O RDER

This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the order of transfer

21.07.2025, thereby transferring the petitioner from Government Polytechnic College, Uthangarai to Government Polytechnic College for Women, Madurai.

2. Heard the learned counsel on either side and perused the materials available on record.

3. Though this Court does not find any grounds to interfere with the order of transfer, on the basis of the undertaking affidavit filed by the petitioner, thereby undertaking to join in the transferred place from 01.05.2026 and considering the fact that the petitioner’s children are studying 10th standard, 8th standard and 5th standard and cannot be shifted to schools in Madurai at this stage and it is very difficult to secure admissions in Madurai, this Court is inclined to defer the order of transfer till 30.04.2026. It is also noted that, in the meantime, the petitioner did not join the transferred place and as such, he was issued a charge memo for unauthorized absence.

4. The learned Additional Advocate General appearing for the respondents submitted that though the petitioner challenged the order of transfer before this Court, no interim order was granted. Even then, the