IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.4238 of 2010 Date of decision : November 10, 2010 Masum Khan …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. and others …Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr. K.B. Khajuria, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Vikas Rathore, Deputy Advocate General and Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. Surjit Singh, J (Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner has been working as Work Inspector at Tissa (Chamba District), in Public Works Department, since 1999. He was transferred to Chawari Sub Division vide impugned order Annexure P-1, which is dated 24th June, 2010. His grievance is that he never opted for transfer from his present place of posting, i.e. Tissa, to Chawari, but in the remarks column, in the impugned order Annexure P-1, it is written that his transfer is without Transfer Travelling Allowance and joining time. According to him, transfer without Transfer Travelling Allowance and joining time is ordered only when one is transferred on his own request. 3. It is admitted by the respondents that the petitioner never asked for his transfer to Chawari or to any Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… other place from Tissa. Learned Deputy Advocate General says that because of the petitioner having not asked for his transfer, he will be entitled for Transfer Travelling Allowance and joining time, but he says that only for the reason that in the remarks column it is mentioned that the transfer is without Transfer Travelling Allowance and joining time, order of transfer can neither be said to be bad nor can it be cancelled. 4. Petitioner has been at Tissa, from where he has been transferred, for the last more than ten years. He is working against a transferable post and, therefore, he does not have the right to remain at Tissa for all times to come. When he has already completed his normal tenure of three years, he can have no legitimate grievance against his transfer. For the foregoing reasons, petition is disposed of, with a direction to the respondents that the petitioner be paid Transfer Travelling Allowance and allowed joining time, when in compliance with the impugned order, he joins at Chawari. November 10, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J