Mayank Kumar vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.15 Court 4 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).989/2021

MAYANK KUMAR & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.110184/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES) Date : 09-09-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HIMA KOHLI For Petitioner(s) Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Ms. Padma Priya, Adv. Mr. Anchit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Shreya Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1 The petitioners seek the extension of the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training dated 30 September 2009 and the IRS Transfer Policy 2010, besides seeking a direction to the respondents to devise new policies for inter-region transfers of Group 'C' and Group 'B' employees at par with Group 'A' employees. Certain other reliefs have been sought in the petition which has been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution.

2 The petitioners have an efficacious alternative remedy of moving the Central Administrative Tribunal for pursuing their grievances. In that view of the matter, we are not inclined to entertain the petition under Article 32 on an issue pertaining to the conditions of service.

• 3 The petition is accordingly dismissed, granting a liberty to the petitioners to pursue their remedies available in law before the Central Administrative Tribunal.
• 4 Pending application, if any, stands disposed of.

AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)