Supreme Court of India

Somesh Tiwari v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Jospeh JJ.
Decided 16 December 2008

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Service Law - Transfer order - Nature of - Held: Is an ) administrative order - Employer is entitled to pass such order in administrative exigencies - It should be interfered with only c when malafide on part of Authority is proved - Transfer order in lieu of punishment is liable to be set aside when wholly illegal - On facts, order transferring officer to harsh station even though allegations made against him found to be untrue, malafide - Subsequent modified transfer order passed in administrative exigencies also suffered from non-application -j., of mind - Officer did not join his new…

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