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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5574/2026

Vishnu Kumar Ghatelwal S/o Shri Shri Nagar Mal, Aged About 59 Years, R/o 14/26, Mansarovar, Jaipur (Raj.) Presently Working On The Post Of Principal In Govt. Girls Sr. Secondary School

Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur ----Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Secretary, School Education Department Govt. Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur

2. Director, Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner

3. District Education Officer, Secondary, H.q. Jaipur

4. Neeta Sharma, Principal, Govt. Sr. Secondary School Bahlod, Jaipur

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Devendra Kumar Bhardwaj, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Manoj Sharma, AAG with Ms. Pooja Sharma, Adv. &

Mr. Vishal Kumar, Adv.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

Judgment

27/03/2026

1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition with following

prayer:-

"It is therefore, humbly prayed to your lordships may kindly graciously be pleased to accept and

allow this writ petition and :-

i) by appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof the impugned transfer order dated 22.09.2025 as well as order dated 1.1.2026 & relieving order dated 3.1.2026 issued by the respondents and the order dated 17.3.2026 passed by learned Tribunal may kindly be quashed and set

aside.

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ii) by appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof the respondents may kindly be directed to allow the petitioner continuously on the post of Principal at his present place of posting i.e., Govt. Sr. Secondary School Vidhyadhar Nagar,

Jaipur with regular salary and other benefits

iii) Any other order which this Hon'ble Court deemed just and proper in the facts and circumstances of

the case may be passed in favour of the Petitioner."

2. It is stated that the petitioner is holding the post of Principal, Senior Secondary School. Vide order dated 22.09.2025 passed by Director Secondary Education Rajasthan, Bikaner, the petitioner was transferred from Government Senior Secondary School, Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur to Government Senior Secondary

School, Panotiya, Bhilwara.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that feeling aggrieved by order dated 22.09.2025, the petitioner filed S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.17128/2025 before this Court, which was disposed of vide order dated 18.11.2025, therefore, instead of deciding the writ petition on merits, Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 18.11.2025 granted liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation to the respondent-authority raising all grounds and respondent-authorities were directed to decide the representation within a period of 4 weeks from date of receipt of representation. It was also directed in order dated 18.11.2025 that in the meanwhile and till disposal of the writ petition, operation of transfer order/relieve order shall remain

stayed.

4. It is stated that in compliance of order dated 18.11.2025 passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 09.12.2025 raising his

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findings.

5. Learned counsel submits that under these circumstances, against order of rejection of representation dated 01.01.2026, the petitioner approached Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur by way of filing appeal No.867/2026. In that appeal after filing reply by the respondent-department final order was passed on 17.03.2026 by the Tribunal for rejecting the

appeal filed by the petitioner-appellant.

6. Learned counsel submits that order dated 17.03.2026 passed by the Tribunal suffers from jurisdictional error and material illegali