S SRINIVAS Vs. REGIONAL CENTRE IGNOU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE subject matter of challenge in this writ petition is the order of transfer dated June 22, 2012 passed by the Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (for short IGNOU) transferring the petitioner from the post of Regional Director, IGNOU, Regional Centre, Port Blair, to the <DJG> SAME POST AT RAGHUNATHGUNJ.</DJG>

(2.) THE petitioner's case is that in March 1998 he was appointed as Assistant Regional Director in IGNOU and while working at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, he was selected for the post of Regional Director and in February, 2011, he was transferred to Regional Centre at Port Blair of the said university.

(3.) BY filing this writ petition, the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the order of transfer and the subsequent relieving order and a writ in the nature of mandamus restraining the respondents from transferring the petitioner from Port Blair to any other place except his home town Nagpur till or before the completion of 5 years at Port Blair.