Is transfer of an officer facing disciplinary proceedings a reward or punishment? Telangana High Court posed this question to State government on being informed that Adilabad Municipal Commissioner Maruti Prasad, against whom an inquiry was launched for permitting construction of a commercial complex in a land meant for hostel for students, was posted as Jagtial Municipal Commissioner. A bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy, recently hearing a PIL petition on illegal constructions in government land allotted to build hostel for students, expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in initiating action against the officer responsible for allowing the illegal structure to come up.