HRs'IBB EHSsiSIiji HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVtSIONBENCH HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. & HON'BLE SHR! RANGNATH CHANDRAKAR, J. Writ Apoeal No. 239 of 2010 AK Sahu, S/o Shri PP Sahu, aged about 52 years, Occu. - Assistant Engineer, Public Health Department, Sub Division Champa, Divislon Champa, Distt Janjgir Champa (CG) ^,-? 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through : The Secretary Public Health and Engineering Department, DKS Bhawan, Raipur (CG) 2. Executive Engineer, Pub!lc Health and Engineering depari:ment, Sub Division, Champa, Distt. Janjgir Charnpa (CG) 3 Shri NR Jatwar, S/o not known to the petitioner, aged about 53 years, Occu.- Assistant Engineer, Publjc Health Department, Sub - Dlvlsion Champa, Division Champa, Distt Janjgir Champa (CG) Present: Smt. Hamida Siddique, learned counse! for the appellant, Shri Kishore Bhaduri, learned Additional Advocate General for the State/ respondents No. 1 & 2. •th Wl' The following judgment of the Court was passed by lajeev Gupta, C.J. Learned counsel forthe partles are heard. 2) Appellant A.K. Sahu, has filed this writ appea! against the impugned order dated 22-07-2010, passed in W.P.(S) No. 3) The appeilant/ petitioner filed the writ petition for the following reliefs: "10.1 A writ in the nature of certiorari may quashina impuaned orderdated 15.07.2010 (P/1). appropriate writ, direction or order may be passed in favour of the petitioner, whieh is Hon'ble Court deems fit in the circumstances of the cause. 10.3 That an affidavit in support of this petition is being fited." 4) The petitioner, thus in substance, vi'as seeking quashing of the order dated 15-07-2010 (Annexure P/1 in the writ petition) whereby he was transferred from Janjgir-Champa to Dabhra. 5) Learned Singie Judge on a thorough consideration of the submissions advancad on behaif of the petitioner did not find any ^round warrantlng interference in the order of the petitioner's transfer and as such, dismissed the writ petition vide impugned order dated 22-07-2010. 3) Smt. Hamida Siddique, learned counsel for the appellant vehementiy argusd that the appeliant has been transferrsd 8 1 ^^ / -t^, BSsS" ma/s fidely with a view to accommodate respondent No.3 N.R. Jatwar, a Sub-Engineer in the appetlant's department. Learned counsel further submitted that the appeilant's transfer is bad in iaw as the same is in breach ofthe guidelines issued bv the State Government. 7) The appellant's order of promotion dated 29-04- specifically mentions that his posting at Janjgir-Champa was temporary until further orders. Dabhra, the place where the appel!ant now stands transferred is situated at a distance of 100 kms only from his present place of posting Janjgir-Champa. Respondent No.3 N.R. JafrA'ar has only been permitted to officiate as Assistant Engineer in place of the 8) On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the appellant and the above-mentioned broad features of the case, we do not find any infirmity either in the order of the appellant's transfer from Janjair-Champa to Dabhra or the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge declining to interfere in the matter of appel'ant's transfer within the same district. 9) The writ appeal, therefore, is liable to be dismissed and is hereb^djsmissed summarily. Sd/- ChiefJustice subbu Sd/- R.N. Chandrakar Judge