HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition no. 1357 (S/S) 2005 Ashok Kumar Saklani S/o Sri Roshan Lal Saklani, R/o 27 D Mitralok Colony, Ballupur III, Dehradun. ----Petitioner. Vs. 1. D.I.O.S., Dehradun, 2. Addl. District Education Officer (Basic) Dehradun, 3. Principal Purva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Harvanswala, Dehradun. 4. Joint Director, of Education, Garhwal Mandal, Pauri, 5. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary Education, Dehradun. ----Respondents. Sri B.P.S. Mer, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal,J. Heard Sri B.P.S. Mer, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State who accepts notices for the respondents. The petitioner, who is Assistant Teacher in Education Department, has challenged the transfer order dated 03.08.2005 passed by the District Education Officer, Dehradun by which the petitioner has been transferred from Poorva Madhyamik Vidhyalala, Harvanswala district Dehradun to Poorva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Bauntha (Raipur), district Dehradun. Submission of the petitioner is that; vide order dated 30.06.2005 the petitioner was transferred from Poorva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Harvanswala (Raipur), district Dehradun to Poorva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Rupau, Kalsi, Block Chakrata, district Dehradun. On 03.08.2005 the said transfer order was amended by the District Education Officer, Dehradun and the petitioner was transferred from his present place of posting i.e. from Harvanswala to Bauntha, Raipur. The petitioner has submitted that the place where the petitioner has been transferred falls within the category of remote are (Durgam Kshetra). Aggrieved with the transfer order, the petitioner has moved representation not only before the District Education Officer, Dehradun but before the respondent no. 2 also, raising all his grievances. Counsel for the petitioner has prayed that the respondents may be directed to take decision on the representation of the petitioner at the earliest. The prayer is innocuous. Accordingly, the District Education Officer, Dehradun is directed to take decision on the representation of the petitioner dated 02.09.2005 within a period of three weeks from the dated of production of a certified copy of this order. With this direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) September 16, 2005: NCM: