2026:UHC:1275-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SHRI SUBHASH UPADHYAY Writ Petition (S/B) No.101 of 2026 February 25, 2026 Dr. Garvit ---Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Others ---Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Jitendra Chaudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner Mr. B.S. Parihar, learned Additional C.S.C. with Mr. Gajendra Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondents -------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT : (per Shri Manoj Kumar Gupta C. J.) 1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner, after being duly selected, was appointed as Medical Officer and posted at Primary Health Centre, Mukteshwar, Nainital by office order dated 04.09.2025. Pursuant to said order, petitioner submitted his joining on 19.09.2025. The Chief Medical Officer, Nainital, on the same day sent a communication to Director General, Medical Health and Family Welfare, Uttarakhand, stating that no post of Medical Officer is vacant at Primary Health Centre, Mukteshwar, Nainital. In the said communication, he suggested that posts of Medical Officer are vacant at P.H.C. 1 2026:UHC:1275-DB Ramgarh, P.H.C. Tall Ramgarh, P.H.C. Pyuda and P.H.C. Bajpathri and the petitioner can be posted at any of the aforesaid Centres; however, the Government has not issued any order for posting of the petitioner so far and, hence, the present writ petition. 3. Learned Additional C.S.C. appearing for the State, on basis of instructions received from the State/respondents, states that the State Government would pass order for posting of the petitioner positively within two weeks. 4. Having regard to the submission made by the learned State Counsel, we dispose of the writ petition directing respondent no.1 to pass suitable order for posting of the petitioner positively within two weeks from today. 5. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. 6. Learned State Counsel will communicate the instant order to respondent no.1 for appropriate compliance. (MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C. J.) (SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J.) Dated: 25.02.2026 Rajni 2