Chandigarh, April 11 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has barred inter-utility transfers of employees between Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (DHBVN) - the two power utilities of Haryana.

The high court bench of justice HS Brar quashed Section 2 of the April 7 policy, holding it violative of Article 14 of the Constitution, further adding that it creates an unreasonable classification between employees that bears no reasonable nexus to the objective of the policy. "The policy shall apply uniformly to all employees of UHBVN and DHBVN and, not exclusively to employees falling under the ambit of group C and D," it added.

"If UHBVN or DHBVN are found entertaining transfer requests by an...