In Brief
A school education official challenged a modified transfer order, claiming it was initiated by an MLA without proper administrative reasoning. The High Court's Division Bench set aside the transfer as arbitrary. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that transfer orders cannot be questioned by courts absent proof of malafide intent, violation of statutory law, or detriment to the employee. Since the petitioner neither pleaded malafide nor alleged statutory violation, and remained in the same post and district, the Court found no ground for judicial interference and restored the Single Judge's judgment upholding the transfer.
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