IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.1138 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated14.08.2008 in W.P.No.15640 OF 2008 on the file of the High Court) Between: M. Sridevi, W/o. R. Nageshwar Rao, aged 42 years, Occ: Post Graduate Teacher (Maths), A.P. Social Welfare- Residential Educational Institutions Society Junior College, Wyra, Khammam District. … APPELLANT AND 1. Ch. Siva Kumari, W/o. Y. Satyam Babu, aged 44 years, Occ: Post Graduate Teacher (Maths) APSWRS/JC, Wyra, Khammam District. 2. A.P. Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, Hyderabad, rep. By its Secretary. 3. The Chairman, A.P. Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society, Hyderabad . … RESPONDENTS Counsel for the appellant: MR. S. SURENDER RAO Counsel for Respondent No.1: MR. J.R. MANOHAR RAO Counsel for Respondent Nos.2&3: Mr. K. Durga Prasad The Court made the following: Judgment: (Per R. Subhash Reddy, J) This writ appeal, under Clause-15 of the Letters Patent, is ﬁled by the second respondent in the writ petition aggrieved by the order dated 14.08.2008 passed by the learned single Judge. 2. The ﬁrst respondent herein, i.e. the writ petitioner was appointed as a Post-graduate Teacher in A.P. Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society and she was working in an institution of the said Society at Mahabubabad, Warangal District. While undertaking general transfers for the academic year 2008-09, she made a representation to consider her request for transfer to an institution at Wyra, Khammam District. Similarly, the appellant herein, i.e. the second respondent in the writ petition, who was working at Kalluru in Khammam District too requested for transfer and gave her options. One of the options given by her was for her retention at Kalluru in Khammam District. Considering the request of the ﬁrst respondent-writ petitioner, order dated 16.06.2008 was passed transferring her to an institution at Wyra, Khammam District. So far as the appellant herein is concerned, she was retained at Kalluru in Khammam District, considering the option given by her. It appears that, thereafter, the appellant herein made a representation to the Chairman of the Society, who by order dated 15.07.2008 posted the ﬁrst respondent-writ petitioner at Kalluru in Khammam District in the place of the appellant and posted the appellant to the institution at Wyra, Khammam District. The said order is questioned by the ﬁrst respondent herein in the writ petition. The learned single Judge allowed the writ petition, recording a ﬁnding that there is no reason for altering the place of posting given to the ﬁrst respondent-writ petitioner by the order dated 16.06.2008. 3. In this appeal, it is contended by the learned counsel for the appellant that the transfer order dated 16.06.2008, transferring the ﬁrst respondent-writ petitioner from Mahabubabad to Wyra, was passed contrary to the guidelines and the ﬁrst respondent-writ petitioner was not eligible for seeking transfer at all. However, in the impugned order dated 15.07.2008, there is no indication of canceling the order dated 16.06.2008 on the ground as submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant. It is evident from the order dated 15.07.2008 that the earlier postings are canceled only at the behest of the appellant herein, on her request, and no reason whatsoever is indicated therein for alteration of postings. The appellant was retained at Kalluru in Khammam District pursuant to one of the options given her and having joined at Kalluru, she could not have sought transfer to another place again and it was not open to the third respondent-Chairman to have passed the order dated 15.07.2008. 4. For the foregoing reasons, we do not ﬁnd any illegality in the order passed by the learned single Judge. 5. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 16, 2008 MRR