STATE OF WEST BENGAL vs MRS VIPASHA PARUL & ORS.

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$~71 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 150/2025 and CM APPLs. 701-703/2025 STATE OF WEST BENGAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, Advocate. versus MRS VIPASHA PARUL & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anshul Rai and Mr. Ravilochan D., Advocates for R1. Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, CGSC with Mr. Dushyant Pratap Singh and Mr. Vinayak Aren, Advocates for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 09.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The respondent is a 2019 batch officer of the Indian Forest Service. She was allocated the West Bengal Cadre. Consequent to her marriage to one Mr. Suvendhyu Kumar Patra, who was a 2019 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Odisha Cadre on 21 August 2021, she applied on 13 September 2021 for transfer to the Odisha Cadre, in terms of Rule 5(2)1 of the Indian Forest Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966 read with Notification dated 8 November 2004 issued by the Department of Personnel and Training. 1 5. Allocation of members to various cadres.- 5(2) The Central Government may, with the concurrence of the State Government concerned, Signature Not Verified WP(C) 150/2025 Page 1 of 3 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:25.01.2025 15:35:38 2. As the application was rejected, the respondent approached the Central Administrative Tribunal2 by way of OA 955/20233, Vipasha Parul v UOI. The said OA stands allowed by the Tribunal by judgment dated 2 May 2024. 3. Aggrieved thereby, the State of West Bengal has approached this Court by means of the present writ petition. 4. We have heard Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Ansul Rai, Counsel for Respondent 1, who was the applicant before the Tribunal, and Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Central Gover