JUDGMENT

H.L. Dattu, J.—

Leave granted in these special leave petitions.

1. In these appeals, the appellants question the correctness or otherwise of the judgment and order passed by the High Court in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.5014 of 2006 dated 04.10.2007. By the impugned order, the Court, while allowing the writ petition, has quashed the order passed by the State Government dated 09.01.2006, wherein and whereunder the State Government had granted permission for transfer of petitioner - Dr. Ram Deen Maurya from A.P.N. College, Basti to D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Lucknow, to the post which had fallen vacant due to the retirement of Dr. Ram Autar Singh.

2. Case of the petitioner - Dr. Ram Deen Maurya :- Petitioner is working as a Lecturer in A.P.N. Post Graduate College, Basti in the Department of Economics. On 30.06.2002, a post of a Reader fell vacant in the Department of Economics due to the retirement of Dr. Ram Autar Singh in D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Lucknow. The petitioner wanted to be transferred from A.P.N. Post Graduate College, Basti to D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Lucknow to the aforesaid vacant post. Therefore, petitioner on 12.03.2005 applied for No Objectio