- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4789/1998 Sunil Tukaram Palande, age 37 yrs., occu.service, r/o Rahata Tq.Kopargaon Dist.Ahmednagar. ...Petitioner.. Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra. 2] The Chief Engineer and Joint Secretary, Planning Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 3] The Collector, E.G.S. Division, Ahmednagar. Dist.Ahmednagar. 4] The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Sangamner. Tq.Sangamner Dist.Ahmednagar. 5] The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar. ...Respondents... ..... Shri P.B. Shirsath, Advocate for petitioner. Shri N.B. Patil, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4. - 2 - Shri S.T. Shelke, Advocate for respondent no.5. ..... CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE: 02.08.2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Gavai, J.): 1] Heard counsel for the parties. 2] By way of present petition, the petitioner is challenging his transfer from Rahata to Kopergaon. 3] The transfer order was issued in the year 1997. The period of more than 13 years has passed therefrom. In any case, transfer is an incident of service and a person can not claim to be posted at a particular place as a matter of right. 4] In that view of the matter, no case is made out for interference. The petition is dismissed. Rule is discharged. No order as to costs. (S.V. Gangapurwala, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) ndk/c28104