ORDER:

(Per the Hon(cid:146)ble the Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan)

Heard Mr.Katika Ravinder Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr.Ch.Kalyan Rao, learned Government Pleader for General Administration Department appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2; Mr.P.Govind Reddy, learned Special Counsel representing the State of Andhra Pradesh appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.3 and 4; Mr.M.Vidya Sagar, learned Standing counsel for Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited (APCPDCL) appearing on behalf of respondent No.5; and Mr.G.Vidya Sagar, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.6.

2. By filing this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner seeks a direction to respondent No.6 to transfer her to respondent No.5 /

APCPDCL.

3. According to the petitioner, she is a native of Prakasam District of the undivided State of Andhra Pradesh. She was recruited by the then APCPDCL and appointed as Assistant Engineer in Anantapur District on 04.11.2010. Following the bifurcation of the composite State of Andhra Pradesh pursuant to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014 and formation of the State of Telangana, petitioner was al