IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA C. W. P. (T) 1435 of 2008 Date of decision: 17.7. 2009 Alam Ram …..Petitioner Versus Stte of H.P. and others ……Respondents Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajay Chandel, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. R.M. Bisht, Dy. Advocate General, with Mr. Rajesh Mandhotra, and Mr. Vikas Rathore, Dy. A.G. Deepak Gupta, J (Oral). By means of this writ petition, the petitioner, who is working as a Field Kanungo has challenged the order dated 14.6.2008, whereby he has been transferred from Field Kanungo Circle Nihari to the Office of Land Acquisition Officer (H.P.P.W.D.) Mandi. The main ground raised in the petition is that the petitioner has been transferred from Nihari after a short span of one year and seven months. It was also alleged that the transfer of the petitioner has not been ordered in the public interest but has been ordered only with a view to 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?. yes - 2 - accommodate respondent No. 3. Stay order was passed in favour of the petitioner by the learned Tribunal on 24.6.2008. By now the petitioner has admittedly completed two years and eight months at Nihari. The normal tenure is about three years. This ground is no longer available to the petitioner. We also find that because of the stay order granted in his favour, there were two Field Kanungo posted at Nihar and the post in the office of Land Acquisition Office, Mandi remained vacant which definitely must have adversely affected the work of that office. The petitioner has been posted to Mandi Town and it cannot be said that he has been put to hardship. Transfer is an incident of service and such a transfer cannot be interfered with by this court. In view of the above, the petition is rejected. The petitioner is directed to join at Mandi within 15 days from today. The stay order is vacated. (Deepak Gupta),J. July 17, 2009 (Surinder Singh),J (cm)