JUDGMENT :

S.K. Panigrahi, J.

1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

3. The present petition has been directed against the illegal transfer order whereby the petitioner was asked to relocate from Gopabandhu Govt. U.P School, Bharatpur, Bhubaneswar to Govt. High School, Khandagiri. The Petition calls into question and challenges the action of the Opposite Parties for violating the principles laid down in Government Notification No. 22167/S & ME dated 04.10.2018 and prays to quash the said illegal transfer order in the interests of justice.

4. Shorn of unnecessary details, the substratum of the matter presented before this court remain that the petitioner has been working as an Asst. Teacher at Gopabandhu Govt. U.P School, Bharatpur, Bhubaneswar. Subsequently, vide Office Order no. 6838 dated 10.12.2021, the petitioner was issued a transfer order.

5. The petitioner has submitted that he has bona fide reasons towards making representations against the said transfer order as it violates the principles and guidelines laid down in Notification No. 22167/S & ME dated 04.10.2018. Relevant assertions in the co