Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: Division Bench of the J&K High Court at Jammu comprising of Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta has in an Appeal filed by Vinod Kumar Gupta after hearing Adv Aseem Sawhney directed the State through Commr/ Secretary PDD and Development Commissioner Power to proceed strictly in terms of the Govt Order no. 132- PDD of 2018 dated 15.5.2018 which had banned the transfers and postings in PDD on 15.5.2018 and directed vide its clause iv that the transfers ordered prior to this would if not implemented would also be kept in abeyance.
Division Bench observed "Another fact which has been brought to the notice of this Court by the learned counsel for the writ petitioner-appellant is that Executive Engineer, Electric M&RE Division, Kathua, vide communication No. RED/622-23 dated 15.05.2018 addressed to Assistant Executive Engineer, I/C Store Sub-Division, Kathua, on the subject "Handing over the charge of Divisional Store" advising latter to handover the charge of receipt of material and charge of issue of material to respondent No.3 after store verification. As per the communication aforesaid, it reveals that writ petitioner-appellant was possessing the charge of receipt material and charge of issue of material as on 15.05.2018, though respondent No.3-Sanjeev Kumar submitted his joining on 28.04.2018 afternoon, meaning thereby till 15.05.2018 when Govt. Order No.132-PDD of 2018 dated 15.05.2018 was issued, charge was not handed over to respondent No.3-Sanjeev Kumar, as such, case would be the one falling within the ambit of clause (iv) of Govt. Order No.132-PDD of 2018 dated 15.05.2018.". |
