HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BI1A8PUR S.B. : HON'BLE MR. SATISH K. AGNIHOTRLJ, WRIT PETITION (S} No. 3928 of20 5 PETITIONER RE8PONDENTS ; Nand Kishore Bajpai age 54 •yesrs s/o Late Shri L.N.Bajpai Assistant Teacher Behind gully of Dr. Meghani X-Ray Clinic Juni LineBila^iur (C.G.) VERSUS 1. State of Cfabattisgarh through Secretary, School Education Department Raipur, (C.G.) 2. District Education Offieer District Bilaspur(C.G.) Present: Shri Y.C.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Sushil Dubey, Govemment Advocate for th@ State/respondents, th (Passed on 15m K&rch 2007) 1. The petitioner, while workiag as Assistant Teacher at Goveniment Primaiy School, Rajendranagar, Bilaspur was transferred to Middle Sehool, Mangala, P&. on the same terms and eonditions vide impugned prder dated 03.09.2001 (Aanexure A/l). 2. The Madhya Pradesh Adminisbrative Tribunal at Raipur vide interim order dated 22.10,2001 directed to maintain status quo in regard to the position of the petitioner as was prevailing cm Y '-a'3- ^ 01.10.2001, By virtue of the iaterim order the petitioner is continuing at the original place ofposting, 3. Be that as it may, with the passage of time tfais petition has become infiTictuous as period of transfer is not applicable forever. At this point oftime, there is no question to essamme tiie validity of the transfer order. However, the respondents are at liberty to pass appropriate order keeping in view the puMic iaterest and administratffe exigency, without insisting on compliance ofthe impugned traasfer order. 4. It is well settled principle of law that transfw is an ineident of service and it is for the employer to decide as to where a particular oflBcer/empIoyee be posted, keeping in view public interest as well as administrative exigency. This Court has limited jurisdiction to interfere in the transfer matter and ftis Court can interfere only in the esse of proved mslafide, non- competence of authorily passing the trmsfer order and transfer order not being in confonnity with the roles and regulatioos. 5. In view ofthe above, this petition stands disposed of. No order as tocosts. Amit