CWP No. 3724 of 2011 14.09.2011 Present: Ms. Ranjana Parmar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Guleria, Assistant Advocate General, for respondent No. 1. Ms. Yogita Dutt and Mr. Divya Pal Singh, Advocates, for respondent No. 2. The petitioner who was posted as Assistant Engineer (Mechanical), HPPWD Mechanical Sub Division Nahan, has been transferred to Mechanical Sub Division Nerwa vide impugned order dated 16.5.2011 (Annexure P-3). The petitioner has alleged in the petition that his daughter expired at the very young age and his wife was serving at Chandigharh. He made a request to the respondent department to consider the same and the respondent transferred him to Nahan from Dhalli vide order dated 20.4.2010 (Annexure P-1). The fact that this transfer order was made on his request, is clear from the order passed that he was transferred without TTA/joining time. However, within a period of 13 months, fresh order has been passed transferring the petitioner to Nerwa. Once the prayer made by the petitioner had been considered by the respondent department and he had been shifted to Nahan, there appears to be no justification for his transfer to Nerwa within a period of 13 months. Therefore, the order in question cannot be said to have been passed in public interest. 2. In view of the above discussion, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is permitted to fie a representation before respondent No. 1 within two weeks from today putting out all the grievances in the representation and respondent No. 1 shall …2… sympathetically consider the grievances and dispose of the representation within a period of four weeks from the date, the representation is received by him. Till the representation to be so filed by the petitioner is not decided by respondent No. 1, he shall continue to remain at Nahan as per the order passed by this Court earlier. The status quo as it exists today, shall be maintained. However, it is clarified that respondent No. 2 shall also be issued a notice by respondent No. 1 and his grievances also shall be considered by respondent No. 1 while passing the orders. The writ petition stands disposed of, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. September 14, 2011 ( V.K. Ahuja ), J. (BSS)