^^ HiGH COURT OF CHHATTESGARH. BILASPUR W.P.(S) No. 528S/2010 PETjTIONER RESPONDENTS 2 3. B.L. Kathane, S/o- Shri Anand Rao Kathane, Aged about 59 years, Presentiy Working as Deveiopment Extension Officer, Ziia Panchayat- Rajnandgaon, Distt. Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. VERSUS State of Chhattisgarh, Through- Secretary/Under Secretary, Deptt. of Panchayat and Rurai Development, D.K.S. Bhawan, IViantra!aya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Coiiector, Rajnandgaon, Distt. Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. Chief Executive Officer, ZiEa Panchayat- Rajnandgaon, Distt. Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. WRET PETITION UNDER ARTJCLE 226 OF THE CONSTiTUTSON OF SNDIA Appearance: IVIr. Pankaj Shrivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sunita Jain, Panel Lawyer for the State. (15.09.2010) SUNILKUIViARSINHA.J. Heard finafly wlth the consent of the parties. Petitioner- B.L. Kathane is working on the post of Deveiopment Extension Officer. By the impugned order dated 12.07.2010 (Annexure-P- 1), he has been transferred from District Panchayat, Rajnandgaon to District Panchayat, Korba. Mr. Pankaj Shrivastava, iearned counsel tbr the petitioner, argues that the petitioner is going to retire on 30.04.2011 . Therefore, only about 7% months are !eft for the retire.ment of the petitioner. He refsrs to the poiicy dated 22.06.2010 (Annexure-P-5), in which vide ciause 9(2), it has been mentloned that if one year or iess than one year Is left for the retirement of the Government servant, and the Government servant wants his posting in his home djstrict or In other district of his choice that v/ouid aJso be a consideration cn transfer of such Governrnent servant. Since iess than one year is left for the retlrement of the petitioner, certainiy his case would have been govemed by the provisions of clause 9(2) of the poiicy dated 22.06.2010, but the same has not been done. », In the opinion ofthis Court, the ends ofjustlce wouid be sen/ed, if the petitioner is directed to file a reDresentation before the concemed -^g ^^:.- ^- W.P.(SI No. S285/2010 authority and the concemed authority is directed to dispose of the same, keepjng in mind the provisions of clause 9(2) of the policy dated 22.06.2010 (Annexure-P-5). Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with a dlrection that if so adviced, the petitioner may filed a representation before the concerned authority within a period of 3 weeks from today aiong with a copy of this order and a copy of writ petition raising all his grievances and if such a representation is flled, the concerned authority shall consider the same and dispose of the same in accordance with law. The petitioner shall aiso be obliged to give details about his home district and his choice for posting in the representation. It is directed that till the representation is disposed of by the concerned authority, the petitioner shall not be relieved from his present piace of posting i.e. from Rajnandgaon and he shall be aiiowed to contlnue there. _— The petition stands finaily disposed of. Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge ^