IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1082 (SS) of 2011 Paritosh Kumar …Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents Mr. Kurban Ali, Advocate present for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, learned standing counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J Heard Mr. Kurban Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. N.P. Sah, learned standing counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher in a Government Higher Secondary School Lasera, district Kotdwar and he has been working in a remote area and has been transferred from Government Higher Secondary School Lasera, district Kotdwar to Government Inter College, Dondal, Pauri Garhwal by the impugned order dated 21st May 2011 (Annexure-4 to the writ petition). According to the petitioner his transfer order is in violation of the settled transfer policy whereby if an Assistant Teacher is already working in a remote area for the last more than three years he is liable to be transferred only to non-remote area. Nevertheless the petitioner has been transferred from remote area to extreme remote area. There are other grounds to challenge the transfer order as well. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that the petitioner’s wife is presently getting treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi for which the petitioner needs to be posted to a place from where Delhi is easily accessible. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states at the bar that the petitioner has not yet been relieved from Government Higher Secondary School Lasera, district Kotdwar. The writ petition is disposed of with the direction that if the petitioner moves a fresh representation before the Director School Education, Uttarakhand Shashan, Dehradun, the same shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible but definitely within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order along with representation is produced before the concerned authority. Till such a representation is disposed of the petitioner shall not be relieved from his present place of posting. The writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) Dated: 26.08.2011 Aswal