ORDER :

The instant writ petition assails the order dated 20.12.2019 passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’ for short), Kalaburagi, in application No.6785 of 2019, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the application filed by the petitioner-applicant challenging his order of transfer and posting.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the skeletal material facts necessary for appreciation of the controversy are as follows:

The petitioner and the 2nd respondent, are both employees of the Department of Public Works, Water Resources and Inland Water Transport. By a notification, dated 8.11.2019, the petitioner, who was in the cadre of Executive Engineer, was placed on independent charge under Rule 32 of Karnataka Civil Service Rules, (for short ‘KCSR’), in the cadre of Superintending Engineer. The name of the petitioner was found at Sl. No.34 in the said list. The Government, while placing the petitioner on independent charge under Rule 32 of the KCSR, posted him as Superintending Engineer, PWD Circle, Kalaburagi, in place of the 2nd resp