Shaik Mastan Vali vs Employees Providend Fund Organisation ... on 23 August, 2022
9. The Hon'ble High Court of Himachal Pradesh in Sunita Devi vs
State of H.P. in CWP No.1978/2019 held on 18.3.2020 that "transfer is a
condition of service. The employee has no vested right to get a posting at
a particular place or choose to serve at a particular place for a particular
time. It is within the exclusive domain of the employer to determine as
to at what place and for how long the services of a particular employee
are required. Transfer order should be passed in public interest or
administrative exigency, and not arbitrarily or for extraneous
consideration or for victimization of the employee nor it should be
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passed under political pressure. There is a very little scope of judicial
review by Courts/Tribunals against the transfer order and the same is
restricted only if the transfer order is found to be in contravention of the
statutory Rules or malafides are established."