Supreme Court Refuses Doctors’ Plea Against Transfer, Calls Bengaluru’s Cosmopolitan Life “Very Alluring”
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Supreme Court says no injustice in transferring government doctors out of Bengaluru under 2025 rules. Adds, “You are a privileged class… other areas are also developed.”
New Delhi: On June 26, the Supreme Court of India declined to hear a plea by a group of government doctors who challenged their transfer from Bengaluru under newly framed rules, stating that life in the city may be attractive, but the transfers were not unjust.
A division bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice K Vinod Chandran observed that no injustice would be caused to the medical officers if they were posted outside Bengaluru.
The court remarked,
“The cosmopolitan life of Bangalore is very alluring. The other areas of Karnataka are also developed. You are a privileged class of society. If you will oppose transfer what will happen to others. We are not inclined to entertain the appeal.”
The case arose from a petition filed by a group of doctors against the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Medical Officers and other Staff) Rules, 2025.
These rules govern the internal transfer of medical officers and other employees working in the state’s Health and Family Welfare Department.
Previously, the Karnataka High Court had also rejected the petitioners’ request to stay the implementation of these new rules.
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The High Court noted that the 2025 rules were made validly by the state government using its authority under Section 12 of the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Medical Officers and other Staff) Act, 2011.
According to the High Court, this parent law does not mandate any minimum time gap between the publication of the draft rules and their final notification.
The doctors had argued before the top court that the state gave them only one week to submit objections to the draft rules, which, in their view, was insufficient.
They also contended that the draft rules did not contain any mention of “Greater Bengaluru,” and its sudden inclusion in the final notification was legally impermissible.
Despite these objections, the Supreme Court was not convinced. Refusing to interfere, the Court emphasized that medical professionals form a privileged class and should not resist being transferred, especially when other parts of Karnataka are equally developed.
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