HC stays transfer of Incharge Principal

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 14: Vacation Judge of State High Court Sanjay Gupta has stayed the transfer of Asha Saraf Kakroo from the post of Incharge Principal Government Camp Higher Secondary School, Nagrota to Incharge HoD DIET Banihal.
After hearing Advocate Veenu Gupta for the petitioner, High Court observed, “the case of the petitioner is that she has been prematurely transferred vide impugned Order No.03-Edu of 2019 dated 01.01.2019, which is in clear violation of SRO 307 dated 11.07.2018”.
As per this SRO every transfer proposal shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Government Business Rules and Transfer Policy notified vide Government Order No.861-GAD of 2010 dated 28.07.2010 and as per order dated 28.07.2010, the minimum tenure of a Government employee on a post shall be two years and maximum of three years. However, the petitioner has been transferred before two years.
Justice Gupta issued notice to the respondents returnable within four weeks and in the meanwhile ordered that subject to objections from other side and till next date of hearing before the Bench, impugned order No.03-Edu of 2019 dated 01.01.2019 so far it pertains to the petitioner, shall remain stayed.