UKHC010116992026 2026:UHC:5544 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition Service Single No. 1742 of 2026 08 July, 2026 Sudhir Chandra Joshi --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand 2: Director Directorate Of Social Welfare 3: Deputy Director 4: District Social Welfare Officer 5: District Social Welfare Officer --Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Narendra Bali, learned counsel for petitioner. Mr. Anil Dabral, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent Nos.1 to 3. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. (Oral) Petitioner has challenged the impugned transfer order dated 30.06.2026 issued by respondent No.2, whereby, he was transferred from Uttarkashi to Pauri Garhwal. 2. Petitioner is holding the post of Assistant Social Welfare Officer. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner should not have been transferred, as he is ready to remain posted in Uttarkashi, which is a remote area. 3. The contention raised by learned counsel for petitioner is totally bereft of merit as the eligibility list has been prepared by the respondent-department under the compulsory transfer from remote area to accessible area and it the said eligibility list, the name of petitioner found place at S.No.2, and therefore, he has been transferred owing to his total length of service in remote area being more than 10 years. The transfer appears to in consonance with the provisions of Section 10 (b) of the UKHC010116992026 2026:UHC:5544 2 Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017, (in short ‘the Transfer Act’). 4. Learned counsel for petitioner contends that petitioner has given 03 options for his transfer from remote to accessible area, which is annexed as Annexure No.3 to the writ petition, but ignoring the 03 options given by petitioner, he has been transferred to Pauri Garhwal, which is not in the option. 5. Since, the options given by the petitioner have not been considered, a limited interference is warranted. 6. Accordingly, writ petition is disposed of, with a direction to respondent No.2 to revisit the impugned transfer order and to consider the options given by the petitioner in Annexure No.3, as to whether he can be accommodated in any place of his choice given in the said option-letter, within 07 days from today. Till then, petitioner shall not be relieved. 7. Let a certified copy of this order be supplied to learned counsel for the parties today itself, as per Rules. 8. Pending application stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 08.07.2026 PN PREETI NEGI Digitally signed by PREETI NEGI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe38331bac55c78b5f9f0276c164 32f6aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81FAE064498483A83D84BDB0F9 229D5BF08D959AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2026.07.08 16:22:14 +05'30'