JUDGMENT

T.R. RAVI, J.

The petitioner who was working as Personal Secretary, CPMG/CMSE at the office of the 1st respondent at Vattiyoorkavu was transferred to the office of the Programme Director, ATSP at Veli. The order of transfer was challenged before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench ('Tribunal' for short) in O.A.No.632/2022. The Tribunal by Ext.P10 order dated 12.01.2023 has dismissed the Original Application refusing to interfere with the order of transfer. Aggrieved by Ext.P10 order, the petitioner has approached this Court.

2. The petitioner contended before the Tribunal that the authority who issued the order of transfer was not competent and authorised to issue such orders, that the order is in the nature of punishment, since it was preceded by certain complaints made by the petitioner against certain officers, that the petitioner has a good service record and seniority and is not liable to be transferred and lastly that her husband is suffering from cancer and had to undergo a complex surgery in the throat and needed the petitioner to support him. As far as medical grounds were concerned, she had also made additional grounds that she was suffering from v