Dear Mayank, I can definitely say that CA student doing articleship is not any servant/maid of any CA. We are not meant for bringing office stationery and do any crap work.
Further, I can tell you that nothing ruins the career in my opinion.
Asking for a transfer is your right in case you are not comfartable working with your principal. However, transfer is possible only by mutual consent or the death of principal. If your CA is not ready for transfer that means there is no mutual consent and in that case no one can help you. And the results is that you end up working with your CA even irrespective of whther you are interested or not.
I have gone through transfer cases, and I can for sure tell you that Institute never helps the students. Transfer is possible only by mutual consent as per the current provisions of the Chartered Accountants Act.
So, if you dont have mutual consent and at the same time you are not interested in working with your principal, the result is that you leave course or give up yor fundamental rights and work with your principal even if you are not interested.
If anyone is aware of any provision in the Chartered Accountants Act whereby a student can get transfer without mutual consent as well, I kindly request you to paste the relevant provisions out here.