f '@ Wamd M )a’az“ $ingle Ba'nch IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) NOH?% 2011 igem Shankar Shrivastava, Aged about 58 years, Presently working as Senior Agriculture Development Officer, Block ~ Pandariya, District—Kabirdham (C.G.) S/o. Late Shri Nohrilal Shrivastava, ‘ PETITIONER _ VersuS “z RESPONDENTS : l. State of Chhattisgarh, through the Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Department of Agriculture, D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur V(C.G.) 2f The Under Secetary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Department of Agriculture, D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur (C.G.) ,, 3. The Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Raipur (C.G.) 4(The Deputy Director, Directorate of Agriculture, District—Kabirdham (C . G .) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE ”CONSTITUTION OF INDIA u HIGH COURT OF CHHA'ITISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) No. ‘4796 of 2011 PETITIONER : Prem Shankar Shrivastava. VERSUS RESPONDENTS : , State of Chhattisgarh & Others. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE LONSTITUTION OE]N_D_I_A SB Hon’ble Shn Satish K Agmlmtn, Present Shri Shashank Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Arun Sao, Govemment Advocate for the State/respondents. ‘ ‘ ORDER ORAL) (Passed on 23‘ day of August, 201 1) 1. Challenge in this petition is to the order dated 26.07.2011 (Annexure P/l) whereby, the petitioner, working as Senior Agriculture Development Otiicer, Pandariya, has been transfetred to Dantewada, on administrative grounds. 2. Shri Thakur, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that earlier, the petitioner had tiled a writ petition being W.P.(S) No. 5336/2009. The said petiton was disposed of vide order dated 26.10.2009 (Annexure P/2) on an undertaking given by the State counsel that appropriate steps shall be taken to comply with the order dated 01.10.2008, whereby the petitioner was promoted to the post of Sub Divisional Agriculture OEicer. Shri Thakur further submits that the impugned transfer order dated 26.07.2011 (Annexure P/l) transferring the petitioner from Pandariya, District Kawardha to District Dantewada, has been passed to punish the petitioner as he has also filed contempt proceedings against the respondent authorities when the respondent authorities failed to comply with the order dated 01.10.2008. The petitioner ought to have been relieved to join at Pamgarh pursuant to the order dated 01.10.2008. 20 Shri Sac, learned State counsel submits that'if the order dated 01.10.2008 (Annexure P/1 to W.P.(S) No. 5336/2009) has not been complied, the petitioner shall be relieved within a period of seven days to join the promoted post of Sub Divisional Agriculture Ohicer, Pamgarh, District Janjgir. 4. In View ofthe foregoing, according to learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, nothing survives for adjudication at this stage. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order asto costs. Sd/ f I Satish K.Agnihotri : j Judge