HIGK.' r-rv IOT ^-'v-Fur\ r OF CHHATTISGARH AT BiLASPUR W. P.^No. 3854 of 2007 Petitioner B. 0 S w. oarote S/o Late Shri S. S. Sarote. Aged about 41 years, Presently working as ForesS Range Officer, At Khondri Pendra Road, Forrest Division Mar.'ahi, District - BHaspur (CG); R/o Ashok Nagar, near Sarswati Shishu Mandir, Chantidih, BHaspur, DisSricS- Biiaspur Char (CG) Versus Respondente CB ^w Stats of Chhattisgarh - Through the Secretar/, Forest Department, DKS Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) The Under Secretary. State of Chhatti^garh. Forest DepartmenS, DKS Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) Shri V. K. Chaurasiya, Forest Range OfRcer, presentiy posted at Kunkuri Range, Forest Divislon, Jashpur, District Jashpur Nagar (CG). WR!T PETSTiON UNDER ARTSCLE 22S OF TUE CONSTITUTiuN OF iNDiA : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Satish K. Agnihotri, J 3. Shri P. R. Patankar, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Satish Gupta, Deputy Govt. AdvocaSe forthe respondents No. 1 & 2. Shri Anand Kumar Thc/ari, Advocate forthe respondent No.3. Sh ORDER (Passed on this 1 day of Februarif, 2008) The foilowing order of the Court is passed by Satish K. Agnihotri. J. 1. The petitioner white v./orking as Range Officer (Forest Ranger) at Khondri, ForesS Division, Mar/ahi, District- Bitaspur was transferred to Kunkuri, Forest Division, Jashpur on the same terms and conditions vide impugned order dated 29.6.2SX37 (Annexure P/1). ri i;. 1-- 2. This Court vide interim order dated 5.7.2007 directed to maintain status quo with regard to She posting of the petltioner. By virtue of the interim order the petiSfoner has continued at the origina! place of postsng. 3. Be that as it may, wi the passage of time this petition has become infru'ctuous as period of transfer is not appiicabte forever. At this point of ttme there is no question to examine the validity of the transfer order. Hov/ever, the respondents are at iiberty to pass appropriate orders keeping in view the pubite interest and administrati-v'e exigency, VirithouS insisting on compliance offrie inipugned transfer order. 4. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of. No order as to Satish K. Agnihotri Thakur 1 Judge