Shimla, Feb. 27 -- Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a transfer order of the state horticulture department, calling it arbitrary and unconstitutional. A single judge bench maintained that transfer should be an established service norm rather than an instrument of patronage to adjust the preferred officer.
Single-judge bench of the High Court, presided over by Justice Ajay Mohan Goyal, on Thursday set aside the government's decision to transfer a state employee from his posting at Nankhari in the Rampur subdivision to Dodra Kwar.
The petitioner who was Subject Matter Specialist (SMS) in Horticulture at Nankhari, had challenged the order stating that it was passed without administrative necessity and driven by the desire to accommodat...