^^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATT1SGARH AT B1LASPUR Corarn:- Hon'ble Shri Dhlrendra Mlshra & Hon'bSe Shri R.N. Chandrakar. JJ Appellant Petitjoner Writ Appeal No.343/2009 Ram Vilas Rai, S/o B. Rai, aged about 49 years, presently working as Lecturer, Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Ramanujganj, District- Sarguja (CG) Versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh, through The Secretary, Department of Tribal Welfare, Dau Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur (CG) 2. Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Welfare Department Ambikapur, Distt. Surguja 3. Biock Education Officer, Ramchandrapur, Distt. Sarguja (CG) Respondents @ Appeal under Section 2 (1) of the Chhattisaarh Hiah Court (Appeal to Dlvislon Bench) Act, 2006 Present: Shri A.N. Pandey, counse! for the appeiiant. Shri Vinay Harit, Dy. Advocate General for the State. Oral Order (Passed on 4th of December, 2009) Per Dhirendra IVIishra. J:- This writ appeal is directed against the impugned order dated 6th of November, 2009 passed in W.P.(S) No.5985/2009, whereby the appeliant's petition against his transfer order has been dismissed. (2) Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant is an office bearer of the employees un'ion and as per circular of the State Government dajgd 25.08.2004, the appeliant could not be transferred to his present piace of posting. He further submits that the appellant was also transferred eariier from his present piace of posting and the same was cancelied on the ground of the aforesaid circular. However, six months later, the appellant has again been fransferred from the Boys Higher Secondary Schooi, RamanujganJ, Distt. Sarguja to Korba on option of Assistant Commissioner Tribai Welfare, Korba (CG) (3) From perusal of the impugned order, it is observed that learned single Judge, referring to the orders passed on representation of the appellant by the State Government, wherein it has been observed that the appellant is posted in his present piace of posting for about 12 years and as per the said circular, in the pubiic interest, office bearer may aiso be transferred to other place as the circuiar is not mandatory, disrnissed the writ petitlon. Priya (4) We are ln agreement with the finding of the learned singie Judgs. There is no substance in this appeal, which deserves to be and is accordingly dismlssed. —-—-—-- Sd/- Dhirendra Mishra Judge Sd/- R.N. Chandrakar Judge