O R D E R

As per: Ajay Pratap Singh, Member (Judicial)

1.Heard at substantial length with consent.

2. The applicant is working as Senior Manager (Civil) in RITES Limited, a Navratna and Schedule A Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railway, Government of India and by way of the present OA has challenged the transfer order No. PT/346/2025 dated 21.08.2025 (Annexure A-1), whereby he has been transferred from RIO Northern RE (Delhi) and posted to RIO Eastern RE (Kaipadar). So also assailing relieving report dated 11.09.2025 (Annexure A-2), relieved from RIO Northern RE-Delhi on 11.09.2025 and joined on 17.09.2025 as RIO, Eastern RE, Kaipadar in Odisha. Applicant is also seeking mandatory direction to transfer to the applicant and post at Gurugram or any nearby area being the sole caregiver of his father.

FACTS IN BRIEF

3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the briefly stated facts, as adumbrated by the applicant in the OA are that the applicant is a regular employee of RITES Limited and Civil Engineer by qualification. The applicant was promoted as Deputy General Manager and posted at Shillong, Meghalaya vide transfer order dated 30.12.2021 and relieved from Gurugram on 13.0