JUDGMENT :

V. Kameswar Rao, J.

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:

“It is most respectfully prayed that in view of submissions made herein above this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to :

i. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to quash the transfer and release of Petitioner from NTPC-Faridabad to RIO Chennai (Tamilnadu) vide order No.319/2019 Date: 06.12.2019 (Annexure-PI).

ii. Declare that Change of cadre of petitioner from Jr. Chemist (Chemistry Department) to Jr. Officer (EEMG) is illegal and malafide.

iii. Cost of the present proceeding be awarded in favour of the petitioner and against the respondents; and

iv. Pass such other and further orders/directions as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case.”

2. The short issue that arises for consideration in the present petition is the transfer of the petitioner from the post of Jr. Chemist at NTPC, Faridabad, Haryana to the post of Jr. Officer, Energy Efficiency Monitor Group (‘EEMG’ for short) at the Regional Inspection Office (‘RIO’ for short), Chennai, Tamil Nadu vide order no. 319/2019 dated December 6, 2019 (‘impugned orde