2025:UHC:8867 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1011/2023 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Maneesh Bisht, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Narain Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Petitioner is serving as Assistant Teacher, L.T. Grade (English). She was transferred from Government Inter College, Kotdwara, Pauri Garhwal to Government Inter College, Gwalkhuda, Block Pabo, District Pauri Garhwal, vide order dated 26.06.2023. Feeling aggrieved by her transfer, she filed this writ petition. 4. Coordinate Bench passed an interim order in favour of the petitioner on 09.08.2023, pursuant to which, petitioner is still serving at the original place of her posting. 5. Learned State Counsel submits that at the time of her transfer, petitioner had served at sugam places for more than fourteen years and presently she has completed sixteen years of service in sugam places, therefore, as per provisions of the Transfer Act, she had become due for transfer to a durgam place; accordingly, the transfer order was passed in her favour. He further submits that respondent no. 6 had put in continuous 2025:UHC:8867 satisfactory service in durgam places for more than twenty three years, therefore, he was entitled to be transferred to a sugam place, therefore, in place of the petitioner, respondent no. 6 was transferred to Kotdwara, however, on account of interim order passed by Coordinate Bench, respondent no. 6 is still continuing in the institution where she was serving all along. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a widow and as per Government Policy, while transferring widows, option has to be invited, which was not done in the case of the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to petitioner to make representation to the competent authority against her transfer. In the representation, she may also indicate three institutions, where she wishes to be transferred. If she makes such representation within ten days from today, decision thereupon shall be taken within four weeks thereafter. 8. For a period of six weeks or till decision is taken, whichever is earlier, status quo as regards petitioner’s posting shall be maintained. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 08.10.2025 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=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb904 6f487df006da82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A1038 19DA875643AF56D653D095C6ED9A86DAAB2 1CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2025.10.08 19:09:27 +05'30'