IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 829 (S/S) of 2007 Harendra Singh Bisht Assistant Teacher S/o Shri Shekhar Singh Bisht, Purva Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Gaurimafi, Doiwala District- Dehradun ------ Petitioner Versus 1. Director, Vidyalayi Shiksha Uttarakhand, Dehradun 2. Additional District Shiksha Adhikari (Basic), Dehradun ------- Respondents Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Virendra Kaparwan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel State of Uttarakhand for the respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs: 1. Issue a writ, direction or order in the nature of certiorari by quashing the order dated 23.06.2007 (Annexure No. 1) passed by respondent no. 2. 2. any other writ, direction or order, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. 3. Award the cost in favour of the petitioner. By the impugned order dated 23.06.2007, this petitioner who is working as Assistant Teacher in Junior High School, Gaurimafi, Doiwala, Dehradun is transferred to Junior High School, Chumra, Chakrata, Dehradun. As may as 109 teachers have been transferred by the impugned order dated 23.06.2007 and about 90 teachers have 2 been transferred on the ground that they are working against the standard strength of teachers prescribed by the Government. The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner is not working against the standard strength of teachers prescribed by the Government and as such she has wrongly been placed in this category and has been transferred. The petitioner may make representation before the prescribed authority raising all her grievances and the Additional District Education Officer, Dehradun is directed to take decision on the representation of the petitioner within a period of one week from the date of production of a certified copy of this order along with the representation, if moved by the petitioner, specifically giving the reasons how the petitioner comes under the category of those teachers, who are working in excess of the standard strength prescribed by the Government in the institution. With this direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. All the pending applications stand disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) 09.07.2007 VKS