IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C. W. P. (T) No. 1393 of 2008 Date of decision: 16. 7. 2009 Sansar Chand …..Petitioner Versus H.R.T.C. and others ……Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 . no For the Petitioner: Mr. Adarsh K. Vashisht, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. Adarsh Sharma, Advocate. Deepak Gupta, J (Oral). By means of this writ petition, the petitioner who is working as Inspector in the H.R.T.C., has challenged the order dated 28.3.2008, whereby he has been transferred from Dharamshala to Palampur. This order was stayed by the Tribunal on June 23, 2008. The main grievance of the petitioner is that he was working at Taradevi and on his own request, he was transferred to Dharamshala in March, 2008 and within a few days, he has been transferred to Palampur. The stand of the respondents is that the petitioner had already served at 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes - 2 - Dharamshala as Inspector from 17.10.2001 to 8.10.2006. Thereafter he was posted at Taradevi. On his request, he was posted in Dharamshala and then in the administrative exigency, he was transferred to Palampur. The distance between Palampur and Dharamshala by the shortest route is approximately about 35 Km. The petitioner has already stayed at Dharamshala for more than five years. The request of the petitioner to be posted in Dharamshala may have been acceded to but this does not mean that he cannot be adjusted in a place in and around Dharamshala. After passing of the stay order by now the petitioner has stayed at Dharamshala for another about one and a half years. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, we feel that the petitioner has no vested right to continue at Dharamshala any longer. The petition is accordingly rejected. The stay order is vacated. (Deepak Gupta),J. July 16, 2009 (Surinder Singh),J (cm)