DINESH SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 4932/2025 & CM APPL. 22662/2025 DINESH SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Adv. Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Puneet Yadav, Sr. Panel Counsel with Mr. Kamaldeep, GP and Mr. Hemendra Singh, Dy. Comdt, BSF CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 21.04.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. We are constrained to observe that this litigation, which is camouflaged as a challenge to the petitioner’s transfer is, in essence, an attempt to hold on, come what may, to the quarter which is presently in occupation of the petitioner. 2. We have heard Mr. Himanshu Gautam, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Puneet Yadav, learned SPC for the respondents, at length. W.P.(C) 4932/2025 3. It is not necessary for us to enter into the prior history of the petitioner’s postings. Suffice it to state that the petitioner was transferred to Delhi in 2021 as Second-in-Command in the Border Security Force1, at the Inspector General Headquarters/Frontier Headquarters. Delhi constitutes a static formation in the organisation of the BSF. Consequent on completion of his t