IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.19137 of 2025 Date of Decision: 4.12.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Santosh Kumar ……...Petitioner Versus HPSEBL …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr.Hemant Kumar Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Ravinder Thakur, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) Petitioner herein, who at present is working as Senior Executive Engineer Electrical Division, HPSEBL, Dharampur, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, has approached this Court in the instant proceedings, seeking therein direction to the respondents to consider and decide his pending representation (Annexure P-7) in a time bound manner, whereby he has prayed for his transfer from afore station to one of the stations of choice on the ground that father of the petitioner, who is 80 years old, is suffering from many ailments and there is none to take care of him. 2. Having regard to the nature of order proposed to be passed in the instant proceedings, this Court sees no necessity to call for reply from the respondents, who are otherwise represented by Ravinder Thakur, Advocate, who states that since petitioner has not - 2 - completed normal tenure at present place of posting, prayer made at the behest of the petitioner cannot be accepted. 3. True it is that petitioner has not completed normal tenure at present place of posting, but once it is not in dispute that transfer policy formulated by the Government of Himachal Pradesh, which has been further followed by the respondent-Board, enables an employee to seek transfer on the ground of adverse family circumstances, this court without going into the merits of the case, deems it fit to dispose of the same with direction to the respondents to consider and decide representation of the petitioner (Annexure P-7), expeditiously, preferably, within four weeks. Ordered accordingly. Needless to say, authority concerned, while doing the needful in terms of instant order, shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and pass a speaking order taking note of transfer policy as well as adverse family circumstances. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. December 4, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), (manjit) Judge