CWP No. 12309 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 12309 of 2007 Date of decision: November 25, 2008 Ranjit Singh and others --- Petitioners Versus Punjab State Electricity Board and others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. HS Sidhu, Advocate, for the respondents. Ashutosh Mohunta, J (Oral). By this judgment, we intend to dispose of two petitions i.e. CWP No. 12309 and 12399 of 2007 as similar questions of facts and law are involved therein. For brevity the facts are derived from CWP No.12309 of 2007. The petitioners are Class III employees in Punjab State Electricity Board. They are aggrieved by the order Annexure P2, whereby petitioner No.1 has been transferred from Super Thermal Plant Roopnagar to Operation Sub Division Ajnala Circle Amritsar, petitioner No.2 from Super Thermal Plant Roopnagar to ITG-II Operation Sub Division Amarkoat and petitioner No. 3 from Super Thermal Plant to Operation Sub Division Narot Jaimal Singh. Contention of the petitioners is that they have been transferred from one cadre to the other and the change of cadre is impermissible. Reply has been filed on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 3, wherein it has been averred that the petitioners are governed by Punjab State Electricity Board Technical Services Class III CWP No. 12309 of 2007 2 Regulations 1996 and as per Regulations 18 & 19, they may be transferred to any post even if it is included in some other service or not and they are obliged to serve at any place, whether that place is within the Punjab State Electricity Board or outside. In view of the above, we find no illegality in the impugned orders of transfer, which have been passed in public interest. Accordingly both the writ petition are dismissed. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 25, 2008 `ask'