1. In both the writ petitions, the petitioner respectively being husband and wife individually challenge the orders of transfer passed by the respondent transferring them from Atomic Energy Central School, Kalpakkam to Atomic Energy Central School, Manuguru by order dated llth June 1999.

2. The separate orders impugned in both the writ petitions are identical in all respects. The petitioner in W.P.No.12475 of 1999 is P.W. Isenth, while the petitioner in W.P.No. 12476 of 1999 is Laly Michael, who is the wife of the said P.S.Isenth.

3. The challenge to the impugned orders is identical in both the writ petitions and it would be sufficient to set out the common case and contentions to decide both the writ petitions.

4. The petitioner in the first writ petition is a trained graduate teacher in Art while the petitioner in the second writ petition is a primary teacher in Maths/Science. The petitioner in the second writ petition was initially appointed as a primary teacher on 2. 1995 at Tarapore while the petitioner in the first writ petition was appointed as trained graduate teacher at Kalpakkam. At the request of the petitioners to post them in any one of the four centre