ORDER :

1. Notice confined to respondent No. 1 only. Mr. Anil Kumar God, Advocate, appears and waives service of notice on behalf of respondent No. 1.

2. The instant petition has been filed for the grant of following substantive relief:

“That the impugned transfer order dated 20.07.2022 as contained in Annexure P-1 may kindly be quashed and set aside and the petitioner may kindly be allowed to continue at the present place of posting in the interest of justice and fair play.”

3. The petitioner was working as Assistant Engineer with the respondent-Board and was transferred and posted in Electrical Division, Rewalsar in District Mandi, on 12.06.2019 and now vide order dated 20.07.2022 has been ordered to be transferred to the Office of SE(D) P/H Electrical, Sundernagar, which too falls in District Mandi.

4. The only ground on which the instant petition has been filed is that the petitioner is currently aged about 56 years and is due to retire within one year and four months and moreover the parents of the petitioner are oldaged and ailing being 85 years old. According to the petitioner, the transfer is contrary to law, more particularly, Clause 5.4 of the Comprehensive Guiding Principles,