IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 4641 of 2010 Date of decision: 09.08.2010 ___________________________________________________________ Dr. Som Nath .....Petitioner. Versus The State of H.P. & Others .....Respondents. Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.B. Misra,J. The Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.K. Sharma,J. ____________________________________________________________ For the petitioner: Mr. Neel Kamal Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Additional Advocate General with Mr. Rajinder Dogra, Additional Advocate General and Mr. Anil Jaswal, Deputy Advocate General. R.B. Misra, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. Neel Kamal Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner and Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Additional Advocate General for the respondents. 2. The petitioner a ENT Surgeon deployed in the Health Department has been subjected to frequent transfers after 2009. The petitioner has presently been transferred from Civil Hospital, Sarkaghat, District Mandi to Community Health Centre, Ghumarwin, District Bilaspur, vide order dated 06.07.2010. 3. According to the petitioner, he is to be superannuated within two years and at his place, i.e., Civil Hospital, Sarkaghat, from where persons is being transferred no doctor or ...2... specialist is being transferred. According to the petitioner, due to his frequent transfers, his entire family shall suffer. Keeping in view the services rendered by the petitioner in the past, it would be more appropriate to keep the petitioner at the present place of posting. 4. The present writ petition is, therefore, being disposed of with directions to the petitioner to file a representation alongwith copy of this order and other relevant documents to Principal Secretary (Health) to the Government of H.P. within a week. The respondent No. 1 is directed to consider the representation of the petitioner sympathetically and, if necessary, after hearing the petitioner or his representative and shall dispose of the representation of the petitioner within four weeks thereafter by a speaking order, till the disposal of the representation, the order dated 06.07.2010, Annexure P-5, transferring the petitioner from Civil Hospital, Sarkaghat, District Mandi to Community Health Centre, Ghumarwin, District Bilaspur shall remain stayed. 5. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of, as infructuous. Copy dasti. (R.B. Misra) Judge (V.K. Sharma) Judge 9th August, 2010 (virender)