ORDER :

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is permitted to make necessary correction in paragraph no.5 of the writ petition regarding the petitioner’s date of joining in service.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the part of the order dated 12th November, 2003 as contained in memo no.10-53/02-2733 passed by the District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad- respondent no.3, whereby the petitioner’s four annual increments have been withheld with cumulative effect and he has been transferred and posted in Government Middle School, Maniadih Circle, Tundi-1. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondents to allow the petitioner to discharge his duty as Headmaster In-charge in Government Middle School, Kotaladda, Topchanchi-2.

3. The factual matrix of the case, as stated in the writ petition, is that the petitioner joined his service on 17th November, 1973 as Science Teacher. He assumed the charge of headmaster with effect from 30th September, 1997 in pursuance of the direction of the respondent no.3 after superannuation of the earlier headmaster of Government Middle School, Kotaladda, Topchanchi-2, District Dhanbad. Duri