IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 247 of 2005 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 09/02/2005 in WP NO : 24341 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court.) Between: V. Srinivas, S/o. Late Sri V.K. Sarma, Junior Accountant,s National Water Development Agency, Hyderabad. ..... APPELLANT AND 1 Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 National Water Development Agency, Rep. by its director General, 18-20,Community Centre Saket, New Delhi- 110 017. 3 National Water Development Agency, Rep. by its Chief Engineer, South, 39, National Water Development Agency, Shanthinagar, Hyderabad - 28. 4 National Water Development Agency, Rep. by its Chief Engineer, North, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. 5 Sri K. Srihari, S/o. and age not known to the Petitioner, Office of the Executive Engineer, Investigation Division, 637, I Floor, Dr.Ramaswamy Salai, K.K. Nagar, Chennai-600 078. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant : MR.P.S.RAJASEKHAR Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4: MR.ARAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) Counsel for Respondent No.5 : None Appeared. The Court at the stage of admission, made the following JUDGMENT: (per TMK, J) The Writ Appeal is filed by the appellant-writ petitioner against the order, dated 09.02.2005, in W.P.No.24341 of 2004 passed by a learned single Judge of this Court. The said Writ Petition was filed challenging the proceedings dated 20.12.2004 to the extent of transferring the appellant-writ petitioner to Allahabad. It is the case of the appellant-writ petitioner that pursuant to the notification issued by the 2nd respondent seeking to fill up the post of Upper Division Clerk, he was selected and appointed with effect from 26.05.1984, and on 10.08.1990, he was promoted as a Junior Accountant. While so, vide proceedings dated 03.01.1997, the 2nd respondent transferred him to Madhya Pradesh. After completion of five years of service at Bhopal, on representation, he was transferred to Hyderabad by proceedings dated 15.4.2002. The 2nd respondent vide proceedings dated 23.9.2004 transferred one K.Srihari from Chennai to Allahabad and P.Venkat Rao from Allahabad to Chennai. Thereafter, the said Srihari who is a Junior Accounts Officer was also relieved vide order dated 10.11.2004 and was directed to report at Allahabad. Both the above individuals have completed five years of service in their respective postings. As the things stood thus, the 2nd respondent vide orders dated 20.12.2004 modified the orders dated 23.09.2004 by transferring the appellant-writ petitioner to Allahabad. Aggrieved by the same, the writ petition was filed. Heard the learned counsel and perused the order under appeal. As the impugned proceedings are not shown to have been issued contrary to the rules governing the service conditions of the appellant-writ petitioner or by way of punishment or with any malice towards the appellant-writ petitioner by the transferring authority, and as the transfer is made on administrative grounds, the learned single Judge rightly dismissed the writ petition. Under the circumstances, there is no ground to interfere with the order of the learned single Judge. Appeal fails and the same is accordingly dismissed. (T.MEENA KUMARI, J) (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) DT: 16.02.2005 bsv/lvl To 1 The Secretary ,Union of India, Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Director General, National Water Development Agency, , 18-20,Community Centre Saket, New Delhi- 110 017. 3 The Chief Engineer, National Water Development Agency, South, 39, National Water Development Agency, Shanthinagar, Hyderabad - 28. 4 The Chief Engineer, National Water Development Agency, , North, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. 5 Two CD copies