IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP(T)No. 1821 of 2008. Date of decision: 22.6.2009 Sunita Devi …. Petitioner Versus Stat of H.P & Ors. .... Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ? No For the petitioner: Ms.Ranjana Parmar, Advocate. For the respondents: S/Sh.RM.Bhisht and Rajesh Mandhotra, Dy.Advocate Generals for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr.Tarlok Chauhan, Advocate for respondent No.4. _____________________________________________________ Deepak Gupta, J.(Oral) The writ petitioner who is working as Junior Basic Teacher had filed OA No.1579/2008 before the erstwhile State Administrative Tribunal challenging her transfer from Government Primary School, Bagoti, to Government Primary School, Bani Tabrog. Since the Tribunal stands abolished vide notification issued by the Central Government, the case has been transferred to this Court in terms of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal 2 (Transfer of Decided and Pending Cases and Applications) Act, 2008. The matter has, therefore, been taken up by this Court and now registered as CWP(T) No.1821 of 2008. The main ground of challenge was that the petitioner had not completed her normal tenure of three years at Bagoti. The petitioner was posted at Bagoti on 26.2.2007. Now she has completed two years and five months at the station. In reply, the State Government has stated that right from 1998 till 2007 the petitioner has remained posted within a radius of 20 kms. The stay order was granted by the learned Tribunal in compliance to which the petitioner continuous to work till date at Bagoti. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner has spent two and a half years at Bagoti and also keeping in view the fact that prior to that the petitioner had remained posted near Bagoti for a large number of years, the petition is rejected and disposed of accordingly. The stay order stands vacated. ( Deepak Gupta ) Judge June 22, 2009 (Surinder Singh) (m) Judge