^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. & HON'BLE SHRI N.K. AGARWAL, J. Appellant Respondents Writ Appeal No. 485 of 2011 Sohan Sai Ekka, s/o late Shri Ram Badan Ekka, aged about 51 years, Block Resource Coordinator, Shankargarh, district Sarguja, C.G. VERSUS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, through the Secretary, School Education Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur C.G. 2. The Mission Director, Rajeev Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Raipur district RaipurC.G. 3. District Project Coordinator Rajeev Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Ambikapur, district Sarguja C.G. 4. Philip Ekka, s/o not known, aged about 52, Block Resource Coordinator, Ramchandpur, district Sarguja C.G. 5. Shri Mikhail Xalxo, s/o not known, aged about 49, Block Resource Coordinator, Premanagar, district SargujaC.G. Writ appeal under Section 2 ofthe Chhattisaarh Hiah Court (appeal to Division Benchl Act, 2007 -^ W.A.NO. 485 of 2011 IN»^1» Present: Shri Somkant Verma, counsel for the appellant. Shri Kishore Bhaduri, Additional Advocate General for the State/ respondent No.1. JUDGMENT (21st0ctober,2011) The following judgment of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Learned counsel for the parties are heard on admission. 2) Appellant Sohan Sai Ekka has filed this intra Court appeal against the impugned order dated 29.09.2011, passed in W.P.(S) No.5856/2011. 3) The appellanV petitioner filed the writ petition for the following reliefs:- "i. That, the hlon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the impugned transfer order dated 19.08.2011 (Annexure P-1 ), so far as it relate to the petitioner. ii. Any other relief, which may be deemed fit by this Hon'ble Court just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be provided in favour of the petitioner." 4) The petitioner, thus, in substance was seeking quashing of the order dated 19.08.2011 whereby he was transferred from Shankargarh, district Sarguja to Premnagar, within the same district ofSarguja. 5) Learned Single Judge on a thorough consideration of the entire submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioner did not find WA.No. 485 of 2011 <t) [— .. any infirmity in the order of the petitioner's transfer impugned in the writ petition. Learned Single Judge, therefore, declined to interefere in the matter and dismissed the writ petition vide impugned order dated 29.09.2011. 6) Shri Somkant Verma, learned counsel for the appellant vehemently argued that the learned Single Judge has erred in not giving due weight to the fact that the petitioner has been transferred from his present place of posting within one year of his earlier transfer and that the petitioner's transfer order is bad in law as it was passed by the competent authorities just to accommodate respondent No.4 Philip Ekka. 7) During the course of hearing, we were informed by learned counsel for the parties that Shankargarh, the present place of posting of the appellant is at a distance of only 45 kms. from Premnagar where the appellant now stands transferred vide impugned order dated 19.08.2011. 8) On due consideration of the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, we do not find any infirmity either in the order of the appellant's transfer from Shankargarh to Premnagar within the same district of Sargujaor in the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the learned Single Judge has declined to interfere in the appellant's transfer. 9) As we do not find any ground warranting interference in this intra Court appeal, the writ appeal is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed summarily. Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- N.K.Agarwal Judge ^