HIGH CGURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT £ELA$PUR : E‘IGN’BLE $HRI JUSTECE PRITINKER DIWAKER SB ‘wy. is; m0. 247712009 TIONER Bhikuram Hixwani, S10. Late Babmam Hixwani, aged about 44 vears Lecturer Governmént g Boy$ Highm,‘ Secondary $ch001, Nawagarh, District Dm‘g (CG) Versus ‘ RES ' PONDEN‘FS l. State of \ Shhattisgarh, ‘ Through the Secretary, School Education Department, DKS Bhawan, Raipu’r (CG) The Commissioner, Public Instructions Directorate, Chhatosgarh Raipur (CG) The District Education Officer, Education District Bemetara (CG) 4. The District Education O$cen Education Dis’m'ct Durg (CG) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTIGN OF INDIA /x .> . d . 1 , arance: S1111" P.P.Sahu, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Vivek Shanna, P.L. for the State. oRAL oRnER (13.05.2009; With’the consent of the parties, the petition is head finally. Challenge in the writ petition is to the transfer order of the petitioner dated 2.3.2009 (Annexure P/ l) passed by resondent No. 1 by which the petitioner‘who is working as Lecturer, has been transferred from Government Boys z PETI Amae \, p Higher Secondaly School Pratappur, District Durg to District Education Officer, District Burg. The‘grievance of the petitionar is that in his prasent place of posting he has joined on 4.10.2008 and Without any justiiican'on, in mid session, he has been transferred. Another grievance of the petitioner is that his Wife is also in government job and is working as Shiksha Karmi Grade-II at Middie School Kanvarakapa,’ Block Nawagarh, Education, District Bemetara. Contention of counsel for the petitioner is that Without disturbing any other lecturer, he can be ccommodated either in the present place itself or somewhere near his place of posting. He aiso contends that no one has been posted in place of the petitioner. On the other hand, contention of counsel for the State is that the petitioner has already made a representation and therefore direction be issued for deciding the said representation. I have heard counsel for the parties. The petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to/ decide the representation of the petitioner within a period of sixmweeks from the date of receipt of the same. Till then status quo with respect to petitioner’s posting may be maintained. ‘ SdJ- -P'ritinker Diwaker‘ i ’1 Judge a r b