IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C.W.P – T No. 2497 of 2008 Date of decision: 24. 7. 2009 Babu Ram …..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. Anup Rattan, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. R.M. Bisht, Dy. Advocate General, with Mr. Vikas Rathore,and Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra Dy. Advocate General, for respondent Nos. 1 to 3. Deepak Gupta, J (Oral). The petitioner, who is working as Head Constable clerical cadre in the office of Superintendent of Police, Hamirpur by means of this writ petition, has challenged the order Annexure A-1 dated 13th July, 2008, whereby he has been transferred from S.P. Office Hamirpur to S.P. Office Lahaul and Spiti. The main ground of challenge before the learned Tribunal was that the petitioner has been transferred within a short span of less than two years and that the mother of the applicant is 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes - 2 - suffering from various ailments and is taking treatment and therefore, he may be kept Hamirpur. He has also obtained one certificate from the Medical Officer Zonal Hospital, Hamirpur in the year 2000, according to which the petitioner is a patient of COPD. By now, the petitioner has completed three years at Hamirpur. As far as the medical certificate Annexure A-3 is concerned, the less said about the same is better since there are no details of the disease or the treatment in this certificate. Even with regard to the ailment of the mother, it is not stated whether the petitioner has any other sibling who can look after the mother or not. Transfer is an incidence of service and no employee can claim that he must be kept at one particular place. We find no merit in this petition which is accordingly rejected. Stay order, if any, is vacated. (Deepak Gupta),J. July 23, 2009 (Surinder Singh),J (cm)