T This study examines the legality of the actions taken by the acting regent of west bandung in transferring rini sartika, a state civil apparatus (asn) official holding a primary high leadership position (jabatan pimpinan tinggi pratama), as well as the legal implications arising from the annulment of the transfer decree by the state administrative court (pengadilan tata usaha negara (ptun)). the issue arose when rini sartika was transferred by the acting regent of west bandung from her position as head of the regional development planning, research, and development agency (bappelitbangda) of west bandung regency to the position of expert staff for economic development and finance of west bandung regency. the transfer was carried out in a manner that lacked objectivity and was affected by formal procedural defects in the issued decree. this research employs a normative legal research method with a descriptive-analytical approach. it relies on secondary data, which are analysed qualitatively, while conclusions are drawn using the deductive method. the findings reveal two principal conclusions. first, from the perspective of authority, the acting regent of west bandung fulfilled the legal legitimacy requirements to issue the transfer decree, having obtained prior written approval from the minister of home affairs as mandated by minister of home affairs regulation (permendagri) no. 4 of 2023. nevertheless, the decree was found to contain procedural defects under presidential regulation (perpres) no. 116 of 2022 and substantive defects in the decision-making process under minister of administrative and bureaucratic reform regulation (permenpanrb) no. 15 of 2019, rendering it vulnerable to judicial review before the state administrative court (ptun). second, should the transfer decree be annulled by the state administrative court, the legal consequences are multi-layered, including the restoration of the civil servant\\\'s original position based on the principle of restitutio in integrum, as well as the retroactive restoration of the civil servant\\\'s rights pursuant to article 97 paragraph (11) of law no. 5 of 1986 concerning the state administrative court.