T.S.SIVAGNANAM J.

The above Writ Petition has been filed by the Union of India, represented by its Principal Director (Staff), Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, challenging the order passed in O.A.No. 396 of 2006 dated 27. 2006.The first respondent herein is the applicant before the Tribunal.

2. The applicant filed O.A.No.396 of 2006, for declaring the order passed by the third and fourth respondents dated 5. 2006, insofar as the transfer of the applicant from MetropolitanTransport Project (Railways), Chennai, to workshop and stores, Golden Rock, Trichy, as being illegal, contrary to the Circular dated 111. 1987, a colourable exercise of power, discriminatory, arbitrary, malafide and violative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and for a consequential relief to repost the applicant at Chennai as Senior Auditor with all consequential benefits.

3. The relevant service particulars of the applicant are that, the applicant joined the service in the Office of the Accountant General at Hyderabad in the year 1982 and thereafter on her request, she was transferred to the Metropolitan Transport Project Audit Office (MTP) during December 2003 an