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Digitally

signed

by

SHAYNA

KADRI

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPS No. 720 of 2026

1 - Sanjay Kumar Mandal S/o Late Satya Ranjan Mandal Aged About 58

Years Posted As Vice Principal Of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,

Dongargarh, Dist. Rajnandgaon C.G.

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - Union Of India Through Its Secretary, Ministry Of Education,

Department Of School Education And Literacy Shastri Bhawan, New

Delhi.

2 - Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Ministry Of Education,

B-15, Institutional Area, Sector-62, Noida- 201309 (U.P.)

3 - Deputy Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Regional Office,

Bhopal M.P., A 135 A, Gate No. 2, Alkapuri, Drm Office Road,

Habibganj, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

4 - Assistant Commissioner (Admn.) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti,

Region A 135 A, Gate No. 2, Alkapuri, Drm Office Road, Habibganj,

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

... Respondent(s)

(Cause-title is taken from Case Information System)

For Petitioner : Ms. Harneet Kaur, Advocate along with

Mr. Vikram Pratap, Advocate

For Respondents: Mr. Ramakant Mishra, Dy. S. G. assisted

by Ms. Shweta Rai, Advocate

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(Division Bench)

Hon’ble Shri Sanjay S. Agrawal

Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad

Order on Board

Per; Amitendra Kishore Prasad, Judge

30/01/2026

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner assailing

the impugned order dated 08.01.2026 (Annexure P/1) passed by

the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, whereby the interim

application seeking stay of the transfer/temporary attachment was

rejected. The petitioner has also challenged the Office Orders

dated 24.09.2025, 03.12.2025, 16.12.2025 and the consequential

rejection order dated 23.12.2025 (Annexure P/2 to P/5), by which

the petitioner has been temporarily attached from PM SHREE

JNV Dongargarh to PM SHREE JNV Sukma-I, a naxal-affected

area. The petitioner has sought following reliefs :

“10.1 That this Hon'ble Court may

kindly be pleased to allow the petition

and be pleased to Quash and set aside

the impugned order dated 08.01.2026

(Annexure P/1) and further be pleased

to quash and set aside the Office

Orders dated 24.09.2025 (Annexure

P/2), 03.12.2025 (Annexure P/3)

16.12.2025 (Annexure P/4) and

consequential rejection order dated

23.12.2025 (Annexure P/5).

10.2 That, this Hon'ble court may kindly

be pleased to direct the respondents to

consider the case of the petitioner to

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allow the petitioner to continue at JNV

Rajnandgaon (C.G.).

10.3 That, this Hon'ble court may pass

any such other and further order(s) as

this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and

proper in the facts and circumstances

of the case.”

2. Facts of the case, as canvased, are that the petitioner is a

permanent employee of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and is

presently working as Vice-Principal at Jawahar Navodaya

Vidyalaya, Rajnandgaon (C.G.). The petitioner has an

unblemished service record. The first posting of petitioner was at

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dantewada, a naxal-affected area

of the State of Chhattisgarh, where he served for a long duration

from 27.04.1998 to 07.07.2010, i.e., for more than 12 years. After

completion of the said tenure, the petitioner was transferred to

JNV Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.), where he served

from 07.07.2010 to 18.08.2021. Thereafter, the petitioner was

transferred to JNV Ujjain, where he worked from 18.08.2021 to

14.11.2021. Subsequently, vide order dated 12.11.2021, the

petitioner was promoted and posted as Principal, JNV

Dongargarh, and he joined the said post on 15.11.2021. The

respondent authorities again issued an order dated 05.09.2021,

whereby the petitioner was attached to JNV Narayanpur, another

naxal-affected area. The petitioner served at JNV Narayanpur

from 14.09.2021 to 17.07.2024, i.e., for about 22 months, and

thereafter he was transferred to his present place of posting.

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Thereafter, vide Office Order dated 24.09.2025, the petitioner was

temporarily attached to JNV Sukma-I, which is a highly disturbed

and naxal-affected area. Being aggrieved by the said order, the

petitioner s