IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No. 2872 of 2011 Date of decision: May 4, 2011. Vinod Kumar ….Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ……Respondents Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, Judge. For the Petitioner : Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K.Bawa, A.G. with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy.A.G. Justice V.K. Ahuja, J. (Oral) The petitioner is working as Shastri Teacher and has been transferred from Govt. Middle School, Kuffer Kiara to Govt. Middle School, Chowker. The allegations made by the petitioners are that both the schools are situated in hard, difficult and sub-cadre areas in District Sirmour. 2. The petitioner allegedly has completed two winters and three summers in hard areas and as such, he is entitled to be transferred to one of the stations of his choice as per the policy of the Government. The petitioner has also mentioned the stations of his choice in his petition. He is at liberty to file an appropriate representation before respondent No. 2, along with …2… a copy of the petition, in which case respondent No.2 shall consider the case of the petitioner and pass orders in view of the assertions made in the petition within two weeks from the date of production of a copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition while considering the representation of the petitioner. In case, the petitioner is relieved in the meanwhile, he may not be compelled to join the transferred station and it will be open for him to avail the leave of kind due. 3. With these observations, the writ petition stands disposed of, so also the pending application(s) if any. Copy Dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph) Chief Justice May 4, 2011 (Justice V.K. Ahuja) (bss/pankaj) Judge