THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 18673 of 2010 Dated: 11-8-2010 Between: P.Damodara Rao …Petitioner and The Integrated Tribal Development Agency (PTG-CHENCHU), rep. by its Project Officer, Srisailam, Kurnool Dist. And others. …Respondents ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) The writ petition is directed against the order of the learned A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’) dated 23- 7-2010 rejecting O.A.No. 4927 of 2010 filed by the petitioner herein. The petitioner, serving as a Special Officer in the Government Tribal Welfare Ashram School, filed the O.A. against the order dated 19-7-010 deputing him to PMRC to act as Training Officer in the place of one G.Rajashekar, Secondary Grade Teacher who was repatriated to the Tribal Welfare Ashram School. The petitioner was first transferred and posted as Head Master, Garapenta in July, 2009, since one Garib Basha who was working as Head Master at Garapenta was suspended. Thereafter by proceedings in May, 2010 the petitioner was posted as a Special Officer, KGBV (Kasturba Gandhi Balikala Vidyasala), Pallalacheruvu. The petitioner was again transferred by the order dated 19-7-2010 to PMRC, Srisailam to act as a Training Officer. Contending that he was subjected to transfer thrice within six months and contending that since he was to retire within a period of two years, the order is invalid, he filed the O.A. By the order impugned, the Tribunal rejected the O.A. on the ground that the transfer was occasioned on account of G.Rajashekar, SGT Training Officer, PMRC, Srisailam having been repatriated to the Government Tribal Welfare Ashram School, Tummalabailu and deputed to GTW, Ashram School, Daddanala, Prakasam District; to fill up the vacancy consequent on the transfer of Rajashekar, the petitioner was transferred and hence it was on administrative grounds and was not liable to be interfered with. The Tribunal also found that since the petitioner had not attributed any mala fides to the official respondents in effecting his transfer, no case was made out for interference. The learned counsel for the petitioner reiterates the same contentions as found disfavour by the Tribunal. He contends that he was transferred thrice within a short period, was on the verge of retirement and should not be transferred on the basis of extant administrative instructions and further since he is engaged in a census operations, he cannot be transferred in view of the orders of the Government in G.O.Ms.No. 175, General Administration Department (Accomodation.A2) Department, dated 9-4-2010. The orders of the Government, in G.O.Ms.No. 169, dated 17-6-2009 and G.O.Ms.No. 175, dated 9-4-2010 are administrative instructions in the matter of transfers. These are per se mere administrative instructions on the basis of which relief no could be granted. The petitioner was transferred by proceedings dated 19-7-2010 to PMRC, Srisailam on account of Mr. Rajashekar having been repatriated to the Government Tribal Welfare Ashram School, Tummalabailu. The filling up of this vacant post is an administrative exigency, which triggered the transfer of the petitioner. In the circumstances, no case is made out for interference, as rightly held by the Tribunal. There are no merits. The writ petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. _________________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J _________________________ R. KANTHA RAO, J 11th August, 2010. GRR