HIGH CQURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR W.P. (81 No.6333/2007 PETITIONER RESPONDBNTS Lal Sai Minj, s/o Kodaho Miaj, aged about 46 years, Assistaat Teacber, Middle School Putsura, Balrampur, Distt. Sarguja(C.G) Versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Secretary, Tribal Welfare Department & Education, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2. CoUector, Surguja, Ambikapur (C.G) 3. The Assistant Conumssioner, Tribal Welfare Ambikapur, Distt. Surguja (C.G). WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 QF THE CONSTITUTION OP INDIA Appearance: Shri Bhupendra Siugh, Counsel for the petiitioner. Shri Satish Gupta, Dy.Govt. Advocat, for the State/ respondents aos. 1 to 3 on advance copy. ORAL QRDBR (02.11.2007) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Heard on adinission. The petitioner, who is workmg on the post of Assistant Teacher, has been trausferred froin Middle School, Putsara Bahampur to Odgi at fhe option of Block Education Officer, Odgi on admintetrative grounds. On beiag poiatedly asked fhat siace when fhe petitioner is working at Putsara Bah'auipur, leamed counsel for the petitioner subinits fhat fhe petitioner is workmg fhere since 1996. Traasfer is aa uicidence of service. No person workmg on a traasferable post caa claim to be posted at a particulaT place. It is for ftie employer to see fhat who should be posted where ia the interest of better functioiung of tbe departmeat as also in. fhe public iuterest. It is the setfled view offhe Apex Court that unless the order of traasfer is vitiated by nialafides or exteaneous cousideration or is against any statutoiy Rules or Act, the sarue cannot be iaterfered by a Court of Law ,A -^aB.a.a— -&-- W.P. (S) No.6333/2007 » During the course of heacma, leamed counsel for the petitioner could not uiake out a case either of arbitrariness or of m.alafide or of extraaeous consideration or that fhe trausfer order is passed in violation of any statutory rules or ttie Act. Therefore, I am not iacluied to adiait this petition for heariag. The sauie is dismissed at the inotion stage itself. Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha , Judge Rao .tfCTfe-*" 1~~Z"~~~3->S'"y