WP(C) 1296/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T VAIPHEI Heard Mr PKR Chouidhury, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr MR Pathak , the learned standing counsel for the Education Department. Also heard Ms M Bor a, the learned counsel for the respondent No.5. With the consent of all the counsel appearing for the rival part ies, this writ petition is being heard and disposed of at the motion stage. The petitioner in this writ petition is seeking her transfer fro m Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Digboi to Guwahati. Her case is that she had been worki ng as Assistant teacher from 1994 to 1999 and thereafter as a subject teacher in Economics in Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Digboi till today and that her husband is a n employee serving under India Oil Corporation Limited as Deputy General Manager , who was transferred from Digboi to Guwahati and has now joined his new posting at Guwahati. According to the petitioner her mother in law is 82 years old lady and a heart patient requiring constant medical treatment at Guwahati. Due to th is, it has become virtually impossible for her to live away from her family who are now in Guwahati. She accordingly filed a representation dated 06.12.2010 add ressed to the Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Assam , Elementary Education Depa rtment, Dispur for transferring her from Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Digboi to Guwaha ti in the same post. As her representation has not been considered till now, she has approached this Court for appropriate directions. As no decision has been t aken by the State respondents about her representation, it will be premature on the part of this Court to interfere at this stage. However, some direction for e arly disposal of her representation is called for under the facts and circumstan ces of the case. It is pointed out by the learned standing counsel for the Educa tion Department that since the matter involves inter district transfer, any tran sfer order issued by the Director of Secondary Education, Govt. of Assam will re quire the approval of the Commissioner & Secretary, Secondary Education, Govt. o f Assam. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner points out that t hough the Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Elementary Education Departmen t had asked the Director of Secondary Education, Govt. of Assam to submit to him the formal proposal for the transfer of the petitioner along with necessary par ticulars at an early date, the Director of Secondary Education, Govt. of Assam a pparently has not acted upon this letter. The petitioner will now submit a fresh representation along with necessary particulars addressed to the Commissioner & Secretary, Secondary Educ ation, Govt. of Assam for her transfer from Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Digboi, Tinsu kia District to Guwahati, Kamrup District in the same post within a period of 15 days from today. On receipt of the representation, the Commissioner & Secretary , Secondary Education, Govt. of Assam will consider the representation of the pe titioner on merit and in accordance with law and dispose of the same within one month from the date of receipt of this order. The writ petition is disposed of with the above terms.