\M) RIT PETITION UNDER ARTICL 267227 OF ! W E 2 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA \ @ i I ? \ HIGH COURT OF CHHATI‘lSCg‘IARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) Né. 2187 of 20 11 ; PETITIONER Aasman Lal. ERSUS‘ 1 State of Chhattlsgarh & Others ) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA bB Hon hie Shn Satlsh K. Agmhotrl, J RESPONDENTS Present. §hr1 Atul Pandey, Advocate for the petmoner Slm Y S Thakur Deputv Advocate General for the State ORDER ORAL) (Passed on 2’7 day of April, 2011) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that vide order dated 29.06.2009 (Annexure P/l), the petitioner, working as Rural Agriculture Extension Ofiicer, at the office of Senior Agriculture Development Otlicer, Bhopalpattanam, District Bijapur, has been transferred to the office of Deputy Director, Agriculture, Bastar, on his own eXpenses. However, the petitioner has not yet been relieved to join the new place of posting. Shri ‘ Pandey submits that once the order of transfer has been passed, it is for the government to, ensure that it is complied with immediately. He relies on a decision of the Supreme COurt in > Sreedam Chandra Ghosh u State ofAssam & others‘l, in suppmt of his contention that ifthe order is not complied with, a direction can _ be issued for enforcement thereof. Shri Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General appearing for th State/respondents submits that that if the transfer order dated 29.06.2009 (Annexure P/l) is still in existence and has not been complied with, appropriate steps would be taken to comply with the order. Ifthe aforesaid transfer order is‘still inexistence, the government is under an‘oblig‘ation to comply with the same at once. It is accordingly directed that the transfer. order shall be complied with forthwith, within a period oftwo weeks. ‘ Accordingly, this petition is disposed of. I _.._ . 1 (1996) 10SCC 567 ‘ \ 1:. V e