders of transfer of their convenience is best illustrated in the instant case.

2. Both the petitioner as also the private respondent are Public Prosecutors and have at different times procured D.O. Notes from the local M.L.A. for securing their transfers.

3. According to the petitioner, respondent No.3, who is a local M.L.A., issued a Demi-Official (D.O.) Note No. 379104 on 15.03.2022 for transfer of the petitioner at the behest of respondent No.2.

4. On the other hand, the defence of respondent No.2 is that the petitioner vide notification dated 06.08.2018 had been transferred from Nurpur to Dalhousie, but he managed to get his transfer cancelled through Demi-Official (D.O.) Note No. 66623 dated 20.08.2018 issued by the local M.L.A. It is further averred that the petitioner managed his transfer thereafter on 15.01.2020 through three Demi-Officials (D.O.s) Notes in the year 2019 that too in condonation of his short stay against Sh. Bhupinder Chand vide DO No. Secy/CM-17006/2017-VIP-A145598, dated 10/07/2019, DO. No. Secy/CM-H0503/2017