Kaushik Parashari Pno. No.202330888 v. State of U.P. Thru.Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Home, Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4420 of 2023 Petitioner :- Kaushik Parashari Pno. No.202330888 Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru.Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home, Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- M.P. Raju Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

¶1Heard Sri M.P. Raju, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sandeep Sharma, learned standing Counsel.

¶2The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking following reliefs:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 10.01.2023 passed by opposite party No.2, contained as Annexure No.1 to the writ petition.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the opposite parties to consider the case of the petitioner for compassionate transfer from District Gautam Budh Nagar to District Balrampur in light of government transfer policy dated

15.06.2022 as contained Annexure No.3 to this writ petition.

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¶3The petitioner and his wife Sheetal Upadhyay are the Government employees. Wife of the petitioner is working as Assistant Teacher in Primary School, Jahandeeh, Block Tulsipur, District Balrampur, whereas the petitioner is posted in District Gautam Budh Nagar, which is far from District Balrampur.

¶4Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the government policy, which has been reiterated in the recent policy decision dated 15.06.2022, efforts should be made to post husband and wife together, who are Government servants.

¶5Considering the aforesaid facts, Additional Director General of Police (Establishment), D.G.P. Headquarter, Lucknow, opposite party no.2, is directed to consider the grievance of the petitioner in light of the government policy dated 15.06.2022 and pass a fresh order, if the petitioner approaches him seeking his transfer from District Gautam Budh Nagar to District Balrampur .

¶6With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 31.5.2023 Rao/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench