1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Union of India.

2. In this case, the petitioner is challenging the order dated 24.05.2018 (Annexure-2), whereby and whereunder the petitioner has been transferred from Patna (Bihar) to Sukma (Chattisgarh). Against that, the petitioner has filed a writ petition before this Court vide C.W.J.C. No.10769 of 2018 (Annexure-3), in which the Court has directed the petitioner first to join the place of posting and whereafter he was given liberty to file a representation and the same was to be disposed of by a reasoned order and accordingly, the petitioner filed his representation before the Director General, C.R.P.F., C.G.O. Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, in which he has stated that he was posted in 205 Cobra, which was deployed at Barachati, Gaya, for the period from 14.08.2010 to 05.01.2017, which comes under hard and naxal affected area and as per the Standing Order No.7 of 2018, specifically dealing with the transfer, posting and deployment of C.R.P.F. personnel, which provides after hard area posting