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2025 DAILYLAW 15563 (UTT)

RAJ KUMAR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPSS/1886/2025 · 2025-11-17

Manoj Kumar Tiwari

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2025:UHC:10154 SL. No. Dat e Office Not es, r epor t s, or der s or pr oceedin gs or dir ect ion s an d Regist r ar ’s or der w it h Sign at u r es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS W PSS/ 1 8 8 6 / 2 0 2 5 Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J. Mr. Vikas Pande, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Rajeev Singh Bisht, Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Petitioner is serving as Assistant Teacher in Government Junior High School, Amel, Block Betalghat, District Nainital. According to him, he has served in durgam places for more than 22 years and he has not been posted at sugam place even for a single day, therefore he has now become entitled for transfer to a sugam place. 4. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following reliefs: “A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to direct the respondents to conduct counselling for the petitioner for considering his transfer to Sugam place. B. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for his transfer to Sugam place or to decide the representation submitted by the petitioner.” 5. Learned State Counsel submits that since petitioner has sought a writ of mandamus and he has also made a representation, therefore, the competent authority be directed to take decision thereupon. 2025:UHC:10154 6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with a direction to the District Education Officer (Elementary), Nainital to consider petitioner’s representation dated 7.11.2025 (Annexure-1 to the writ petition), as per law, within four months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order before him. ( Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J.) 17.11.2025 Navin NAVEEN CHANDRA Digitally signed by NAVEEN CHANDRA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb90 46f487df006da82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103 819DA875643AF56D653D095C6ED9A86DAA B21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2025.11.17 17:40:09 +05'30'