Pertinent to see, no government servant or employee of a public undertaking has any legal right to be posted forever at any one particular place or place of his choice since transfer of a particular employee appointed to the class or category of transferable posts from one place to another is not only an incident, but a condition of service, necessary too in public interest and efficiency in the public administration. Who should be transferred and posted where is a matter for the administrative authority to decide. Unless the order of transfer is vitiated by mala fides or is made in violation of any operative guidelines or rules the courts should not ordinarily interfere with it. Coming to the case on hand, it is manifest from the record that pursuant to the letter dated 29.5.2015 addressed by the Director, BARC asking to forward the name of a suitable candidate who is an expert Scientist with background of steam and electrical system for NRB, Tarapur, the respondents had forwarded the names of Ramachandra Rao and that of the petitioner. In the context of suitability and experience, the petitioner was found suitable and the order of transfer dated 10.10.2015 is passed in public interest and not on administrative grounds. It further emerges from the record that the process of identifying a suitable officer for NRB, Tarapur was initiated on 29.5.2015 which is much prior to the lodging of complaints by the petitioner and therefore it cannot be said that the petitioner was transferred only on account of making complaints and having developed grudge against him therefor. Further the respondents have not singled out the petitioner alone, but forwarded a panel of two names, out of which, the petitioner was found suitable and accordingly he was selected from the said panel.
