IDRESH ALI vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8933/2025 & CM APPL. 38241/2025 IDRESH ALI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Gautam, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jagdish Chandra, CGSC with Mr. Sujeet Kumar, Adv. for UOI along with Mr. Ajaypal, Law Officer CRPF, Mr. Athurv, Insp CRPF, Mr. Ramniwas Yadav, CRPF. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 07.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. By order dated 30 January 2025, the petitioner has been transferred from the 55 Bn of the CRPF1 at Delhi to be 153rd Bn at Chinnakodepal, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The movement order, requiring the petitioner to move to Bijapur, consequent on the aforesaid transfer order, was issued only on 11 June 2025. In the interregnum, in February 2025, after completing 20 years of service in the CRPF, the petitioner sought voluntary retirement with effect from 31 May 2025. This request was reiterated by another communication in March 2025. 1 Central Reserve Police Force Signature Not Verified Signed By:AAKANSHA W.P.(C) 8933/2025 Page 1 of 7 SHARMA Signing Date:09.07.2025 12:42:21 Vide Signal dated 2 May 2025, the Competent Authority communicated his desire that the petitioner be relieved to join at Bijapur, in the event they did not proceed on voluntary retirement up to 31 May 2025. 2. It is in these circumstances that the petitioner has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of appropriate writs, quashing and setting aside the transfer order dated 30 January 2025 and the movement order dated 11 June 2025 and for a direction to the respondents to treat the petitioner as having voluntarily retired from service with effect from 31 May 2025. Consequently, retiral