IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 4328 of 2026 Decided on : 02.04.2026 Ashwani Mehta …Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge Whether approved for reporting?

For the petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate.

For the respondents : Mr. Pushpinder Jaswal, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1 to 3.

Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral g Notice confined to respondents No.1 to 3. Mr.

iPushpinder Jaswal, learned Additional Advocate General, accepts notice on behalf of the said respondents.

2. The grievance of the petitioner, who is presently serving at GMS Julakhari, District Chamba, is that in terms of the impugned transfer order (Annexure P-1), he has been transferred to GSSS Mehla, District Chamba, ignoring the fact

1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

that Mehla is a Sub-Cadre area and he had earlier served in GSSS Ganed, Tissa, which is a hard area.

3. On a query put to the learned counsel for the petitioner, he informed the Court that the petitioner since the year 2015 has been serving within a vicinity of 3-5 Kms, that is to say that the petitioner ea