W.A. No. 837/2011 29.08.2011 We have heard learned counsel for the appellant. The appellant has been posted as Assistant District Excise Officer in Seoni since 10.07.2007. After four years of that posting, by an order dated 07.06.2011 he has been transferred to Shivpuri. He challenged the transfer order unsuccessfully before the learned Single Judge. Normally public servants are transferred periodically, this would be even more important in case of public servant posted in sensitive posts like those in the State Excise Department. Right from the Mughal period, it has been recognized that by long postings at a particular place public servants tend to develop local connections, which make it undesirable for a public servant to be continued in the same place for too long a period. Considering the aforesaid along with the fact that writ jurisdiction is discretionary, we decline to interfere. The writ appeal is dismissed. (Sushil Harkauli) (K.K. Trivedi) Acting Chief Justice Judge b/AK