IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 869 (SS) of 2007 Vasvanand, S/o Sri Bishwar Datt Goswami Assistant Teacher, Junior High School, Tuneta, Block‐Jakholi Rudraprayag. ……….Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, through Secretary, School Education Dehradun. 2. Director, School Education, State of Uttarakhand Dehradun. 3. District Education Officer, Rudraprayag. 4. Additional District Education Officer (Basic), Rudraprayag. ………Respondents Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri L.K. Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri N. P. Shah, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttarakhand on behalf of respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner, who is working as Assistant Teacher is Junior High School, has challenged order dt. 18.06.2007 passed by Additional District Education Officer (Basic), Rudraprayag, by which petitioner has been transferred from Junior High School, Tuneta to Junior High School, Nandwan Gaon on the ground of “teachers above than standard.” Aggrieved with the transfer order, petitioner has already moved representation on 07.07.2007 before District Education Officer, Rudraprayag, which is still pending. During the course of argument, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer that District Education Officer, Rudraprayag, may be directed to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 07.07.2007 within a period prescribed by this court. The prayer is innocuous. Accordingly, I direct the District Education Officer, Rudraprayag, to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 07.07.2007 within a period of ten days from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Petitioner is directed to submit the certified copy of this order before District Education Officer, Rudraprayag within a period of one week from today. Till the representation is decided by District Education Officer, Chamoli (Gopeshwar) or till 31st July 2007, whichever is earlier, the impugned order dated 18.06.2007 passed by the Additional District Education Officer (Basic), Rudraprayag so far as it relates to the petitioner, shall not be given effect to. With this direction, the writ petition as well as stay application stands disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) July 12, 2007 SKS