IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON FRIDAY, THE 4TH NOVEMBER 2011 / 13TH KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 27443 of 2011(E) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ V.S.BOOSARI, TALUK SUPPLY OFFICER, KODUNGALLOR,THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.T.S.RADHAKRISHNA PILLAI SRI.T.P.RAJENDRAN NAIR RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. THE COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL SUPPLIES, THIRUVANATHAPURAM.PIN- 695 001. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR .PIN-680 001. 3. THE DISTRICT SUPPLY OFFICER, THRISSUR.PIN- 680 001. R1 TO R3 BY SR GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.E.M.ABDUL KHADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: sts WP(C)NO.27443/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER(S) EXHIBITS EXT.P1 TRUE COPY OF ORDER NO.(CS) B3-9367/11 DT.8.04.2011 OF THE IST RESPONDENT. EXT.P2 TRUE COPY OF THE NEWS ITEM APPEARED IN THE MADHYAMAM DAILY DATED 01.08.2011 . EXT.P3 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO.(CS)B3-28867/11 DT.13.10.2011 RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS : NIL /TRUE COPY/ P.S.TO.JUDGE sts P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, J. .............................................. W.P.(C).NO.27443 OF 2011 ............................................. Dated this the 4th day of November, 2011. JUDGMENT The petitioner is challenging Ext.P3 order of transfer, whereby he has been transferred from Kodungalloor to Kollam. 2. The case of the petitioner is that the transfer ordered by the respondents shifting him from the Taluk Supply Office, Kodungalloor and posting in the District Supply Office, Kollam is absolutely without any rhyme or reason and contrary to the 'guidelines'; the petitioner having only five more months service before his retirement. 3. When the matter is taken up for consideration today, the learned Government Pleader submits, on instructions, that Ext.P3 transfer was given to the petitioner being the nearest place of his residence, considering the petitioner's request dated 23.5.2011, a copy of which is placed for consideration before this Court. It is revealed from the said application, that the petitioner had represented before the Director of Civil Supplies that he is a native of Pathanapuram Taluk and that in view of his retirement from service by W.P.(C).NO.27443 OF 2011 : 2 : 31.3.2012, he would like to have a posting in his native Taluk, Pathanapuram. It was in the said circumstances, that the matter was considered and the petitioner was given a posting near to the place of his request, by appointing him as the Senior Superintendent in the District Supply Office, Kollam, as per Ext.P3. 4. This Court finds that there is no infringement of any of the rights of the petitioner in having issued Ext.P3; nor is there any violation of the statutory prescriptions or the 'Guidelines'. The transfer has been given pursuant to the request made by the petitioner. In the said circumstances, there is absolutely no ground to call for any interference. The writ petition fails and the same is dismissed accordingly. P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, JUDGE. cl