IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 3015 of 2010 Date of decision: 22.07.2010 ______________________________________________________ Sharda Rani .....Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. & others .....Respondents. Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the petitioner: Ms. Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Advocate. For respondents No. 1 & 2: Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. For respondent No. 3: Mr. Lovneesh Kanwar, Advocate. ______________________________________________________ Surjit Singh, J (oral). Petitioner is a lecturer in Economics (school cadre). She was posted, as such, in Government Senior Secondary School, Majra, near Paonta Sahib. She has completed her tenure of three years. Now, she has been transferred to Government Senior Secondary School, Kanti Mashwa, District Sirmaur, which, admittedly, involves journey of about 11 kilometers on foot. 2. Her plea is that she is having some ailment of spinal cord, which has resulted in numbness of the right leg below knee joint and because of that, she has been medically advised to avoid travelling long distances on foot, besides bending forward and lifting 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? -: 2 :- heavy weight. Respondent No. 3, who is stated to have been at Kanti Mashwa, for the last about one and a half year, has been posted in Government Senior Secondary School, Majra, in place of the petitioner. It is alleged that petitioner has been shifted to accommodate respondent No. 3. 3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. 4. Petitioner has placed on record a medical certificate, Annexure P-2, issued by an Assistant Professor (Orthopedics) of Indira Gandhi Hospital, Shimla, per which she has been under treatment for PIVD L5 – S1, since 12th March, 2010 and has been advised against forward bending, lifting heavy weights and travel long distances on foot. 5. In view of the aforesaid medical certificate, writ petition is disposed of, with a direction to respondent No. 1 to post the petitioner in a school, which is connected by road with Paonta Sahib and the distance between that school and Paonta Sahib is also not too long. This direction be complied with, within two months from today and in the meanwhile or till the petitioner is posted at a school, in accordance with the aforesaid direction, impugned order of transfer, Annexure P-3, be given effect to, so far as it affects the petitioner. (Surjit Singh) Judge 22nd July, 2010 (rajni)