‘Govt Employees With Political Connections Not Being Given Hard/Tribal Postings Despite State’s Transfer Policy’: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh Excessive Courtroom has directed the State to make sure that transfers are made strictly in accordance with the switch coverage of the Authorities of Himachal Pradesh. The court docket emphasised that each authorities worker must be posted to a tough space as soon as throughout their service and that such postings shouldn’t be influenced by political relations.
Justice Sandeep Sharma: “Switch coverage formulated by the Authorities of Himachal Pradesh clearly reveals that each worker, throughout his life profession, must be despatched to sub cadre/arduous/tribal space, however this Courtroom has seen in lots of instances that staff having good political relation and affect are hardly despatched to arduous/tribal space, and staff, who don’t have any say within the corridors of Authorities, are repeatedly despatched to arduous/tribal areas, which ends up in heartburn.”
Background Details:
On June 20, 2025, the petitioner, Bharti Rathor,e a Educated Graduate Trainer at Authorities Excessive College, Dhalog, District Chamba, was requested to switch to Authorities Senior Secondary College, Devikothi, a delegated arduous space.
Aggrieved by the Order, she filed a writ petition earlier than the Excessive Courtroom contending that she had already served in a tough space from 2006 to 2012. She additional said that her husband is working as a Lecturer at Authorities Senior Secondary College, Nagali, in the identical district and as per the couple’s posting coverage, she ought to have been posted in the identical district.
Findings:
The Courtroom noticed that because the petitioner had accomplished her regular tenure at her current place of posting, she didn’t have a vested proper to stay there, the State should guarantee truthful implementation of its switch coverage.
The Courtroom remarked that as per the switch coverage, each authorities worker should serve as soon as in a sub-cadre, arduous, or tribal space. Nonetheless, it’s usually seen that staff with out political affect are repeatedly posted in such areas whereas others handle to keep away from these postings solely, inflicting resentment and unfair remedy.
Subsequently, the Courtroom, with out interfering within the switch order, allowed the petitioner to make a illustration to the competent authority inside two days, requesting adjustment at an acceptable station, significantly contemplating her earlier service in a sub-cadre space and her husband’s posting. The Courtroom directed that the illustration should be determined inside ten days, and till then, the petitioner shall not be compelled to affix the brand new station.
Moreover, the Courtroom directed that the judgement be despatched to the Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh to difficulty vital tips to all departments to make sure that the switch coverage is applied uniformly, so that each one staff serve a minimum of as soon as in a tough or tribal space and those that have already finished so should not repeatedly posted in such areas.
Case Title: Bharti Rathore v/s State of HP & others
Case No.: CWP No.10255 of 2025
Date of Resolution: 26.06.2025
For the petitioner: Mr. Tanuj Thakur, Advocate.
For the Respondent: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate Basic with Mr. Rajan Kahol & B.C. Verma, Further Advocate Generals and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate Basic, for the respondents/State
