HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 73 of 2008 (S/B) K. K. Singh aged about 50 years S/o Sri R. N. Singh R/o 9 Ananya Vihar, Shimla Road Dehradun ……….. Petitioner Versus State of Uttaranchal & others ………….. Respondents Mr. U.K. Uniyal, Senior Counsel with Mr. Sobhit Saharia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for respondents. Coram: Hon’ble V.K. Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. V.K. GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) After hearing the detailed arguments of Mr. U.K. Uniyal, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and on being taken through the impugned order dated 20.03.2008 passed by respondent no.2, we find that the posting of the petitioner in Kumaon Division as Tehsildar was not done or ordered as a punishment. Since the petitioner was under-suspension, consequent upon the conclusion of the disciplinary proceedings, while imposing two penalties as mentioned in the operative part of the order, the petitioner had to be posted somewhere and it is in this background that the posting was done in Kumaon Division as Tehsildar. It cannot be said that the posting of the petitioner in Kumaon Division amounts to the imposition of any penalty. The petition is dismissed. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (V.K. Gupta, C. J.) Dated 02.05.2008 LSR/Shiv