IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH.

229 CWP-8971-2021 (O&M).

Date of Decision: 07.03.2025.

RAJESH KUMAR ...Petitioner Versus FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ *****

Present: Mr. S.K. Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Anurag Jain, Advocate, with Ms. Chahat, Advocate, Ms. Preeti Taneja, Advocate, and Mr. Rahul Chaudhary, Advocate for the respondents.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ. J (ORAL).

Challenging the order dated 31.01.2020 whereby the petitioner has been ordered to be transferred from Haryana region to Rajasthan along with the order dated 16.04.2021 relieving the petitioner from Haryana and asking him to report for duty at Jaipur, the instant writ petition has been filed.

2 Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner contends that the petitioner was appointed as TA-III (i.e. Technical Assistant Grade-III) on 12.01.1996 and he has an unblemished career. The petitioner was promoted as TA-II in December 2004 and as TA-I in the year 2008. The department thereafter promoted the petitioner to the post of Manager Quality Control in June 2013 and posted him at District Office, Hisar. He submits that the petitioner is bein