PETITIONER HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR WRIT PETIT10N tS) N0.1269 OF 2009 Ku. Neelima Nath, D/o Late Shri Narayan Chandra Nath, aged about 54 years, By Owupation Assistant Grade-2, District Office Raipur (CG), R/o House NoJ-2, Shatabdi Nagar, Telibandha, Raipur (CG). RESPONDENTS 2. Versus State of Chhattisgarh, throjugh Secretary, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, D.K.S. Bhavan, Raipur (CG). Upper Secretaiy, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, D.K.S. Bhavan, Raipur (CG). 3. The Collector, Raipur (CG). 4. Joint CoHector, Raipur (CG). C/Vrit petition under Artfole 226 ofthe Constitution of India) Single Bench : Hon'ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present:" Shri Anand Shukla, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Arun Sao, Govt. Advocate forthe State. Gowri ORAL ORDER (Passed on this 4m day of March, 2009) By this petition, the petitioner questions the legality and validity of the order dated 9-1-2009 (Annexure-P/5) whereby the petitioner has been posted at Tahsil Office Bhatapara. 2) AcGording to the petitjoner, the petitioner was transferred from rastrict Office Jagdalpur to Tahsil Office Simga. District Raipur and thereafter on a representation made by the petitioner on the ground that she was suffering from spondylosis problem the transfer order was amended and the petitioner was transferred to District OfRce.Raipur. The Joint Cdlector, keeping in view of the administrative exigency, placed the petitioner in Tahsil Office Bhatapara by order dated 9-t\-2QQ9. In this petition. learned counsel appearing for the petitioner questions the authority ofthe Joint Collector. 3) It is well settled law that jf a Class - III employee is transferred from one pjace to anothei; the District Coll^tor or any other officer worjdng on his behalf is competent to post an employee in Tahsil office or Block offfce. The same has been done in this case also. 4) In view of the foregoing, the petition is being devoid of merit and sans any substance. The petition is accordingly dismissed at the motion stage itself. 5) Consequentty, I.A.No.1 stands dfeposed of. —— Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge