WPs 2486/11 & 2487/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2486/2011 Dr.Yuvraj Marotrao Ghugal V/s The State & others. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2487/2011 Mohan Harihar Nerkar V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri Krishna K. Kulkarni, Advocate for petitioners. Shri V.D. Godbharle, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 3. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & S.S. SHINDE, JJ. Date: 27.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. By way of these petitions, the petitioner of each of these petitions challenge the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, by which the challenge to their transfer order is rejected by the Tribunal by giving cogent reasons. It is not in dispute that each of the petitioner is WPs 2486/11 & 2487/11 2 serving at a particular place for more than six years. They were transferred by way of general transfer with other 46 employees. Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly states that it is not the petitioners’ case that the transfer order is passed mala-fide, but according to him, it is passed during mid- term. In fact, the transfer order is passed as back as on 8.7.2010 and because of pendency of the matter before the Tribunal, the petitioners, by way of interim order, continued on the posts in question. Now the point raised in the petitions also no longer survives by efflux of time. The Tribunal has rightly come to the conclusion, after considering the record, that the transfer order is passed in the administrative interest. Considering the observations of the Tribunal in paras 24 and 27 of its order, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the order of the Tribunal in its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. WPs 2486/11 & 2487/11 3 The petitions, being devoid of merit, are rejected. It is high time that the petitioners should join at the transferred place. (S.S. Shinde, J.) (P.B. Majmudar, J.) Dt/- 27.04.2011 ndk/c2741116