IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP (T) No.:3547 of 2008 Date of decision: 7.8.2009 Smt. Raj Bala …. Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. and others. … Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the petitioner: Mr. R.S.Chandel vice Mr. Sanjeev Bhushan, Advocate. For the respondents No. 1 and 2: Mr. Ram Murti Bisht, Deputy Advocate General. For the respondent No.3. Mr. Lokinder Thakur, Advocate. Per Deepak Gupta, J. (Oral) By means of this petition, the petitioner, who is working as TGT (Arts) has challenged the order of her transfer dated 7.11.2006, whereby she has been transferred from GSSS, Khalag (Shimla) to GHS Shakrah (Shimla). The main ground of challenge was that the petitioner has been transferred after a short span of about seven months. The stand of the State was that the petitioner remained in and around Shimla and had been only adjusted within a radius of 25 kilometers and therefore the previous adjustments could not be considered to be transfer. The petitioner obtained stay order from the erstwhile 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes. 2 Tribunal on November 9, 2006 and therefore, by now she has completed more than her normal tenure at GSSS, Khalag. The petition has, therefore, become infructuous and is disposed of accordingly. The stay order is vacated. The State is at liberty to post the petitioner at any station keeping in view administrative exigency, public interest and the transfer policy. ( Deepak Gupta ), J. 7th August, 2009 (Surinder Singh), J. ™