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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
PULLA KARTHIK
B.Neeraja Prabhakar – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
ORDER:
PULLA KARTHIK, J.
Questioning the impugned Transfer Memo No.1933/Ser.T/A1/2025, dated 24.03.2025, insofar as it relates to the petitioner and the consequential Memo No.673/Estt.A1/2025, dated 24.03.2025 issued by respondent No.3, the present Writ Petition is filed.
2) Heard Sri B.S. Prasad, learned senior counsel, representing M/s. Pearl Law Associates, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Additional Advocate General appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Sri Pushkar Jaiswal, learned counsel, appearing for respondent No.4.
3) Learned senior counsel has submitted that while the petitioner is working as Senior Professor (CAS) & University Head, Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, in respondent No.3 University viz., Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Memo No.1933/Ser.T/ A1/2025, dated 24.03.2025 has been issued by respondent No.3 transferring several Professors and Teaching Faculty including the petitioner herein as Associate Dean, Agriculture College, Polasa, Jagtial. Learned senior counsel has contended that earlier the petitioner has worked for 3 years and 9 months as a Vice- Chancellor of Sri Konda Laxman Te
Court upheld transfer of university faculty under administrative grounds, affirming limited scope for judicial review in administrative transfer matters.
Transfer of employees is an essential condition of service governed by administrative exigencies, and courts should exercise restraint in interfering with such orders unless they are proven to be ill....
A transfer order executed without adhering to due process is deemed punitive and illegal, impacting the employee’s rights and entitlements.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university lacks the authority to transfer employees absent explicit provisions in the governing Act, rendering the transfer order invalid.
Transfer orders are a condition of service and can be modified in public interest without requiring reasons in the order.
Transfer orders must comply with established policies, especially regarding employees nearing retirement, and cannot be influenced by political interference.
The court upheld the validity of transfer orders for university staff, ruling that they do not qualify as government servants and emphasizing limited judicial intervention in administrative transfers....
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