THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.25959 of 2011 Dated:27.09.2011 Between: B.Mosha .. Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation (Coop.II) Department, Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.25959 of 2011 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S. Rao) The petitioner who is a Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies was posted as Administrative Manager at Visakhapatnam Cooperative Central Stores Limited (Super Bazar) on Foreign Services in November, 2010. In May, 2011, he was recalled and was asked to undergo transfer counselling as per the guidelines contained G.O.Ms.No.93, dated 14.05.2011. As per his option, he was posted as District Cooperative Audit Officer (DCAO) in the office of the District Cooperative Office, Visakhapatnam. However, the Government by Memo dated 15.06.2011 directed the Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies to modify the order of the transfer. In obedience thereto, by an order dated 15.06.2011, the petitioner was posted as Deputy Registrar in the office of the District Cooperative Office. Assailing the same, he filed O.A.No.5257 of 2011. By impugned order dated 07.07.2011, the same was dismissed. Aggrieved by which, the present writ petition is filed. The counsel for the petitioner vehemently contends that when the petitioner was subjected to transfer counselling and was given posting as DCAO, transfer order of the second respondent at the instance of the first respondent is arbitrary and illegal. We are afraid, we cannot accept the submission. As rightly observed by the learned Tribunal, the transfer is an incidence of Government service made on administrative grounds. As the petitioner could not be accommodated as DCAO, though he was initially posted, he was posted as Deputy Registrar in the office of the District Cooperative Office. Further, indisputably the petitioner has not been transferred from Visakhapatnam. Therefore, we do not find any reason to interfere with the transfer order made on administrative grounds. The writ petition is misconceived and is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) ___________________ (K.G.SHANKAR, J) 27.09.2011 KH