IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 14658 of 2008 Between: M.Balaji S/o.M.Sudarshan LIG 398 Bhel Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P Beverages Corporation Ltd rep.by its Managing Director M.J.Road Hyderabad 2 I.M.L.Depot Hyderabad -II Depot Kompally Ranga Reddy District Rep.by its District Manager .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in tranferring the petitioner to Khammam by proceedings in A1/Trans-St.Asst./2008/5907-1 dt.4-7-2008 without assigning any reasons is wholly illegal arbitrary and unjust and consequently direct the respondents not to transfer the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.BHASKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner is working as a Store Assistant in I.M.F.L. Depot, Hyderabad-II of A.P. Beverages Corporation Limited. Vide proceedings, dated 04.07.2008, of the in-charge General Manager, the petitioner was transferred to I.M.F.L. Depot at Khammam. The same is challenged in this writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the transfer is affected almost in the middle of the academic year and it has resulted in hardship to the petitioner. He contends that the children of the petitioner are admitted into educational institutions at Hyderabad and at this stage, it will be difficult for him to shift them to Khammam. The health problems of the petitioner are also cited. The learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, on the other hand, submits that the petitioner is staying at Hyderabad since 2002 and in the general transfers, he has been shifted to Khammam. It is not a case of solitary transfer of the petitioner on a selective basis. It is stated that the general transfers are affected and the petitioner, who has been working at Hyderabad since 2002, is shifted to Khammam. Though it may have been proper for the respondents to affect transfers before the commencement of the academic year, no hard and fast rule can be laid in this regard. This Court is not impressed by the reasons pleaded by the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt: 08.07.2008. kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}