IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP (T) No.: 3357 of 2008. Date of decision: 16.7.2009. Hari Lal …. Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. and others. … Respondent. Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Deepak Gupta, J. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the petitioner: Mr. Rakesh Jaswal , Advocate. For the respondent No.1 and 2: Mr. R.K.Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ram Murti Bisht, Deputy Advocate General. For the respondent No. 3.: Mr. K.B.Khajuria, Advocate. Per Deepak Gupta, J. (Oral) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner, who is working as a Peon in the department of Education, has challenged his transfer from Govt. High School, Polan to Govt. High School, Sirkund. The petitioner had earlier filed O.A. No. 1043 of 2006 which was disposed of by the erstwhile H.P.State Administrative Tribunal on 29.3.2006 directing that the same be treated as representation by the Director of Education. The Director of Education rejected the representation of the petitioner. Thereafter, the petitioner again approached the Tribunal and obtained stay order on 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes. 2 30.6.2006. He continues to be posted at Govt. High School, Polan till date. From the reply it is apparent that the petitioner by now has completed 10 years in Polan which falls in a tribal area. No employee has a vested right to remain posted at one station for such a long period. However, we find that the petitioner is a class- IV employee. He is a lowly paid peon. For such an employee transfer to a distant place can have grave financial implications. The petitioner is admittedly serving in a tribal area to which he belongs. Therefore, in case the petitioner makes a representation to the Deputy Director (Higher Education), Chamba, within three weeks from today the said representation shall be considered sympathetically and if the petitioner cannot be retained at Polan he may be posted to some other place which is close to his village. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. Dasti copy. ( Deepak Gupta ), J. 16th July, 2009 (Surinder Singh), J. ™