&) HIQH COURT OF THB CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P.(S}Np.3876of2010 Petitioaxer Dundiram Poayam, S/o H.R. Poayain, aged about 54 years, R/o Jawahar Nagar Wai'd, Metguda, Jagdalpm', District Bastar(C.G.) Versiss 1 State of Chhattisgarh, Through: Secretar}^ Forest Depaitment, D.K,S. Bhawaii, Raipur (C.G.) 2 Under Secretaiy, Forest Departaient, State of Chhattisgarh, D.K.S. Bhawaa, Raipur (C.G,) 3 Chief Conservator of Forest, Chhattisgarh Raipur, District Raipur(C.G.) 4 Conservator of Forest, Kaaker, Distdct Kaiiker (C.G.) 5 Divisioual Forest Officer, Soufh Kondagaon, Forest Division, Raage Ainravati (Productiou), Bastar, District Bastar (C.G.) 6 R.R Shrivastava, Forest Raiiger, Soufh Kondagaon, Forest Division, Raiige Kondagaon, District Bastar (C.G.) Petifcioia Atticle 226 of the Constitutloa of India Appearassee: Mr, Maiioj Paraiijpe, Advocate for fhe petitioner. Mr, Rajendra Tripathi, Panel Lswyer, for flie State/respondents appears on Caveat Petition No, 441/2010. ^1'?^^;'?1"^ / W.P.(S)No. 3876 of 2010 ORAL OKDER (28.07.2010) SUNIL KUMAR J. Heaixl. Petitloner is workiiig on tlie post of Forest Raager. He has been traiisfeired froiii Forest Division Soufh Kondagaon to Forest Division, Bijapur, Awapalli Raiige 011 admmistrative grounds. Mr. Manoj Pai-arijpe, learaed comisel for fhe petitioner, argues tliat tlie impugned order has been passed for adjustment of respondeut No.6 iii place of tlie petitioner. Respondent No.6 is also a Raage Officer. By tiie saiue iuipugned order, he has been traasferred froiii Parikshira Adhikari Kondcigaon Utpadan, Dakshin Kondagaon to Pcuikshtrci Adhikari Amrawaii Utpadan, Dakshin Kondagaon. It is, tlierefore, cleai' tiiat respondent No.6 has not been brought froni outside Kondagaou. Therefore, fhere is 110 questiou of adjustoient of respoiident ?4o.6 on tlie place ofthe petitioner, For him, it is just local shifuilg. The ti'arisfer is ari incideiice of service, no person workiag on a ti'aiisferable post caii iiialce Iils claim for postmg at a particular place, It is for tlie eiaployer to see as to who should be posted at which place, keepmg m mmd tlie better functioniag of the department as also tlie public iiiterest, Uuless tlie order of transfer is shown to be vitiated by malafides or extiaiieous consideratlons or it is shown to be passed again.st any statutoiy Rule or tlie Act, normally siich orders are not to be mterfered by a court oflaw, is tlie settied view ofthe Apex Court mi inaiiy cases, For tlie foregomg reasons, I do not fmd aiiy substaiice m tlie writ petition. The petltiou is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dlsiiiissed, ;—— — Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge v^1^