HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition no. 31(SB)2007 Vinod Chandra Rawat S/o late Sri Chandra Singh Rawat, Addl. Secretary, Attached with Chief Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, District-Dehradun. -------Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Chief Secretary, (Karmik), Anubhag-1, Dehradun District Dehradun, 2. Secretary (Karmik) Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, 3. Addl. Secretary (Karmik), Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, 4. Election Commission of India, through its Chief Election Officer, New Delhi, 5. Chief Election Officer, Uttarakhand, Dehradun, District Dehradun. ---------Respondents. Sri Rakesh Thapaliyal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent nos. 1 to 4. Coram:-Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. P.C.: Heard Sri Rakesh Thapaliyal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent nos. 1 to 4 and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 16.01.2007 passed by Addl. Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand by which the petitioner has been transferred from District Dehradun to District Udham Singh Nagar on the post of Deputy Director (Administration) Mandi Parishad, U.S. Nagar. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and perusing of the record, we deem it fit and proper to direct the petitioner to make representation before the appropriate authority against the impugned transfer order rising all his grievances and the authority concerned is expected to take decision on the representation of the petitioner, within a period of two weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order alongwith the representation. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (B.S. Verma, J.) (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) March 13, 2007: NCM: