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2025 Supreme(Online)(Chh) 9831
IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J
Rakesh Kumar Thakur – Appellant
Versus
State Of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
Writ Petition | 2025:CGHC:34455
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shri Abdul Moin Khan
For the Respondents: Shri Shreyansh Mehta
Compliance with transfer orders is mandatory, and failure to follow available legal remedies implies acceptance of such orders.
Headnote:(A) Transfer of Teachers - Rationalization Instructions dated 02.08.2024 - Petitioner challenges transfer order for not considering teacher strength subject-wise - Raise grievances post-transfer but must comply - Held, representation does not entitle retention if already joined elsewhere. (Paras 1-8)
(B) Compliance of Transfer Orders - Aggrieved person must avail remedies against transfer; non-compliance implies acceptance - Court refers to precedent confirming that transferred orders are spent and no substantive parts may remain to rescind. (Paras 5-6)
(C) Issues of Procedural Fairness - Failure to demonstrate violation of rationalization instructions negates claims of arbitrary action. (Paras 7)
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner challenges the transfer order under rationalization instructions. (Para 2) |
| 2. respondents support the legality of the transfer. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. precedents reinforce compliance with transfer orders. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. failure to demonstrate violations leads to dismissal of claims. (Para 7 , 8) |
Order on Board
21.07.2025
1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition against the impugned transfer order dated 04.06.2025, whereby the petitioner has been transferred from the Govt. Primary School Karhi, Bemetara, to the Govt. Primary School, Tendua, Nawagarh, under the Rationalization Instructions dated 02.08.2024 and prayed the following reliefs in the writ petition:-
अनु(cid:3)तो(cid:5)षः(cid:7) -
10.1 यह कि(cid:11) उ्ቈरवा(cid:16)दी(cid:18)गण (cid:11)ाሰ(cid:16)(cid:22)(cid:11) 03 एवा(cid:22) 04 (cid:11)(cid:5) किनुदी(cid:24)शिकि(cid:26)तो कि(cid:11)य(cid:16) जा(cid:16)वा(cid:28) कि(cid:11) वाषः(cid:29)
2025-26 ाሰ(cid:30) कि(cid:26)्ቌ(cid:11) ्ቤवास्था(cid:16)पनु / अकितो(cid:26)(cid:28)षः / सू%ची(cid:18) सू(cid:22)बं(cid:22)धी(cid:18) सूाሰ्ቜ अकि*ले(cid:28)ख ाሰ(cid:16)नुनु(cid:18)य ኋ(cid:16)य(cid:16)लेय (cid:11)(cid:28) सूाሰ्ቌ ्ቚ्ቜ(cid:3)तो (cid:11)र(cid:30)।
10.2 यह कि(cid:11) उ्ቈरवा(cid:16)दी(cid:18) (cid:11)ाሰ(cid:16)(cid:22)(cid:11) 03 (cid:11)(cid:28) ቛኋ(cid:16)र(cid:16) प(cid:16)रिरतो ्ቚኋ(cid:16)धी(cid:18)नु आदी(cid:28)(cid:26) किदीनु(cid:16)4(cid:11)
04.06.2025 परिरकि(cid:26)्ቖ प(cid:18)-01 (cid:11)(cid:5) अप(cid:16)्ቜ / किनुर्ቜ (cid:11)र य(cid:16)किची(cid:11) (cid:11)(cid:5) प%वा(cid:29)वातो6 (cid:26)(cid:16)सू.
्ቚ(cid:16)थाकिाሰ(cid:11) (cid:26)(cid:16)ले(cid:16) (cid:11)रह(cid:18) किवा(cid:11)(cid:16)सू ख्ቄ बं(cid:28)ाሰ(cid:28)तोर(cid:16) ाሰ(cid:30) ह(cid:18) पदीस्था रखनु(cid:28) सू(cid:22)बं(cid:22)धी(cid:18) किनुदी(cid:24)(cid:26) जा(cid:16)र(cid:18)
कि(cid:11)य(cid:16) जा(cid:16)वा(cid:28)।
10.3 यह कि(cid:11), अኋ अनु(cid:3)तो(cid:5)षः जा(cid:5) ाሰ(cid:16)नुनु(cid:18)य ኋ(cid:16)य(cid:16)लेय उ्ቈरवा(cid:16)दी(cid:18)गण सू(cid:28) य(cid:16)किची(cid:11)(cid:16)(cid:11)तो(cid:16)(cid:29)
(cid:11)(cid:5) किदीले(cid:16)य(cid:16) जा(cid:16)वा(cid:30)। उकिचीतो सूाሰझे(cid:28)
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is presently posted as Assistant Teacher at Government Primary School, Karhi, Bemetara. Under the Rationalization Instructions dated 02.08.2024, the petitioner was declared as surplus and list of surplus Teachers have been published. At the time of considering the Rationalization Instructions, the strength of the Teachers subject-wise have not been considered. Even at the time of counseling, no proper opportunity was provided to the petitioner and only a day before the date of counseling, the list of surplus Teachers and schools have been published. The setup of the school as per the setup fixed in the year 2008 has also not been considered and the authorities are acted in most arbitrary manner while considering the rationalization of the Teacher under the Rationalization Instructions, dated 02.08.2024. He would further submit that, though the petitioner has joined at his transferred place of posting, he made his representation raising his grievances, but his representation has not been considered till date, therefore, the impugned transfer order is liable to be quashed.
3. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the State, on instructions, would submit that the petitioner was declared surplus Teacher under the Rationalization Instructions dated 02.08.2024 and has been transferred to other place.
4. The petitioner has challenged his transfer order dated 04.06.2025, which has already been executed and the petitioner has already joined at the transferred place of posting. After joining at the transferred place of posting, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition and in between that period, petitioner remained working at the transferred place of posting.
5. In the matter of “ U.P. Singh vs. Punjab National Bank ” reported in 2023 INSC 1077 , in para 10 the H
