The petitioner, an Assistant Executive Engineer, working in Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation, has challenged the order of transfer issued by the Government in G.O. (D) No. 30, MA & WS Department, dated 2. 2009, transferring from Municipal Corporation to a Municipality.

2. Facts leading to the writ petition are as follows:

The petitioner was appointed as Junior Engineer in the Municipal service on 11. 1988 and he worked in various municipalities. During 1994, the Government have upgraded Tiruchirappalli Municipality along with three other Municipalities as Municipal Corporation. The petitioner was absorbed in Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation and thereafter, promoted as Assistant Executive Engineer in the year 2007 and posted in Golden Rock Zone of Tiruchirappalli Corporation. While so, the Secretary to the Government, Water Supply Department, first respondent, issued orders in G.O. (D) No.542, MA & WS Department, dated 212. 2008, transferring the petitioner from Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation to Municipal Service and posted him in the Office of the Regional Director of Municipal Administration, Tirunelveli, as Assistant Executive Engineer. The sa