ORDER

1. The prayer in these Writ Petitions are for mandamus to forbear the respondents from conducting the general transfer of Village Administrative Officers from Thanjavur District proposed to be held on 05.12.2009 and any date subsequent thereto.

2. According to the petitioners, they are working as Village Administrative Officers in Thanjavur District. They have been entrusted with the work of collection of land revenues, maintaining the records pertaining to the lands and identifying the lands for the purpose of revenue assessment and to protect the government lands from encroachment and further more, the revenue year, namely, fasali year to be calculated from every July to June and they should reside in the respective village for doing the above said works, so that the revenue administration should not collapse due to the absence of the Village Administrative Officers (in short “VAO”). Keeping the above said administration work in mind, the Government have formulated guidelines insofar as the general transfer of the VAOs in the year 2008 and the Government of Tamil Nadu issued an order in G.O.Ms.No.515 Revenue (Service-7(1) Department dated 25.08.2008. The Governmen