HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 5243 of 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned the order of transfer dated 21.10.2005 and the further memo issued by the respondents vide proceedings No. Supdt/813(2)/2007-H&KZ, dated 4.2.2010. The petitioner is working as Shramik in Andhra Pradesh State Transport Corporation. By order dated 21-10-2005, issued in proceedings No E1/813(19)/2005-HZ, the petitioner was transferred and posted to Mancherial Depot of Adilabad Region. Though the order of transfer was passed on 21.10.2005, it appears, the petitioner did not join duty at the place where he was transferred. By a further memo dated 4.2.2010, the petitioner was informed that on account of his unauthorised absence, disciplinary proceedings are being initiated and he was advised to join duty at Mancherial Depot, pending finalisation of the disciplinary proceedings. Thereafter, the petitioner made a representation on 12.2.2010 requesting him to post him to any place in Hyderabad. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner has produced a copy of the final orders dated 25.2.2010 issued in Proceedings No. Supdt./813(2)/07HCZ, through which, penalty of reduction of pay by two incremental stages, i.e., from the existing basic pay permanently was imposed on the petitioner on the ground of unauthorised absence. Merely because final orders are passed in the disciplinary proceedings imposing penalty of punishment, that by itself is not a ground to interfere with the impugned transfer order. Further, though the petitioner was transferred to Mancherial Depot as far back as in the year 2005 , the petitioner had not joined at the place, where he was transferred. Though, it is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the services of the petitioner cannot be transferred to a different region; as per Regulation 5-a of the A.P.S.R.T.C. Service Regulations, the respondents are empowered to post a member of a service to anywhere and in any post borne on the cadre of such service. In view of the said Regulation, it cannot be said that there is no power to the respondents to issue the impugned transfer order transferring the petitioner from Hayatnagar Depot to Mancherial Depot of Adilabad Region. Further in the impugned transfer order, the respondents have very clearly stated that the seniority of the petitioner in the category of Shramik will be maintained at Hyderabad City Region only. In that view of the matter, I do not find any illegality in issuing the impugned transfer orders and the further orders dated 4.2.2010. For the aforesaid reasons, I do not find any merit in the writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. However, it is made clear that this order does not preclude the respondents from considering the representation dated 12.2.2010 and passing appropriate orders thereon, if the same is still pending for consideration. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY,J Date: 17th March, 2010 pnb