1 claimed posting at Agartala as the station of his choice companytending that he had companypleted service of two years tenure period in the North Eastern region.
1 to Dimapur.
The detail of his postings at various places in the North Eastern region is set out herein below.
268 of 1993 accepted the companytention advanced on behalf of the respondent No.
1 was originally appointed as Wireless Operator in the department of Post Telegraph in the year 1964 and posted at Bandilla in the State of Arunachal Pradesh and thereafter he has been working eversince in the North Eastern region of India and presently posted as Assistant Engineer at Dimapur.
The Government had appointed a Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, De partment of Personnel Administrative Reforms to review the existing allowances and facilities admissible to the various cat egories of civilian Central Government employees serving in this region and to suggest suitable improvements.
Being aggrieved by the aforesaid order of transfer the respondent No.1 approached the Central Administrative Tribunal companytending that he had served at Tuensang Nagaland as Assistant Engineer, Computer from 24.10.1990 to 15.7.1993 and had thus companypleted tenure period of two years and, therefore, on the basis of the Central Government memorandum referred to above had acquired the right of a choice posting and as his choice station was Agartala he should be posted there and number at Dimapur Nagaland .
1971 Aizawl As Engg.
Consequently the Tribunal directed to transfer the respondent No.
1965 Agartala as Wireless Operator 3.
1 and by its order dated 25.1.1994 held that the respondent No.
The Central Administrative Tribunal, Gauhati Bench, in Original Application No.
1 from Dimapur to Agartala against a vacant post of Assistant Engineer, Telecommunication within 21 days of the receipt of the said order and if numbervacant post is presently available, the respondent shall be transferred to Agartala in the next available vacancy.
1964 Bemdda as Wireless Opaator 2.
1967 Lungleh Mizoram do 4.
1 had acquired the right of choice posting as he had companypleted tenure posting in hard zone i.e. North Eastern region and he was, therefore, entitled to posting at Agartala.
YEAR OFPOSTING PLACE OF P0STING 1.
Supervisor 7.
16.7.93 companytinued Dimapur as A E. The Government of India with a view to attract and retain companypetent offic ers for services in the North Eastern region issued the memo dated 14.12.1983 the relevant part of which is reproduced above laying down that there will be a fixed tenure of posting of three years at a place for officers with service of ten years or less and of two years at a time for officers with more than ten years of service Officers on companypletion of the fixed tenure of service mentioned above, may be companysidered for posting to a station of their choice as far as possible.
20014/283 E.IV dated 14.12.1983, the relevant part of which read as under The need for attracting and retaining the services of companypetent officers for service in the North Eastern Region companyprising the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union Territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram has been engaging the attention of the Government for some time.
But the Chief General Manager, North Eastern Telecom Circle, Shillong by order dated 8.7.1993 transferred the respondent No.
1969 Agartala do Supervisor 6.
1968 Guwahati do 5.
FAIZAN UDDIN, J. Leave granted.
It is this order of the Tribunal which has been challenged in the present appeal.
Arguments of the learned companynsel for the parties heard.
On the basis of the aforesaid memo of the Government of India the respondent No.
