State Of U. P. & Ors vs Gobardhan Lal on 23 March, 2004
Vs State Of U.P. & Another(Supra),
State of UP &Ors Vs Govardhan Lal
(supra),Airport Authority of India Vs
Rajeev Ratan Pandey and Ors (supra),
Rajendra Singh &Ors Vs State of Uttar
Pradesh & Ors (Supra) , State Of
Haryana &Ors Vs Kashmir Singh &Ors
(supra), Punjab and Sind Bank & Ors.
Vs. Durgesh Kuwar (supra), Union of
India and Others Vs. Ganesh Dass
Singh (supra), has given upper hand to
the administrative authorities or the
Government in matters of Transfers. In all
those judgments, the Apex Court held that
the Public Interest is paramount in such
administrative exercises and there is very
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connected matters
limited scope for judicial review in the
matters of transfer. As it has been held in
the other set of judgments cited in
paragarph 34 above, unless there is
malafide, bias, infringement of statutory
provisions, lack of competency, non-
application of mind, etc, the courts and
tribunals should not interfere in the
administrative decision in respect of
transfers. In the instant case, as we have
already discussed above, we do not find any
such bias or non-application of mind in the
present case.