IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 179 (S/S) of 2008 Kalyan Singh Pokharia S/o Late Sri Dalip Singh Pokharia Present address Village Tigary (Bhoodal) Khatima, District-Udham Singh Nagar. ..........Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary Education, Dehradun. 2. Director of Education, Dehradun (Uttarakhand). 3. District Education Officer District Champawat. 4. Additional District Education Officer (Basic) Champawat, District-Champawat. ..............Respondents. Shri B.S. Khanka, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 07.09.2007, passed by respondent No. 4 whereby the petitioner, a Head Master in Junior High School, is transferred from Bastiya (District- Champawat) to Budham (District Champawat). The petitioner has also challenged the order dated 23.02.2008, passed by said authority. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner drew attention of this Court to judgment and order dated 11.10.2007, passed by this Court in bunch of writ petitions led by writ petition No. 940 (S/S) of 2007, Smt. Pushpa Aswal Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others, whereby transfer orders of similarly situated Head Master/ Head Mistress of Junior High School, were quashed. It is further contended that in one Junior High School there can be only one Head Master or Head Mistress as such, there is no question of his or her there being in excess of the strength, unlike the case of Assistant Teachers. Learned counsel for the parties agree that this writ petition may be disposed of directing the respondent No. 1 to decide the representation of the petitioner. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and after going through the judgment and order dated 11.10.2007, passed by this Court in writ petition No. 940 (S/S) of 2007, Pushpa Aswal Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others (along with connected matters), this writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the petitioner shall make representation within a period of one week to respondent No. 1, who shall decide the representation within a period of one month from the date of certified copy of this order along with such representation is presented before it in the light of the observations and directions given by this Court in judgment and order dated 11.10.2007, a copy of which is annexure 5 to the writ petition. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. 13.03.2008 Sweta