COURT NO.2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) 783/2003 Smt. Satya …….Petitioner Versus Chief Medical Officer, Dehradun and Others ……Respondents Sri S.S. Yadav, learned Counsel for the petitioner. Sri H.M. Raturi, learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondent no. 1 & 2. 5th May, 2008 Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of certiorari for quashing the impugned transfer order dated 16.7.2003 in respect of the petitioner, which is contained as Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition. 2. Petitioner Smt. Satya is working on the post of Sweeper. She was transferred by the impugned order dated 16.7.2003 from S.P.S. Government Hospital, Rishikesh to Primary Health Centre, Kalsi, Dehradun. The petitioner has averred in the writ petition that she has to look after her husband who is a heart patient and a patient of asthma as well. 3. The main ground of challenge is that some similarly situated persons, who were transferred to other places, have been retained in the S.P.S. Government Hospital, Rishikesh, but petitioner’s request in this regard has been ignored by the authorities. In the joint counter 2 affidavit, filed on behalf of respondent no. 1 and 2, it has been admitted that some persons who were transferred along with the petitioners were permitted to continue in the same hospital. 4. The operation of the impugned transfer order was stayed by this Court vide interim order dated 8.8.2003. Petitioner is a district level Class IV employee. She is an old lady and is on the verge of her retirement. Her husband is also under treatment for various ailments. Therefore, it would not appropriate to transfer her at this stage. 5. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case narrated above, the writ petition is allowed. The impugned transfer order dated 16.7.2003, in respect of the petitioner, is hereby quashed. No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J.) Prabodh