Court intervention in transfers is restricted. CAT

November 4, Srinagar: According to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), an employee’s personal convenience in the service is always determined by the interests of the public and the administration, and he does not have an inherent right to request a transfer or posting of his choosing.

A bench led by M. S. Latif, Member (J), dismissed a plea filed by a few Class-IV workers who had been moved from R&B Division, Kulgam, to R&B Division, Gurez. The bench said that the “interference of courts is limited in transfers unless such transfer is initiated by violation of some statutory order or malafides”.