As per case facts, a sexual harassment complaint was filed against the petitioner, leading to an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) inquiry. During this inquiry, the employer transferred the petitioner without ... an ICC recommendation or a request from the aggrieved woman. The Central Administrative Tribunal dismissed the petitioner's challenge to this transfer, prompting a writ petition to the High Court. Meanwhile, the ICC exonerated the petitioner, and the aggrieved woman appealed. The question arose whether the employer could transfer the petitioner during the pendency of an inquiry without the ICC's statutory recommendation. Finally, the High Court held that the employer erred by transferring the petitioner without the ICC's recommendation as mandated by Section 12(1)(a) of the Act, and quashed the transfer order and the Tribunal's decision.