https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196622 A premature transfer of the State Police Chief before completion of the statutory minimum tenure was not justified because Section 97(2)(e) required prima facie satisfaction, based on cogent and objectively verifiable material, that serious public dissatisfaction had arisen about police efficiency. A bare subjective or political perception was insufficient, and the post was treated as a sensitive tenure office meant to protect police independence from executive pressure. On the record, the material relied on did not establish blame for the underlying incidents, and later allegations could not support the transfer order because they were not its basis. The transfer was therefore arbitrary and unfair, and the statutory tenure protection was held enforceable through judicial review. en-us Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:40:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196622 A premature transfer of the State Police Chief before completion of the statutory minimum tenure was not justified because Section 97(2)(e) required prima facie satisfaction, based on cogent and objectively verifiable material, that serious public dissatisfaction had arisen about police efficiency. A bare subjective or political perception was insufficient, and the post was treated as a sensitive tenure office meant to protect police independence from executive pressure. On the record, the material relied on did not establish blame for the underlying incidents, and later allegations could not support the transfer order because they were not its basis. The transfer was therefore arbitrary and unfair, and the statutory tenure protection was held enforceable through judicial review. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196622