HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 162 of (S/S) 2005 Rajendra Singh Nagarkoti Son of Sri Jasod Singh Nagarkoti, Presently working as Driver in the Office of District Information Officer, Udham Singh Nagar (Rudrapur) District – Udham Singh Nagar. …..Petitioner. Versus 1. Director General of Information and Public Relation, Department 12 EC Road, Dehradun. 2. Executive Director of Information and Public Relation, Department 12 EC Road, Dehradun. 3. District Information Officer, Udham Singh Nagar, (Rudrapur), District – Udham Singh Nagar. Respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J.: Heard Sri N.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel, who has accepted notices on behalf of respondents. Learned counsel for parties are agreed to decide the writ petition at its admission stage. By means of the this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed to issue a writ in the nature of Certiorari quashing the transfer order dated 14.02.2005 passed by respondent no. 2 and relieving order dated 18.2.2005 passed by respondent no. 3. By order dated 14.2.2005 passed by Executive Director, Information and Public Relation Department, Uttaranchal, the petitioner, who was working as Driver in the office of District Information Officer, Udham Singh Nagar, was transferred to District – Pithoragarh. The order has been communicated to the petitioner by District Information Officer, Udham Singh Nagar vide order dated 18.2.2005 and by the same order he has been relieved and directed to join his duties in the office of District Information Officer, Pithoragarh. The submission of the petitioner is that the copy of transfer order dated 14.2.2005 has not been served to him. He has further submitted that his children are studying in Class 7th and 8th at Udham Singh Nagar and the transfer order has been passed in the mid academic session of his children, which will adversely affect the study of his children. Learned counsel for the petitioner gives undertaking in the Court that petitioner will join his duty in the office of District Information, Pithoragarh within a week after 31.5.2005. Respondents are directed to allow the petitioner to continue at Udham Singh Nagar till 31.5.2005 With this direction the writ petition is finally disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) February 22, 2005 SKS