( 1 ) THIS appeal is at the instance of the plaintiff against an order dated the 22nd March, 1969 passed by Sri A. N. Banerjee, Judge, Second Bench, City Civil Court, Calcutta, in Title Suit No. 821 of 1968, rejecting the plaintiff's application for temporary injunction and vacating the interim order for the same.

( 2 ) THE facts leading on to the appeal can be put in a short compass. The plaintiff who was, at the material time, employed as the Sales Manager, Hindusthan Steel Limited at its Calcutta Office, instituted a suit for a declaration that the order dated the 2nd November, 1968, issued by the defendant No. 1, Hindusthan Steel Ltd. over the signature of Mr. A. E. Antony for the Chief Personnel and Manpower, transferring the plaintiff from Calcutta to the post Joint Chief (Administration) at Ranchi is illegal, mala fide and without authority of the law and also for a permanent injunction restraining the said defendant and three others from giving effect to the said order of transfer and transferring the said plaintiff from Calcutta to Ranchi. An application praying for a temporary injunction was filed on the 20th December, 1968 and on the 21st December, 1