2025:HHC:8483 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.4663 of 2025 Date of Decision: 01.04.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Renu Devi ……...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Mukul Sood, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General, Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar & Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocate Generals, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents-State. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) Petitioner herein, who at present is working as TGT (Arts), at GHS Chari, under control of Government Senior Secondary School Mehla, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, which is a hard area, seeks transfer to the station of her choice near Kangra in terms of judgment passed by this Court in CWP No. 2114 of 2018 and judgment dated 24.12.2020 in CWP No. 5801 of 2020. 2. Precisely, the grouse of the petitioner, as has been highlighted in the petition and further canvassed by Mr. Mukul Sood, learned counsel representing the petitioner, is that though petitioner has already completed normal tenure of posting in hard area, but her prayer for transfer from present place of posting to one of the stations of her choice has not been considered. 3. Having regard to the nature of prayer and order proposed to be passed in the instant petition, this Court sees no necessity to call for the reply from the respondents, who are otherwise represented by Mr. Ravi Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General. While accepting notice on behalf of the respondents, Mr. Ravi Chauhan, learned Deputy Advocate General, fairly states that representation (Annexure P-4) filed by the petitioner, if not already decided, shall be decided expeditiously. 4. Having perused averments contained in the petition, which are duly supported by an affidavit as well as documents annexed therewith, this Court finds that petitioner herein was appointed as TGT (Arts) in the year 2022 and since then, she has been working in the school concerned. Now, since the petitioner has completed normal tenure of posting in hard area, prayer has been made by her for transfer to soft area, but same has not been considered on one pretext or the other and as such, she is compelled to approach this Court in the instant proceedings. Since Transfer Policy provides for transfer from hard area, after completion of normal tenure, this Court finds no impediment in issuing direction to the 2 respondents to consider and decide the representation (Annexure P-4) filed by the petitioner in a time bound manner. 5. Consequently, in view of the above, this Court, without going into the merits of the case, deems it fit to dispose of the present petition, with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the pending representation (Annexure P-4) filed by the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of two weeks from today. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms of instant order, besides affording opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, shall also take note of provision contained in Transfer Policy and pass appropriate orders. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. April 01, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (sunil) Judge 3