Transfer

  1. Police Service — Appellant is not justified to claim his transfer from Reserve Police to District Police as of right — Under service structure, transfer and posting is exclusively within the jurisdictional competence of the authority concerned — Inspector General of Police is the sole authority to pass an order of transfer of Police employees in public interest — Held: Courts cannot enforce their wisdom in this regard when no statutory provision is violated. Muhammad Aftab Khan  v. Azad Govt. & 4 others 2005 SCR 233 (A)
  2. No civil servant can claim as of right to stay on a particular post for a particular period — It is entirely the discretion of the Government to transfer a civil servant who had remained on a particular station for the period of more than two years — Under the Government policy a person shall not be transferred from one station to another without any reasonable justification within a period of two years. Syed Khalid Iqbal Gillani v. Govt. of AJK and 6 others 2007 SCR 372 (A)
  3. Petitioner has completed the period of more than four years on a particular station — He has no legitimate right to remain on such a station for unlimited period — No illegality or violation of any law or policy has been committed. Syed Khalid Iqbal Gillani v. Govt. 2007 SCR 372 (B)
  4. —transfer of spouses—Govt. Notification dated 25.08.1998—application of—spouses may not be transferred to different far away stations—appellant transferred to Dist. Neelum and the wife posted at Muzaffarabad—held: provisions of Notification dated 25.08.1998, do not attract in the case, as both stations are not far away. Muhammad Ejaz Awan v. Azad Govt. & others 2019 SCR 898 (C) 2014 SCR 456 rel
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