JUDGMENT :

SATHISH NINAN, J.

1. The petitioners in these writ petitions are employees of the respondent Corporation. They are working as Superintendents at the District Office, Thrissur. They are under orders of transfer (Ext.P1 in the respective writ petitions, which are one and the same order). The same is under challenge.

2. Heard Sri. O.D. Sivadas and Sri. Sajeev Kumar K. Gopal for the respective petitioners, and Sri. Deepu Thankan, learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation.

3. Under Ext.P1 transfer order, three employees were transferred. Among one of them is Kavitha V. Nair who was working as an Assistant at the District Office, Thrissur, and the other two are the petitioners working in the same office as Superintendents. Ext.P1 mentions misbehaviour and lack of co-operation between them. The reason for transfer as stated in Ext.P1 is, for the C.R. smooth and proper functioning of the office.

4. Ext.P1 order of transfer was based on a report obtained through the Executive Director (Vigilance), of the Corporation. A copy of the report submitted by the Executive Director (Vigilance) has been produced by the respondent along with their counter affidavit, as Ext.R1(b). The learned