IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 831(S/S)2007 Smt. Radha Bisht W/o Sri Raghunandan S. Bisht, Primary School, Dhoorasim, Tarikhet Block, District Almora. ---- Petitioner. Vs. 1. Director, Vidhyalayi Shiksha, Uttarakhand, Dehradun 2. Addl. District Education Officer (Basic), Almora ---- Respondents. Ms. Sangeeta Miyan Adv., learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Ms. Sangeeta Miyan Adv. Holding brief of Sri Virendra Kaparwan, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttarakhand/ respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 11.06.2007 passed by Addl. District Education Officer (Basic), Almora transferring the petitioner from Primary School, Dhoorasim Block Tarikhet to Primary School, Saloni, Block Tarikhet, District Almora. The petitioner has challenged the impugned transfer order on various grounds. I do not find any substance in the grounds taken by the petitioner in the writ petition except that Smt. Deepa Parihar an Assistant Teacher, who was transferred and posted in the present Primary School from where the petitioner is being transferred, is the daughter of Smt. Pushpa Kaira-Headmistress of the School. Smt. Deepa Parihar was transferred and posted to this School in the year 1998 whereas; the petitioner was transferred in the present School in the year 2000. The Headmistress is serving in this Primary School 2 before 1998 and since then both the mother and daughter are serving in that Primary School. The petitioner has alleged that she has been transferred to give undue advantage to Smt. Deepa Parihar so that mother and daughter may remain in one Primary School. Prima-facie, this ground appears to be correct in case the allegations made by the petitioner are true, consequently, I direct the Addl. District Education Officer, Almora to explain under which circumstances, he permitted the mother and daughter to remain in one Institution since a long time and the petitioner has been transferred by the respondent no. 1 to some other place. The explanation shall be submitted by the Addl. District Education Officer (Basic), Almora to the Director, School Education, Dehradun within a period of four weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order by the petitioner before the Addl. District Education Officer (Basic) Almora. After receipt of the explanation as directed above, the Director, School Education, Dehradun or any other officer nominated by him shall pass appropriate orders in the matter and till the matter is pending before the Director or the officer concerned, the petitioner shall not be relieved from her present place of posting. The petitioner is directed to submit a certified copy of this order before the Addl. District Education Officer (Basic), Almora within a week from today. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) July 10, 2007: NCM: 3