IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. (S/S) 1626 of 2011 Rajeev Kumar Jaiswal …Petitioner Versus Director, Economic and Statistics Directorate Uttarakhand Government, Dehradun and another …Respondents Present: Mr. Lalit Samant, Advocate present for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Bihst, Brief Holder present for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. Lalit Samant, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Bihst, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. The petitioner is an Assistant Development Officer (Statistics) in the Statistics Department, Government of Uttarakhand. He has been transferred from Block Gairsain, District Chamoli to District Nainital. Earlier the petitioner had challenged his transfer order by filing a writ petition being Writ Petition No. (S/S) 1259 of 2011 stating that transfer has been made on the ground of its own prayer however, he had made no such prayer. The writ petition was disposed of with the direction that the petitioner may move a representation and the same shall be disposed of in accordance with law. Consequently, a representation was filed and respondent no.1 has disposed of the said representation by passing a speaking order stating that the petitioner has been transferred on administrative ground for the reason that he should gain work knowledge at Nainital. Moreover by the impugned order dated 8.7.2011 another person has also been transferred. These are administrative orders. All the same, the transfer being an exigency of service and the interference by the Courts is normally made only on two 2 grounds A) where there is a statutory violation or B) the order has been passed due to malafide reasons. Since none of these two grounds exist in the present writ petition, no interference is called for. The writ petition is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed in limine. 3. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 23.11.2011 Kuldeep