AJAY KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 5742/2025 & CM APPL. 26179/2025 AJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Saahila Lamba, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sahaj Garg, SPC with Mr. Yash Tyagi(GP) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT(ORAL) % 02.05.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. We have heard Ms. Saahila Lamba, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Sahaj Garg, learned Senior Panel Counsel for the respondents. 2. The petitioner challenges his transfer to Arunachal Pradesh after he had served at Jammu & Kashmir for three years. In the writ petition, the petitioner’s case was that the applicable policy envisages alternating hard postings and soft postings and that once the petitioner had served at hard posting for three years, he was entitled to a soft posting and could not therefore be transferred to Arunachal Pradesh. WP(C) 5742/2025 3. The instruction which was cited by the petitioner had been superseded as per the submissions advanced by Mr. Garg, learned counsel for the respondents. 4. Ms. Lamba has today drawn our attention to Standing Order 04/2022 dated 27 September 2022. 5. Ms. Lam