IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.21961 of 2017

Union of India & others

….

Petitioners

Mr. Partha Sarathi Nayak,

Senior Panel Counsel, Union of India

-versus-

Sarat Kumar Dash

….

Opposite Party

None

CORAM:

JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH

JUSTICE M.S. SAHOO

Order No.

ORDER (Oral)

04.01.2022

03. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Mode.

2. The petitioners-employer have filed the present

writ petition directed against the order dated

29.07.2016 passed by the Central Administrative

Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack, whereby in sum

and substance the transfer of Sarat Kumar Dash-

opposite party, Commissioner of Income Tax

(Appeals)-1 from Bhubaneswar to Vishakhapatnam

had been ordered to be stayed. The primary ground

of challenge raised by the Officer in his Original

Application was that he was due to retire on

31.01.2019 and as per the instructions, an

employee within three years of date of retirement is

not liable to be transferred.

3. At the ti