Deepak Gupta, J-By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 1.1.2009 whereby the transfer order of respondent No.3 has been modified and he has been adjusted at Hamirpur vice petitioner and the petitioner has been posted to Mehla (Chamba).

2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the petitioner as well as the respondent No.3 are employees of the State of Himachal Pradesh and they are both working as Agricultural Development Officers in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The respondent No.3 was promoted as Agricultural Development Officer and on promotion was posted to Mehla (Chamba). It appears that respondent No.3 was not happy with this transfer and approached the office of the Hon’ble Chief Minister to the State of Himachal Pradesh. Consequently, the order of his transfer was cancelled vide impugned order dated 1.1.2009 and he was ordered to be adjusted in the Quality Control Laboratory, Hamirpur against which post the petitioner was working. Resultantly, the petitioner was transferred from ADO, Quality Control Laboratory, Hamipur to Development Block, Mehla (Chamba).

3. The case of the petitioner basically is that he has been trans