Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 193 · Decided 24 February 1997
Laxmi Narain Mehar v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 193 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 463
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3433/1997
- Decided
- 24 February 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
MEHAR A v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. FEBRUARY 24, 1997 [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.T. NANAVATI, JJ.j B . Service Law : Transfer-Officer belonging to Scheduled Caste---<:hallenginr; order of his transfer on the grounds that he was transfe"ed to his present post on C compassionate grounds and that the transfer order cannot be said to be arbitrary-Though instrnctions have been issued for retention of officer belonging to Scheduled Caste at the nearest of his home town, it would be subject to administrative exigencies : D authority has power to transfer him when administrative need
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