IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 21323 of 2008 Between: Smt. B.V. Ramanamma, W/o. Ravi Kumar, Staff Nurse, King George-Hospital, Visakhapatnam ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent, King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Regional Director of Medical and Health Services, Visakhapatnam. 3 The District Medical and Health Officer, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue any writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari and call for records from the Hon'ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad and quash the order in OA No. 4441/2008, dt. 07-7-2008 and to cancel the tranfer order in R.C.No. 4140/N1/2008, dt. 20-6-2008 or to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMI.WELFARE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD W.P.No.21323 OF 2008 ORDER: (per GHULAM MOHAMMED, J) This writ petition is filed seeking to quash the order dated 07-07-2008 in O.A.No.4441 of 2008 on the file of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’), by virtue of which, the Tribunal has dismissed the O.A. holding that the petitioner refused to opt for place of posting in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.134, dated 09-05-2008. 2. The Tribunal has perused the report along with the records, wherein, it is stated that the petitioner has attended the counseling on 16.06.2008 and her serial number in the seniority list is 134, which has been taken up for conducting the counseling. The seniority was prepared basing on the number of years of service at the present place of work and it is clearly recorded that the petitioner who was placed at Serial No.134 in the seniority list taken up for counseling, has refused to opt for place of posting in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.134, dated 09-05-2008 for issuing posting order. Therefore, the orders dated 20-06-2008 have been issued transferring the petitioner to Primary Health Centre, Budithi, Srikakulam District. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner’s husband is suffering from Bone T.B. and she has to be retained in King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, cannot be a ground to interfere with the order, dated 20-06-2008. 4. Since the petitioner has attended the counseling on 16-06-2008 and she refused to opt for place of posting in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.134, dated 09-05-2008, the Tribunal has rightly dismissed the O.A. and in the circumstances, we are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order and hence, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J ___________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD,J 13-10-2008 Stp ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}