1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR O R D E R Gopal Singh Vs. Rajasthan Civil Service Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur & Ors.. S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4172/2006 DATE OF ORDER :: March 21, 2007 PRESENT HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE H.R.PANWAR Mr.Harish Purohit, for the petitioner. Mr.K.L.Thakur, Additional Advocate General. BY THE COURT: By the instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the orders Annexure-1 dt.29.5.2006 and Annexure-6 dt.17.7.2006. The grievance of the petitioner is that by order Annexure- 1, the petitioner has been transferred from Govt. Upper Primary School, Shankergarh, Panchayat Samiti Devgarh, Distt. Rajsamand to Govt. Upper Primary School Ola, Panchayat Samiti, Sankra, Distt. Jaisalmer and by this inter-district 2 transfer, the petitioner will lose the chance of consideration for next promotion in Rajsamand. Reply to the writ petition has been filed by the respondent State and it is submitted that where the inter-district transfers are made in the administrative exigency, the seniority to such an employee is assigned while considering the date of his initial posting and not from the date of joining into the district. To make it clear, it is further stated that where the inter-district transfer is made on the basis of request of an employee, then seniority is assigned to him from the date of joining into the district. It has also been stated in reply to ground (c) of the writ petition that the seniority of the petitioner even on account of inter district transfer is assigned while taking into consideration of his date of initial appointment and not from the date of joining in the district. Thus, from the reply filed by the respondent, it is clear that the seniority of the petitioner has not been adversely affected even in the inter- district transfer. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already been promoted to the next higher post at Rajsamand. Even otherwise, the seniority of the petitioner is protected by the reply filed by respondent i.e. from the date of initial appointment even on inter-district transfer. 3 In this view of the matter, the apprehension of the petitioner that he will lose the chance of consideration for next promotion on inter district transfer vide Annexure-1 is unfounded and the writ petition deserves to be dismissed. In the result, the writ petition is dismissed. Stay order dt. 4.8.2006 is vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. [H.R.PANWAR],J. m.asif/-