Shimla, June 6 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court on Thursday refused to interfere with the decision to transfer the investigation into the Vimal Negi murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, terming that part of the plea as non-maintainable. A division bench comprising chief justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and justice Ranjan Sharma granted partial relief to Shimla superintendent of police Sanjeev Gandhi, who filed a plea challenging the transfer of the case to CBI from the special investigation team. The court accepted his plea only to the extent that it pertains to his personal and professional reputation and the other members of SIT team, stating that their professional standing should not be undermined. Gandhi on Monday moved his plea in the high court challenging its May 23 order that transferred the probe to CBI. The high court has asked the state to reply by July 14 to his plea relating to the modification of the order to remove remarks that could adversely affect Gandhi's career and credibility as an IPS officer. He urged that the order passed on May 23 be modified to the extent that instead of handing over the probe as ordered to CBI or central agency under Union of India's control, it may be handed over to SIT being constituted by high court, to avoid any conflict of interest. He said as the affidavit filed by former DGP Atul Verma was motivated, so, scathing observations may be set aside and the contents of the said affidavit may be set aside. The case was transferred to CBI after Verma submitted a status report to the high court questioning the impartiality of the probe by SIT headed by Gandhi in the case. HPPCL chief engineer Negi went missing on March 10 and his body was recovered from Bhakra Dam in Bilaspur on March 18....