Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 699 · Decided 19 September 2011
Registrar GEN., High Court of Judicature at Madras v. R. Perachi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 699 · [2011] 12 S.C.R. 661
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7936/2011
- Decided
- 19 September 2011
- Bench
- J.M. PANCHAL, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Service law: State Judicial Ministerial Service - Transfer of employee A B c in the subordinate judiciary on administrative grounds - Decision of Chief Justice to transfer - On facts, respondent working as Sheristadar in the State Judicial Ministerial Service was transferred outside Chief 0 Justice - Writ petition - High Court held that the Chief Justice had no power to transfer the respondent unilaterally and the transfer was punitive and set aside the transfer because it would affect his promotion as P.A., directing the High Court to restore him in his District and confer
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