Shivani Pandey-
Published on: August 09, 2021, at 12:16 IST
Delhi High Court recently dismissed a Plea filed by 30 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Personnel, requesting redeployment in Afghanistan, which is likely to be recaptured by Taliban militants, after noting that they have no vested right to be stationed there.
A Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Amit Bansal noted that the matters concerning deployment and re-induction are administrative, which are decided, based on exigencies of the situation.
“They have no vested right to be deployed in Afghanistan. Rather it amazes us that given the dangerous situation prevailing in Afghanistan currently, the petitioners are keen to be deployed there”, the Court remarked.
The petitioners were stationed at the Consulate General of India (CGI), Afghanistan, between August-September 2020 and February 2021. Their tenure of 2 years came to an abrupt end due to the unrest and disturbance in Afghanistan.
The petitioner not only sought redeployment in Afghanistan but also directions from the authorities not to shift them to a new place and also not to suspend their visas as well as diplomatic Passports.
The Court enumerated that such issues are administrative and thus the Courts cannot dictate where and how Personnel of ITBP should be posted.