SUNITA KUMARI JAT vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~76 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 5606/2025, CM APPL. 25571/2025 & CM APPL. 25572/2025 SUNITA KUMARI JAT .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shakti Narayanan, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Balendu Shekhar CGSC Mr. Chetan Jason G. P. Mr Rajkumar Maurya Advocate Mr. Krishna Chaitanya Advocate Mr. Prashanto C. Sen, Sr. Adv with Mr. Shaiwal Srivastava, Advocate for CWC Mr Deepak Somani, Ms. Chanchal Gupta, Advocate for the applicant CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT(ORAL) % 30.04.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner is a Constable (General Duty) in the Sashastra Seema Bal. She is posted at Ftr Hqr Lucknow. Sgt. Surendra Pal Dantel, husband of the petitioner, is a combant member of the Indian Air Force, and is currently posted at Kutch, Gujarat since 29 March 2022. W.P.(C) 5606/2025 Signature Not Verified Page 1 of 4 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:01.05.2025 19:23:17 2. Invoking the provisions contained in Office Memorandum dated 30 September 2009 issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, which permits persons to seek posting at or near the station where their spouse is posted, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 3 February 2025, seeking posting close to the place where her husband was posted. Following the said representation, the respondents issued a transfer order transferring the petitioner to the Regional Training Centre1, Alwar, which was reasonably proximate to the posting of her husband and was also the station where the petitioner’s in laws were resident. We may note that the petitioner is a permanent resident of Village Rampura, PO Surmalikpura, District Jaipur, Rajasthan. 3. Thereafter, without prelude and without any notice