IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CWP No. 2972 of 2011 Date of decision: 04.08.2011. ------------------------------------------------- Ram Lal …Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Anr. …Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.K. Ahuja, J. For the petitioner: Mr. Sunil Mohan Goel, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. J.S. Guleria, Assistant Advocate General. Justice V.K. Ahuja(Oral): The petitioner, who is working as Principal in Govt. Senior Secondary School, Samoli, District Shimla, is aggrieved by transfer order dated 30.4.2011 (Annexure-P7), vide which he has been transferred from Govt. Senior Secondary School, Samoli, District Shimla to Govt. Senior Secondary School, Nainidhar, District Sirmaur, against a vacancy on administrative grounds. It has been pointed out that earlier also, the petitioner was transferred from Govt. Senior Secondary School, Mandal, District Shimla to Govt. Senior Secondary School, Hallan, District Sirmaur on administrative grounds, against a vacant post vide order dated 7.1.2010 (Annexure-P3). The petitioner made a representation to the Chief Minister,H.P., vide Annexure-P4, mentioning his grievances on medical grounds and the said transfer order was cancelled and he was kept at Samoli, District Shimla, his present place of posting. However, after one year, he has been again transferred to a distant place in Sirmaur District and the petitioner submits that the grievances pointed out by him that he had undergone two major surgeries of spine and other grievances, which were considered by the Department at that time, but now he has again been transferred within a period of one year. Once the grievances, which were put up by the petitioner and these had weighed with the respondents, he should have been adjusted at a place where he could undergo treatment and as such a case is made out in favour of the petitioner. 2. Therefore, the petition is allowed to this extent that the petitioner is permitted to file a representation to respondent No.1 within a period of two weeks from today and the said representation shall be considered sympathetically by respondent No.1 within a period of four weeks from the date of filing of the representation. 3. The petitioner submits that nobody has been posted in his place and he has been also posted against a vacant post. Therefore, status quo, as it exists today, shall be maintained till the final outcome of the representation filed by the petitioner. 4. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of accordingly, so also the pending miscellaneous application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. August 4, 2011 ( V.K. Ahuja ) (mlg) Judge