IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C.W.P. (T) No. 568 of 2008 Date of decision: 16.7. 2009 Sh. Kishori Lal …..Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ……Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 . no For the Petitioner: Mr. Trilok Jamwal, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. R.M. Bisht, Dy. Advocate General, with Mr. Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra Vikas Rathore, Dy. Advocate General, for respondent- State. Deepak Gupta, J (Oral). By means of this writ petition, the petitioner, who is working as Senior Assistant in the H.P. Public Works Department Division, Hamirpur has laid challenge to the order dated 12.3.2008, whereby he was transferred from Hamirpur Division to Karcham Division. Stay order was granted in favour of the petitioner by the erstwhile Tribunal on 25.3.2008. As a consequence thereof, the petitioner continues to function at Hamirpur. 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes - 2 - The main ground raised by the petitioner was that he had been transferred after a short span of only one year. Reply has been filed by the State which shows that right from 1991 onwards, the petitioner has managed to stay in his home District of Hamirpur. He remained posted in Hamirpur Division from 1991 to 2000 and thereafter from 10.1.2007 till date. He spent seven years in Touni Devi Division in Hamirpur District itself. On the other hand, respondent No. 4 who has also stayed in Hamirpur District for a long time, has spent more than three years in the tribal area of Karcham in District Kinnaur. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, no ground is made for permitting the petitioner to continue at Hamirpur. There is no merit in the writ petition which is accordingly rejected. The stay order is vacated. (Deepak Gupta),J. July 16, 2009 (Surinder Singh),J (cm)