:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 573 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 573 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 573 OF 2008 Commander N. K. Tripathi ..Petitioner versus The Chief of the Naval Staff & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. K. P. Anilkumar for the Petitioner. Mr. M. Goswami with Mr. A. Shah for the Respondents. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE and CORAM : S. A. BOBDE and CORAM : S. A. BOBDE and A. V. MOHTA, JJ. A. V. MOHTA, JJ. A. V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 26TH MARCH, 2008 DATE : 26TH MARCH, 2008 DATE : 26TH MARCH, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. The petitioner has challenged his transfer order dated 6.12.2007 from INS Trata, Mumbai to INS Zamorin. The petitioner has apparently been transferred on administrative ground on permanent duty. Learned counsel for the respondents states that he has been directed to report on 31.3.2008 and his representation against the transfer has been rejected by the Commander in Chief, Western Naval Command. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits :2: that the transfer is in violation of the Navy Act and the Regulations made thereunder. There is no provision pointed out to us which prohibits such a transfer. We are not inclined to go into the other grounds alleged in the petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner however submitted that the petitioner has made representation to the Chief of the Staff, which has not been forwarded by the Respondents. Learned counsel for the respondents states that if there is such a representation, it will be forwarded to the Appropriate Authority for decision in accordance with the law. There is no merit in the petition. It is dismissed. (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (A. V. MOHTA, J.) (A. V. MOHTA, J.) (A. V. MOHTA, J.)