IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ petition No. 1561 (S/S) of 2005 Smt. Manju Bisht, wife of Sri Kamal Singh Bisht, Assistant Teacher, Primary School, Ratura (Dhanpur), District – Rudraprayag. ............Petitioner. Versus. 1. Additional District Education Officer (Basic), Rudraprayga. 2. District Education Officer, Rudraprayag. 3. Additional Education Director (Basic), Garhwal Mandal, Pauri Garhwal. 4. Director, Basic Education, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 5. State of Uttaranchal, through Education Secretary, Dehradun. ............Respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J.: Heard Sri M. S. Chauhan, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel, who has accepted notices on behalf of respondents. Learned counsel for both the parties are agree to decide the writ petition at its admission stage itself. Petitioner, who is working as Assistant Teacher in Primary School, Ratura, District – Rudraprayag, has challenged the transfer order dated 30.06.2005 passed by respondent no. 2 by which petitioner has been transferred from Primary School, Ratura to Primary School, Virhrou, on the ground of surplus teacher. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that on 09.07.2005, petitioner approached the District Education Officer, Rudraprayag by moving a representation stating therein that he has wrongly been transferred on the ground of surplus teacher because according to the strength of the students in the school which is 134 the strength of the teachers should be four as per standard fixed by the Government. Headmistress has also requested to the respondents authorities to adjust the petitioner in the school at Ratura in view of the fact there are only four teachers including the petitioner, which is within the standard fixed. District Education Officer, Rudraprayag is not taking action on the petitioner’s representation and he has passed order dated 23.09.2005, directing the petitioner to join at new place of posting. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that petitioner has yet not been relieved in view of the shortage of teachers in the school. In view of the above, without going into the merit of the case, I direct the District Education Officer, Rudraprayag to decide the petitioner’s representation dated 09.07.2005 within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Till the final decision is taken on the petitioner’s representation, petitioner shall not be relieved, in case, she has not already been relieved. With this direction the writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) October 24, 2005 SKSharma