' MUNIR AHMED CHAUDHARY, J.--- This writ petition has been filed under section 44 of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act, 1974, through which the petitioner has sought a direction to the official respondents not to cancel or modify her transfer order.
2. Brief facts as stated in the petition are that the petitioner Shaheena Akhtar was performing her duty as Headmistress in Government Girls High School Panyam and was transferred to Government Girls High School New City Mirpur in place of Razia Jillani. It was further sated that the official respondents are bent upon to cancel the said transfer order on political pressure. The petitioner prayed for issuance of the direction as mentioned before, accepting the writ petition.
3. Notices were issued to the respondents for submission of parawise comments and objections on the application for interim relief but the official respondents neither appeared nor submitted comments and objections. Meanwhile, Razia Jillani Headmistress in whose place the petitioner was transferred, filed an application to implead her in the line of respondents. After hearing the parties, the said Razia Jillani was impleaded in the line of respondents. The respondent Razia Jillani submitted para-wise comments, stating therein that the matter in hand pertains to terms and conditions of service which can not be adjudicated through writ petition and only the Service Tribunal is competent forum for adjudication. An alternate remedy is available to the petitioner.
The petitioner got issued her transfer order by using political pressure and tactics. The answering respondent was serving as Headmistress at Government Girls High School New City Mirpur and got sanctioned 45 days Ex-Pakistan leave due to marriage of her daughter which was going to be celebrated in England. The respondent was transferred from Government Girls High School New City Mirpur against the policy of the Government in her absence. It was prayed to dismiss the writ petition in limine.
4 Meanwhile, the order of transfer regarding the petitioner and respondent No,8 dated 20-8-2013 was cancelled by the concerned authority from the date of its issuance on 13-9-2013, The petitioner submitted an application for amendment in the writ petition challenging the said order of cancellation. The proposed amendment was allowed and the petitioner submitted amended writ petition. Later on, the order dated 13-9-2013 was also cancelled by the concerned authority frem the dated of its issuance on 23-9-2013. So the first order dated 20-8-2013 was restored.
5. Preliminary arguments were heard. The learned counsel for the parties advanced their arguments in support of their version as taken in the pleadings. No need is required to produce their arguments in black and white.
6. After hearing the arguments, I have gone through the record carefully and minutely. The record reveals that the controversy is regarding transfer and posting of the petitioner and the private respondent. It is an admitted principle of law that transfers and promotions of Government employees fall within the ambit of terms and conditions of service and if any Government employee is affected and any policy or rules and regulations are violated regarding the same, the proper forum for redressal is the Service Tribunal. There is plethora of precedents regarding such like situation that the matter regarding terms and conditions of service cannot be agitated through the writ petition. The apex Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Government as well have laid down a policy regarding transfer of Government employees. If any Government employee is transferred violating the said policy, such Government employee has got an alternate remedy to approach the Service Tribunal instead of filing a writ petition before this court.
' In the light of what has been stated above, the instant writ petition stands dismissed in limine with no order as to the costs.