$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 18409/2025, CM APPL. 76225/2025 & CM APPL.

76226/2025 SHAILESH KUMAR JHA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashutosh Mishra & Mr. Chirayu Bhatt, Advs.

versus PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Ms.

Likivi K Jakhalu, Mr. Aman Gahlot & Mr. Deepanjal Choudhary, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN

O R D E R

% 11.12.2025

1. This petition is filed seeking quashing of transfer order dated 11.11.2025 whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Delhi to Kishangarh, Rajasthan.

2. The relevant facts are that the petitioner is working as Assistant General Manager (AGM) (Scale-V) and is presently posted at Punjab National Bank (PNB), Extra Large Corporate Branch (ELCB), Connaught Place, New Delhi. The impugned transfer order was passed transferring thirty nine officials and the name of the petititioner is at serial no. eleven.

3. Aggrieved of the transfer order, this petition is filed.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the transfer of the petitioner was in violation of the transfer policy effective from 01.04.2025 and the Department of Financial Service (DFS) guidelines dated 2