(1.) Aggrieved by the transfer order dated 16.6.2020 (Annexure P-5), the petitioner has filed the instant petition for the grant of following substantive relief:
(2.) The petitioner was initially appointed as Lecturer (History) on 21.11.1994 and served at different places. In the year 2013, he was appointed as Principal, DIET and was lastly posted as Principal, DIET at Hamirpur. Now, vide impugned notification dated 16.6.2020 (Annexure P-5), the petitioner has been ordered to be transferred to the office of Deputy Director Elementary Education (Inspection Cell), Hamirpur.
(3.) It is vehemently contended by Mr. Anup Rattan, learned counsel for the petitioner that the impugned transfer has been made on the basis of D.O. Note issued by respondent No.2 and thus, the transfer order is liable to be set-aside in view of the law laid down by this Court in CWP No. 1551 of 2017 titled as Prem Thakur vs. State of H.P. and others.