1. The appellant joined service of the Government as a Lower Division Clerk in the District of Palghat, she having secured selection for the Palghat District. According to her, she married Mr. Mathew, son of Scaria, on 30-8-1987. The appellant's husband is a Roman Catholic Syrian Christian whereas the appellant is a C.S.I. Christian. It is her case that she belongs to Mala Araya community, which is a scheduled tribe, from which community she has been converted into C.S.I. Christian, Thus the marriage admittedly is between the appellant, a C.S.I. Christian and Mathew, a Roman Catholic Syrian Christian. She made an application for transfer from Palghat District to Idukki District on the ground that her husband is employed there. As no particulars about the appellant's husband's job at Idukki were available, she was called upon to furnish them. Though the appellant says that she has furnished that information, a copy of the same has not been furnished before us. It is her case that her husband is privately employed in Idukki. Transfer is claimed on the basis of the executive order of the State Government, Ext.P2 dated 1st April, 1976, which has prescribed certain guideline