C.J's. Court Writ Petition No. 1212(S/B) of 2002 Bhuwan Chandra Punetha ……… Petitioner Vs. State of Uttaranchal and others ………. Respondents ---------------- Writ Petition No. 1214(S/B) of 2002 1. Jagdish Bahadur Thapa and 2. Ramesh Giri ……… Petitioners Vs. State of Uttaranchal and others ………. Respondents ------------------ Writ Petition No. 1215(S/B) of 2002 Jagdish Giri ……… Petitioner Vs. State of Uttaranchal and others ………. Respondents ---------------- Hon. A. A. Desai, C.J. Hon. Irshad Hussain,J. All the aforementioned petitions are interconnected and, therefore, they are being disposed of together. Heard Sri Sharad Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned C.S.C. The petitioners are the Village Development Officers. They have been transferred from one Block to another. The ground is that this is violative of the Circular letter which refers as far as possible the officers are to be retained in the same Block. Moreover, they have undertaken work of preparation of voters list. We do not propose to interfere with the matter at this stage. However, the petitioners are at liberty to make appropriate representation to the concerned authorities. The authorities shall consider the grievance and decide their representation with a period of three weeks. Meanwhile, status quo in the matter of transfer shall be maintained. The petitions are disposed of accordingly. (Irshad Hussain, J.) (A. A. Desai, C.J.) 09.09.2002 A