Civil Writ Petition No.19073 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19073 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: JULY 20, 2011 Preet Singh & others .....Petitioners VERSUS State of Haryana & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH PRESENT: Mr. J.S. Chahal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. Petitioners No.1 & 3 were appointed as Drawing Masters in Industrial Training Institute (Women Wing) under Haryana Industrial Training and Vocational Education Department on 5.1.1988. Petitioner No.2 was appointed as Drawing Master in Industrial Training Institute (Women Wing) under Haryana Industrial Training and Vocational Education Department on 14.1.1996. They have been regularized also. The petitioners have now approached this Court seeking direction for quashing the impugned order dated 28.9.2011, whereby they have been adjusted in Government Art School, Rohtak, which is outside their cadre. The plea is that they have been appointed as Drawing Master in the Industrial Civil Writ Petition No.19073 of 2010 -2- Training Institute and despite the fact that no post of Art/Drawing Master has been abolished, they have been sent out of the cadre. Notice of motion was issued. The respondents have explained this position, in the reply filed responding to this allegation, it is stated that every year generally a Committee is constituted for deciding the recruitment of the essential staff including Principal, Group Instructor, Craft Instructor and other supporting and ministerial staff keeping in view the changes in the sanctioned posts/seats of the institutes in the department. In the year 2010-11, a Committee was constituted for distribution of posts for session 2010-11. The committee had examined the recruitment of Art Masters in ITI (W) and explored and found that there was no such post prescribed in the training manual issued by DGE & T. It was also observed that this post Arts Master is no more required in ITI (W). Since the petitioners have already been appointed and to get the benefits of their services already recruited against 15 sanctioned posts in the department, the Committee suggested that the petitioners may be posted against the vacant posts in the Government Arts School, Rohtak running under the control of the Department. Proposal in this regard was sent to the Government and same was approved, which is implemented. This explain the reason for which the petitioners have been transferred. Counsel for the petitioners has made an attempt to indicate that no Committee was constituted and this defence has been projected as a defence of convenience. In case, any factual wrong or misleading averment is made, it will always Civil Writ Petition No.19073 of 2010 -3- open to the petitioner to take appropriate action in accordance with law. Responsible official has filed this response. There is no reason to believe that this is misleading or a wrong statement. The reasons given in reply would justify the transfer of the petitioners. The petitioners are not being sent out of the cadre even. No case for interference, thus, is made out. The writ petition is dismissed. July 20, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH) monika JUDGE