WP(C) 919/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B. K. SHARMA Heard Mr. B. Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr . S. Samaria, learned Standing Counsel, Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board . The petitioners are aggrieved by the order dated 28.1.2011 by which they have been transferred to Jorhat DRMC and Dibrugarh DRMC respectively. Their pre sent places of postings are Khanamukh Check Gate under GSMC and Paltan Bazar Cen tre under GSMC respectively. The only plea on which the writ petitions have been filed towards assailing the said order of transfer, by which not only the two p etitioners but as many as 40 Officers have been transferred, is that the petitio ner have not completed the fixed tenure of posting, which is normally 3 (three) years at Marketing Centre and 1 (one) year at Check Gate. On the other hand, it is stand of the respondents that the petitioners have been transferred in view o f the ensuing election in the State and on the basis of the transfer guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India, in terms of which the Officers poste d in their home district, are required to be transferred. There is no dispute th at the petitioners’ home district is Kamrup (M) and the location of their Office s is also Kamrup (M). In view of the above, no fault can be attributed to the respondents in t ransferring the petitioners following the guidelines issued by the Election Comm ission of India. Consequently, no relief can be granted to the petitioners and t he writ petitions are dismissed. Interim orders operating in both the writ petitions are also vacated.