SANDEEP DAHIYA vs POORNA PRAJNA PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 21.05.2025 W.P.(C) 8742/2024 & & CM APPLs. 35645/2024, 55923/2024, 134/2025 SANDEEP DAHIYA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Viraj Datar, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Neha Warrier, Mr. Jeevesh Mehta and Mr. Srikant Singh, Advocates. versus POORNA PRAJNA PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi & Ms. Surbhi Mehta, Advocates. Ms. Latika Chaudhry, Advocate for DoE. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner, by way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenges an order dated 12.06.2024 by which he has been transferred from the post of Principal of respondent No. 1 – Poorna Prajna Public School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070 [“PPPS-VK”] to the post of Principal of a sister School, namely – Poorna Prajna Education Centre Sangameshwarpet, Chikmagalur, Karnataka [“PPEC”]. A. FACTS: 2. PPPS-VK is an unaided private school established in the year 1987. It was recognised by the Directorate of Education, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi [“DoE”] in the year 1994. The 1999. Although the said appointment letter is not on record, it is stated in the writ petiti