IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.8196 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 09, 2011. Jasbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.N.P.S.Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is working as Panchayat Officer and is aggrieved by his transfer from Morinda to Jhunir vide the impugned order dated 3.5.2011 (Annexure P-6). It is alleged that the petitioner is due for retirement w.e.f. 30.11.2011 and notwithstanding the Government Policy not to transfer an employee nearing retirement, that the petitioner has been ordered to be transferred. In my considered view, the transfer is an incidence of service and the policy/guidelines relied upon by the petitioner do not confer any legal right, the violation of which may call for interference by a Writ Court. CWP No.8196 of 2011 [2] However, if the petitioner is facing any hardship due to the impugned transfer, it is obligatory upon the authorities to consider such hardship sympathetically. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation before respondent No.3 within a period of one week from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order and upon receipt thereof, respondent No.3 is directed to consider the same sympathetically and pass an appropriate order within a period of two weeks thereafter. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 09, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE