A BSF constable was today granted interim protection by the Delhi High Court on his plea seeking cancellation of orders asking him to move to Gujarat on the ground that he has to look after his wife who suffers from acute gangrene that has made her handicapped and completely dependent on him.
A bench of Justices Geeta Mittal and Deepa Sharma granted interim protection to Head Constable Subhash Chander and put a stay on his movement order till August 21.
Chander told the court that he was given movement orders even as his representation against being transferred was pending before DG, BSF and that the medical treatment advised to his wife is available only in Delhi.
Counsel appearing for BSF informed the court that the representation made by Chander against the transfer/ movement order is under consideration after which the court put a stay on the same till August 21.
Chander, working as a driver in the 25th Battalion of Border Security Force, had moved the High Court against the Centre and Director General of BSF seeking cancellation of order dated June 6 by which he was to move to Gujarat.
His counsel Kamal Katyan told the court that Chander joined BSF as a constable in March 1989 and has maintained a clean record since then.
He told the court that in April 2008, while he was posted in Punjab, his wife started complaining of acute pain in her legs and doctors advised that she be taken to Delhi for better diagnosis and treatment.
In November 2008, doctors at RML hospital diagnosed the disease as gangrene and performed surgery on her legs but it did not improve her situation and in February 2009, artificial arteries were inserted in her legs.
