Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 200 · Decided 23 March 2004
State of U.P. and ORS. v. Gobardhan Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 200 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 408/2004
- Decided
- 23 March 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B .. Service Law: Transfer-Government Employees-Conditions of service-Government c employee filed a writ petition challenging his transfer order-High Court directed employee to file a representation before the Chief Secretary for appropriate orders-Correctness of-Held: Transfer of Government was an outcome ofmala fide exercise of power, such transfer order should not be lightly interfered with-Competent authority empowered to D transfer Government employees in public interest-High Court not entitled to give general directions to State Government in the matrer of transfer or
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