IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 190 of 2011 (S/B) Dinesh Prasad Joshi and others ….…… Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ……….Respondents Mr. N.S. Pundir, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand / respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Date of Judgment: 22.07.2011 JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Barin Ghosh, C.J. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. BARIN GHOSH, C.J. (ORAL) It appears to be the contention of the petitioners that the Medical Health and Family Welfare Department of the State is distinct from the Medical Education Department of the State. It is also the contention of the petitioners that they were working in the Medical Health and Family Welfare Department of the State, when they were given an option to either remain in the Medical Health and Family Welfare Department or to switch over to the Medical Education Department. It is also the contention of the petitioners that they have opted to switch over to the Medical Education Department. It appears to be the contention of the petitioners that their option has not yet been decided, one way or the other. 2. The petitioners have filed the present writ petition, apprehending that in the event private respondents are also posted in the College where the petitioners are presently working, they may be shifted out. No order has yet been passed for shifting the petitioners out of the said College. 3. In the circumstances, we dispose of the writ petition by directing respondent No. 1 to decide the option of the petitioners, one way or the other, and until then, to retain the petitioners in the Medical Education Department. (V.K. Bist, J.) (Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 22.07.2011 22.07.2011 Amit