WP(C) 918/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA. In terms of the order dated 23.3.2011 passed in Misc. Case No.618/2011, the matter was to be listed before appropriate Bench. The only ground, on which the petitioner has challenged the order of transfer dated 28.1.2011 (Annexure-D to the writ petition) is that the petitioner having completed only 7 months at his place of posting could not have been transferred before completion of normal tenure of one year. I have heard Mr. B. Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. S. Samaria, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-Board. According to the respondents, the petitioner has been transferred as per the Election Guidelines, in terms of which the officials posted in the home dis trict are required to be transferred. The present place of posting of the petit ioner is Khanamukh Check Gate under Guwahati Sub-Divisional Market Committee. Ho wever, his place of posting i.e. Khanamukh Check Gate is within Kamrup (Metro). Mr. Samaria, learned Standing Counsel has produced the file in which the impugned transfer order has been initiated and posted. I have perused the said file. It is revealed that the petitioner along with some other has been transfe rred as per the Election Guidelines. Be it stated here that the home district of the petitioner is Kamrup (Metro). The petitioner has been transferred from Khan amukh Check Gate to Jorhat District Market Regulated Committee. As submitted, th e check gate falls in Kamrup (Metro) district. Apart from above, the ground on which the writ petition has been filed i.e. the transfer being illegal, having b een taken recourse to before completion of normal tenure of one year has also be en answered by this Court in a number of decisions holding that the guidelines p roviding for tenure of posting, are not mandatory but only directory. On perusal of the file, I do not find any malafide and colourable exercise of power toward s issuance of the impugned order. In view of the above, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. Conseq uently, the writ petition is dismissed. The interim order operating in this writ petition stands vacated.