HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 511 of 2009 (S/S) Kaustuba Nand Bhatt. … Petitioner. Versus The State of Uttarakhand and two others. … Respondents Mr. Vinod Tewari, Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. H.M. Raturi, Standing Counsel for the State/respondents. Dated: May 22,2009: Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the impugned order dated 25.04.2009 passed by Block Education Officer, Dhauladevi, District Almora whereby the petitioner has been transferred from Phulai Jageshwar to Sailakot. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is an old person aged 56 years and he has to look after his family affairs alone, as his mother has also died recently. He prayed that due to personal problem of the petitioner transfer order be stayed. Ground taken by the petitioner is not quite convincing and this Court is not inclined to stay the effect and operation of the impugned order. 4. During the course of arguments learned counsel for the petitioner confined his prayer that the petitioner may be permitted to file fresh representation before the authority concerned and the authority concerned may be 2 directed to decide the same sympathetically within the period prescribed by this Court. At this juncture, learned Standing Counsel does not have any objection. 5. The prayer is innocuous. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner is permitted to file fresh representation before the respondent no.2 within a period of ten days from today and incase any representation is filed within the time prescribed, the respondent no.2 is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the representation alongwith certified copy of this order. With these directions the writ petition is disposed of. 7. No order as to costs. 8. Let a certified copy of this order be supplied to the learned counsel for the petitioner today itself on payment of usual charges. (V.K. Bist, J.) 22.05.2009 NCM: