THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25077 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is working as a Lower Divisional Clerk in the Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited, 1st respondent herein. For the past seven years, he is working in the office of E.R.O., Anakapalle and was posted at Yelamanchili. Through orders, dated 07.06.2011, the Superintending Engineer (Operations), 2nd respondent herein effected transfer of as many as 31 employees. The petitioner was transferred to the office of E.R.O., Narsipatnam. The petitioner filed W.P.No.16325 of 2011 feeling aggrieved by his transfer. The writ petition was disposed of on 15.06.2011 directing the 2nd respondent to pass appropriate orders on the representation dated 28.05.2011 submitted by the petitioner. In obedience to the same, the 2nd respondent passed an order dated 20.07.2011 stating that the transfer of the petitioner is strictly in accordance with the guidelines. The petitioner was also required to report to the Station, to which he was transferred. This writ petition is filed against the said proceedings. Heard Sri Bokka Satyanarayana, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Jyothi Eswar Gogineni, learned counsel for respondents 1 to 3. The petitioner completed seven years of service at the Station, before he was transferred. His grievance was mostly about the percentage of H.R.A. According to him, he worked for the past several years at a Station, for which the H.R.A. was 12% and that though the Guidelines stipulate that the transfer of such employees must be to a place for which the H.R.A. is 20%, he was transferred to a place fro which the H.R.A. is 12%. It hardly needs any mention that the Guidelines are directory in nature and that they can be followed only to the extent possible. No employee has a right to insist that he must be posted at a particular place. Much would depend upon the administrative exigencies. An order of transfer cannot be interfered with, unless it is shown to be patently illegal or accentuated with mala fides. No such grounds are pleaded much less established. If after joining at the place, to which he is transferred, the petitioner makes any representation for his being posted to any other station, explaining the reasons therefor, the same can certainly be taken note of by the respondents, as and when general transfers are effected in the next year. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. The petitioner is however granted 15 days time from today to report to duty at the place, to which he is transferred. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 07.09.2011 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25077 of 2011 Date: 07.09.2011 JSU