1. This Writ Petition, at the instance of an employee of United Commercial Bank, working in Chennai region, since 1992, challenges the order dated 18 December 2014, transferring her from Chennai to Hyderabad.

The facts :-

2. The petitioner joined UCO Bank as Clerk in the year 1987. She was initially posted in a local branch at Bhilai in Madhya Pradesh. She was transferred to Chennai in 1992. It was a request transfer. The petitioner is presently working as Scale II Officer.

3. The petitioner was earlier transferred from Chennai to Bangalore by the management. The said order dated 11 July 2007 was challenged by her in W.P.No.25066 of 2007 on the ground that it was in violation of Clause 17 of the Transfer policy, then in force. The Writ Petition was allowed by order dated 7 February 2013. Thereafter, Bank formulated a new transfer policy for officers in the name and style of ‘Transfer policy for officers, 2014’. The petitioner was transferred to Hyderabad from Chennai, on the basis of new policy.

4. The transfer order is challenged by the petitioner on several grounds. According to the petitioner, she was singled out in the matter of transfer. It is her contention that she is ha