IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1544 of 2006 (S/S) Sri Prem Singh Chauhan S/o Sri Raghuvansh Singh Assistant Teacher, L.T. Grade (Hindi) Govt. Higher Secondary School, Bajpurgaon, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar. . Petitioner ...………… [ Versus 1. Director, School Education Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 2. Additional Director, School Education, Kumaon Region, Nainital. 3. District Education Officer Udham Singh Nagar. 4. Principal, Govt. Higher Secondary School, Bajpurgaon, District Udham Singh Nagar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. Alok Mehra, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Manoj Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. P.C. Bisht, Brief Holder for the respondents. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the affidavit, counter affidavit and rejoinder affidavit filed by them. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 02.01.2006, passed by respondent No. 1, whereby respondent No. 3 was restrained 2 from accepting the joining of the teachers transferred by respondent No. 2. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in pursuance to the order dated 28.10.2006, whereby the petitioner was transferred from Government Inter College, Dwarahat (Almora) to Government Higher Secondary School, Bajpurgaon (Udham Singh Nagar), the petitioner had already been relieved from Government Inter College, Dwarahat on 3rd of November 2006, but he was not permitted to join at the new place of posting. This made the petitioner’s condition that of ‘Trishanku’. During the pendency of this writ petition, the petitioner has joined his duties in the new place of posting, as such practically, this writ petition has become infructuous. 4) In the above circumstances, the writ petition stands disposed of as infructuous with the observation that the petitioner, if he so likes, may make a representation to the authority concerned, as to the payment of his salary for the period after he was relieved from Government Inter College, Dwarahat (Almora) and before he joined at Bajpurgaon (Udham Singh Nagar). (Stay Vacation Application No. 779 of 2007 also stands disposed of, accordingly). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) [ Dt. July 31, 2008. H.Negi