JUDGMENT :

R. Devdas, J.

1. The petitioner who was the 3rd respondent before the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as 'the Tribunal') is before this Court being aggrieved of the order dated 08.01.2019, passed by the Tribunal.

2. The petitioner and the 3rd respondent are serving in the cadre of Senior Sub-Registrars. By notification dated 30.07.2018, the respondent State Government transferred about 122 Senior Sub-Registrars/Sub-Registrars and in the said notification, the petitioner, who was then serving as Sub-Registrar, Hesaraghatta, was transferred as Sub-Registrar, Molakalmuru, while the 3rd respondent who was serving as Sub-Registrar, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, was transferred as Sub-Registrar, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru. However, by another notification dated 30.10.2018, the petitioner, who was under transfer to Molakalmuru, stood transferred to the place of the 3rd respondent, as Sub-Registrar, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru. Under the same notification, the 3rd respondent was transferred from Shivajinagar, Bengaluru to Head Office, Bengaluru, to a vacant post. The 3rd respondent herein approached the Tribunal in application No.7790/2018, seeking quashment of