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Public servant posting/transfer orders — Delhi HC

Posting and transfer orders of public servants, by name and designation, are records of public-authority action — disclosable under §4[1][b].

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 +====== Public servant posting/transfer orders — Delhi HC ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Posting and transfer orders of public servants, by name and designation, are records of public-authority action — disclosable under §4[1][b].**
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 +//Posting / transfer orders by name and designation are §4(1)(b) proactive disclosure material.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2019-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Posting authority |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b), §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Posting and transfer orders of public servants, by name and designation, are records of public-authority action — disclosable under §4(1)(b).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Posting and transfer orders are official acts of the public authority. Name, designation, previous posting, and effective date are part of the administrative record under §4(1)(b)(iii). Reasons for a specific transfer may be protected under §8(1)(j) in a narrow set of cases.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +transfer orders, Delhi HC, §4(1)(b), postings
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-subordinate-court-judge-transfer-2018|Subordinate-court judge transfers — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-6-3-transfer-rule-2022|§6(3) transfer — 5-day rule strict construction — SC]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-pio-designation-2016|PIO designation and accountability — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2016)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/girish-ramchandra-deshpande|Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC]] (SC 2012)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-ptc-transfer-certificate-2020|School transfer certificate records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All High Court of Delhi rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-4 section-8}}