IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 347 of 2011 (S/B) Rakesh Kumar Verma ….…… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ………. Respondents Mr. N.S. Pundir, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Chief Standing Counsel for the State / respondent Nos. 1 to 3. Date of Judgment: 01.12.2011 JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Barin Ghosh, C.J. Hon’ble U.C. Dhyani, J. BARIN GHOSH, C.J. (ORAL) We are not inclined to interfere with the transfer order, in as much as it appears that the petitioner was working until 15th May, 2008 at Hardwar, whereupon he was transferred to Chamba and then again, on 28th June, 2010, he was taken back to Hardwar and by the impugned order, he has been asked to serve at Muni Ki Reti, Tehri Garhwal, which is situated in close proximity of Hardwar. Petitioner is the Principal of Government Industrial Training Institute. A person, who holds the highest post in an institution, cannot, on the ground that his family will be affected or that the transfer order is not in consonance with the transfer rules, contend that the transfer order should not be given effect to. 2. The learned counsel for the writ petitioner cited a judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, rendered in the case of Director of School Education, Madras and others Vs. O. Karuppa Thevan and another reported in 1994 Supp. (2) SCC, 666. The judgment, so cited, is a cryptic one, where the status of the employee, sought to be transferred, has not been mentioned. The said judgment, therefore, has no application at all. 3. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. (U.C. Dhyani, J.) (Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 01.12.2011 01.12.2011 Amit 2