HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1065 of 2009 (S/S) Mamta Sachan (Smt.) …. Petitioner .. Versus State of Uttarakhand & others … Respondents Mr. Lok Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondents. 3rd November, 2009 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. Heard Mr. Lok Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner as well as Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondents. The petitioner has challenged her transfer order dated 31.7.2009 (Annexure No. 2 to the writ petition) from T.B. Sanitarium, Gaithia to B.D. Pandey (Male Hospital), Nainital. The only ground on which the transfer order has been challenged by the petitioner is that the transfer is on a personal request of the petitioner and the petitioner had in fact requested for a transfer to the Community Health Centre, Bhowali whereas on her request she has been transferred to B.D. Pandey (Male Hospital), Nainital. It is an admitted case of the petitioner that she has been serving at T.B. Sanitarium, Gaithia for the last nine years or so. Transfer is in exigency of service. Transfer orders can only be challenged if there is statutory violation or mala fide on the part of the authority. None has been alleged in the present writ petition. Even though the petitioner has been transferred to a place which is not a place of choice in as much as she has requested for transfer from T.B. Sanitarium, Gaithia to the Community Health Centre, 2 Bhowali, it is not a ground for this Court to interfere in this transfer matter. Writ petition is wholly without merit and is dismissed as such. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 3.11.2009 Avneet