IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17026 of 2004 Between: N.B. Purushotham, S/o Krishna Murthy, Work Inspector (Technical) O/o the Deputy Executive Engineer (H), A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd, Miryalaguda,Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd, Rep. by its Managing Director, Urdu Galli, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector/Executive Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring that the action of the second respondent in purporting to transfer the petitioner to a non-existing post in the office of District Manager (Housing), Nalgonda by Procgs.Rc,.No. B1/626/2004 dt. 13-9-2004 from the post of Work Inspector (Technical) and also the additional charge post of Draughtsman in the office of Deputy Executive Engineer (H), Miryalaguda is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.PANDURANGA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.V.CH.NAIDU The Court at the stage of admission made the following : THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17026 of 2004 ORDER: The petitioner is a Work Inspector (Technical) in the office of the Deputy Executive Engineer (Housing), A.P. State Housing Corporation Limited, Miryalaguda. The 2nd respondent passed an order dated 13.9.2004 transferring the petitioner from Miryalaguda and posting him to work in the office of the District Manager( Housing) Nalgonda. The grievance of the petitioner is that in the transfer orders, the post to which he is transferred is not indicated and therefore, the order is to be quashed as illegal and arbitrary. In the impugned order, the petitioner was directed to be posted to work in the office of the District Manager (H), Nalgonda. After reporting of the petitioner to duty, the District Manager would give the posting wherever he desires. The petitioner cannot have any grievance on the mere ground that the post is not indicated in the transfer orders. Hence, the petitioner cannot maintain this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________________ 22nd September, 2004 Nn. Copies to: 1 The Managing Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd, Urdu Galli, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector/Executive Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3. Two C.D. copies.