IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 6022 of 2011 Date of Decision:30th August, 2011 Sunita Thakur Petitioner Versus H.P. Coop. Agriculture and Rural Dev. Bank Ltd. Respondent Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph,C.J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol,J. For the Appellants: Mr. Sanjeev Bhushan, Advocate. For the respondent: Mr. S.C.Sharma, Advocate Sanjay Karol, J. (Oral) Petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- “(i) That a writ in the nature of mandamus may be issued directing the respondent bank to consider the case of the petitioner for her adjustment/posting as Grade-II against the vacant posts lying vacant in Shimla in the interest of justice in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case of the petitioner”. 2. In response, respondent has clarified that petitioner was posted at Branch Office, Chandi only on promotion as Grade-II officer. Otherwise except for a period of five months, she always remained posted at Shimla for more than 20 years during her entire service tenure. Respondent has also offered to post the petitioner at Nalagarh or Nahan, which 2 stations, however, are not acceptable to the petitioner. 3. Posting of an employee at a particular station is the sole prerogative of an employee. Interference by the Courts in this regard is rare and that too limited inter alia on grounds of malafide or arbitrariness, which in the present case are lacking. 4. Be that as it may be, in the instant case, petitioner has placed on record medical record to prima facie show that she is undergoing medical treatment for a major ailment. She also submits that order of transfer has resulted into great hardship to the entire family. She has got two young daughters, who are studying in a school at Shimla. 5. According to her, there are persons having longer stay, who have been retained at Shimla. According to her, respondent-Bank has sympathetically considered cases of other lady employees and adjusted them at Shimla. Now all these aspects can be looked into by the respondent. As such there shall be a direction to the respondent to examine the petitioner’s grievances, sympathetically keeping in view administrative exigencies and transfer policy in vogue. Needful be positively done within a period of two weeks from today. In case there is a vacancy of Grade-II existing in Shimla, petitioner shall be the first 3 one to be accommodated there. Also in the event of any vacancy arising in near future in Shimla, her case for accommodating here shall be considered. 6. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph) Chief Justice (Justice Sanjay Karol) 30th August, 2011 Judge. (C)