IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1501 of 2011 Jyotendra Singh Negi ...Petitioner. Versus District Election Officer, Pauri District Pauri Garhwal and others …Respondents. Present : Mr. R. K. Sah, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N. P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. R. K. Sah, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. N. P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. The petitioner is a “Patwari” in revenue service in the State of Uttarakhand. According to the petitioner, he has been appointed as a Booth Level Officer (from hereinafter referred to as BLO) for the elections, which are scheduled for 2012 by the Election Commission. Admittedly, this election has not been notified as yet therefore the election process has not begun. The petitioner has now been transferred from Talla Badalpur-1 to Bichla Dhangu-3. The petitioner has challenged his transfer order dated 30.9.2011 on the grounds that he is now appointed as BLO for an election process and without prior approval of the District Election Officer he cannot be transferred. This argument of the petitioner is totally misconceived inasmuch as the election process itself has not begun. The petitioner further relies upon the guidelines for such purposes. These guidelines in any case have no statutory force and therefore no interference is called for by this Court with the impugned transfer order. 3. The writ petition is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed. 4. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 9.11.2011 Kuldeep