JUDGMENT :

J.J. Munir, J.

1. This writ petition is directed against the transfer order dated 09.10.2024 passed by the Chief Engineer, Distribution Division-II, Prayagraj, transferring the petitioner, an Assistant Engineer, from the Electricity Distribution Sub-Division Katehara, Electricity Distribution Division, Handia, Prayagraj to the Electricity Distribution Sub-Division-City, Pratapgarh, falling under the Electricity Distribution Division-I, Pratapgarh.

2. The facts of this case would show that the petitioner has been in the employ of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Lucknow (for short, 'the Corporation') since the year 2008. He was posted at Prayagraj (then called Allahabad) from the year 2008 to April, 2013 in different establishments. In April, 2013, he was transferred to Ghazipur, but in November, 2015, he was back at Prayagraj, where again he served in different positions in varying establishments, up to the month July, 2019. In July, 2019, he was transferred to the Gorakhpur Zone and then posted at Bhatpaarrani, Deoria. He remained posted in the Gorakhpur Zone up to 28.06.2024, when on his request that his wife was serving as a Lecturer with a Government Institu