IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.5975 of 2010 Date of decision : December 7, 2010 Vijay Pal …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. Lalit K Sharma, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents No.1 to 3. Mr. Ashwani Pathak, counsel for respondent No.4. Surjit Singh, Judge(Oral) Petitioner, who is working as Deputy Range Officer in the Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh, is aggrieved by order dated 7th September, 2010, copy Annexure P-2, vide which he has been transferred from Check Post Palsehar, Mandi Forest Division to Kanda Check Post in Nachan Forest Division. His contention is that only eight days prior to the issuance of this order, he had been transferred to Bindrabani Check Post, Mandi and that his transfer, vide Annexure P-2, within a few days, is contrary to the policy of the government. Also, it is his contention that his wife is sick, one daughter is blind and he is going to retire in November, 2011 and, therefore, as per guidelines issued by the Government, he is required to be posted at a place of his choice. Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… 2. Respondents No.1 to 3, in their reply, have stated that the petitioner was required to join at Check Post Bindrabani, by way of temporary measure, as the Deputy Range Officer posted at the said Check Post retired on 31st August, 2010 and nobody had been posted in his place. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner as also learned Assistant Advocate General and gone through the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that the petitioner had been transferred to Bindrabani, on 24th August, 2010, vide Annexure P-1. This document is not a transfer order. It is a request made by Divisional Forest Officer, Mandi to Conservator of Forest, Mandi, for permitting deployment of the petitioner at Bindrabani Check Post, temporarily, till posting of a regular Deputy Range Officer. Petitioner was working as Deputy Range Officer at Palsehar Check Post, which falls in Panarsa Range. He was posted in Panarsa Range in 2006. Palsehar Check Post, where the petitioner had been working, was abolished on 16th August, 2010. These facts find mention in the petition itself. 5. In view of the abovestated position, petitioner’s plea that he has been transferred within eight days of his posting at Bindrabani Check Post cannot be accepted. Consequently, the present petition is dismissed. 6. Petitioner may, after joining at his new place of posting, i.e. Kanda Check Post, may make a representation …3… to respondent No.2 for his transfer to a place closer to his native place. In case he makes such a representation that shall be disposed of, by a speaking order, by respondent No.2, within three weeks, from the date of receipt of representation. Pending application also stands disposed of. Copy dasti. December 7, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J