1. These two writ petitions stemming from one cause of action are
being disposed of by this common judgment and order. The facts briefly
put are that the writ petitioner serving as an Assistant Manager (Finance) in
the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), has put
a challenge to the transfer order dated 11.06.2026, whereby he has been
transferred from NEEPCO Corporate Headquarters, Shillong, to the
Corporate Accounts Wing at Guwahati, which he contends is against the
NEEPCO’s Transfer Policy dated 08.05.2017. In the first writ petition i.e.
WP(C) No. 282 of 2026, reference has been made to Clause 11.7 of the
Transfer Policy which provides that employees due for superannuation
within 2(two) years shall normally be considered for posting at a location
of their choice, or nearest to their hometown. The petitioner being within
the said zone as he is due to retire within 2(two) years, had submitted a
representation seeking reconsideration of the transfer order in the light of
the aforementioned clause, and on the same not being addressed, had
approached this Court, which by order dated 24.06.2026, directed that till
the representation of the petitioner was not disposed of, the impugned
transfer would not be given effect to.
