HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition no. 1100 (S/S) 2006 S.P. Singh S/o late Sri Budh Singh, Resident of 157-Subhash Nagar, Kashipur, District U.N. Nagar, At present posted as Co-operative Inspector, Grade-I, Haridwar. ----Petitioner. Versus 1. Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Uttaranchal, Dehradun, 2. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary, Co-operatives, Dehradun. ----Respondents. Mr. Vijay Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for respondent nos. 1 & 2. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Vijay Bhatt, learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State/ respondent nos. 1 & 2. The petitioner who is working as Cooperative Inspector Grade-I at Haridwar, is aggrieved against the transfer order dated 6th July 2006 passed by the registrar, Cooperative Societies, Uttaranchal, Dehradun by which the petitioner has been transferred from district Haridwar to district Chamoli on administrative grounds. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the transfer order has been passed by the respondents in violation of the policy laid down by the State of Uttaranchal issued vide Notification dated 27th June 2006. The second ground of assailing the impugned transfer order is that the 2 petitioner is going to retire after about 11 months i.e. on 29.07.2007 and as such the transfer order is against the established policy of the State of Uttaranchal. It is the general policy of the State that a Govt. employee who is going to retire within a short span of one or two years, if transfer is required options should be invited from the employee concerned preferring the places of transfer where he wants to settle after his retirement. It is contended that in spite of the fact that the petitioner is a permanent resident of District Udham Singh Nagar, no options were invited by the respondents. Since the petitioner has been transferred on administrative grounds only on the basis of some inquiry on which the petitioner has claimed that he has been absolved and in view of the fact that he is going to retire after 11 months, I deem it fit and proper to direct the petitioner to make detail representation before the respondent no. 1 raising all his grievances within three weeks from today and the respondent no. 1 shall take decision on the representation of the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order alongwith the representation. Till the representation of the petitioner is decided by the respondents, the petitioner shall not be relieved from his present place of posting keeping in view the aforesaid facts, provided he has still not relieved. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) August 11, 2006: NCM: 3