TaxTMI 
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2010 (10) TMI 1203
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.... in various districts in the State of Haryana as Constables, Head Constables, Exemptee Head Constables, Assistant Sub-Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors (hereinafter in short as ASI and SI, respectively). They were ordered to be transferred to other districts and ranges by the Inspector General of Police. The respondents challenged the transfer orders contending that in view of the Punjab Police Rules so far as Constables, Head Constables and Exemptee Constables are concerned, they could not be transferred outside the district, and so far as ASI and SIs are concerned, they could not be transferred outside the range. 5. This contention has been upheld by the Division Bench of the High Court and hence these appeals. 6. With respect, we are u....
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....ne integral unit and does not consist of separate independent units. The overall administrative control of the police in the State is with the Inspector-General of Police (now the Director-General of Police). 11. We may now also consider the relevant Rules in the Punjab Police Rules 1934 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Rules'). Rule 1.4 of the Rules states as follows: Rule 1.4 - Administrative Division: - The districts of the province are grouped in Ranges and the administration of all police within each such range is vested in a Deputy Inspector General under the control of the Inspector- General of Police. The training school is under the district control of the Inspector-General subject to such delegation of....
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....s affecting the railway police). A lower subordinate may be transferred to fill a vacancy in a district other than that in which he is serving only with the sanction of the Deputy Inspector General of the range. In cases of transfer from and to districts in different ranges, or from and to districts in different ranges, or from and to the railway police, the sanction of both Deputy Inspector General concerned and the Superintendent of Police Railways is required. Rule 14/15 - 14.15(1) - All enrolled police officers are, under Section 22 of the Police Act, liable for service in any part of the general police district. 12. A perusal of the relevant provisions of the Police Act and the Rules thus clearly shows that the entire polic....
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....he necessities of the administrative requirements of the situation. The concerned administrative authorities may be of the opinion that more policemen are required in any particular district and/or another range than in another, depending upon their assessment of the law and order situation and/or other considerations. These are purely administrative matters, and it is well-settled that Courts must not ordinarily interfere in administrative matters and should maintain judicial restraint vide Tata Cellular v. Union of India AIR 1996 SC 11. 15. The High Court in the impugned judgment has relied upon the decision of this Court in Jawaharlal Nehru University v. Dr. K.S. Jawatkar and Ors. (1998) Supp. 1 SCC 679. After carefully considering th....