IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T)No. 3452 of 2008. Date of decision: 26.6.2009 Surinder Kumar …. Petitioner Versus State of H.P & ors. .... Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ? For the petitioner: Ms.Ranjana Parmar, Advocate. For the respondents: Sh.R.K.Sharma, Addl..Advocate General for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr.Jivesh Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.3. _____________________________________________________ Deepak Gupta, J.(Oral) The petitioner who is working as Junior Assistant in the office of Executive Engineer, IPH Division, Nalagarh has challenged the order whereby he has been transferred from Nalagarh to Shimla. In this case the main ground of challenge is that this transfer has not been made in the public interest but only to accommodate the respondent No.3. According to the petitioner, in 2002 the respondent No.3 was transferred from Nalagarh to Shimla but she did not join at Shimla. Thereafter, her transfer was 2 cancelled and one Shamsher Singh who opted to be transferred from Nalagarh to Shimla was posted in her place. The respondent No.3 was again transferred vide order dated 2.6.2006 to Shimla. However, this transfer was also cancelled by the impugned order and in place of respondent No.3, the petitioner has been posted at Shimla. Learned Tribunal had passed order of status quo and we have been informed by Mrs.Ranjana Parmar, learned counsel for the petitioner that pursuant to the stay order, both the petitioner as well as the respondent No.3 continued at Nalagarh. Three years have elapsed since this order was passed. From a perusal of the averments made in the petition, we find that both the petitioner as well as the respondent No.3 have spent a long period of time at Nalagah. We, therefore, dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Engineer-in-Chief, IPH, Shimla to personally look into the matter. No employee has a vested right to be posted at any particular station for such a long period of time. The Engineer-in-Chief keeping into consideration the stay of both the petitioner as well the respondent No.3 at Nalagarh and also taking into consideration the larger 3 public interest shall thereafter pass transfer orders. The Engineer-in-Chief is directed to ensure that orders are passed positively by 15th July, 2009. The stay orders passed in the present writ petition shall continue till orders are passed by the Engineer-in-Chief. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. In view of the final disposal of the main petition, all the pending applications, if any, shall also stand disposed of. Dasti copy. ( Deepak Gupta ) Judge June 26, 2009 (Surinder Singh) (m) Judge