( 1. ) BY this petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for quashing that part of the order Annexure-P2 which relates to the posting of the respondent No. 3 at Bhopal and the transfer of the petitioner to Satna from Bhopal.

( 2. ) THE respondent No. 1, M. P. State Agro Industries Devlopment Corporation Limited is the state within the meaning of Article 12 ot the Constitution of India. The respondent No. 2 is its Chairman and respondent No. 3 is an employee of the respondent No. 1, like the petitioner. The petitioner joined the service of the respondent No. 1 on April 2, 1975 as an Asstt. Agro Service Engineer after obtaining the B. Tech degree in Agriculture Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur. By promotion, now being quite senior in the hierarchy of the respondent No. 1, the petitioner occupies the post of Deputy General Manager w. e. f. July 28, 1980. ( 3. ) BY Annexure-P2, the petitioner was directed to be transferred as Deputy General Manager from Bhopal to Satna. By this very order Annexure-P2, the respondent No. 3, who was the Manager at the Headquarters of the respondent No. 1, was pr