UKHC010117882026 2026:UHC:5692 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1762/2026 Vandana --Petitioner Versus Chief Executive Officer --Respondent Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Bilal Ahmed, learned Counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. K.K. Tiwari, learned Counsel for respondents. 3. Petitioner has challenged the transfer order dated 30.06.2026, wherein the name of petitioner, whose name is at Serial No.10, has been transferred from Haridwar to Pauri Garhwal under the compulsory transfer from accessible to remote area as per Section 7(a) of the Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Act”). 4. Petitioner has challenged her transfer mainly on the ground that husband of petitioner is also posted in G.S.T. Department, Haridwar, and thus, petitioner should not have been transferred to such a distance place i.e. Pauri Garhwal keeping in view the Spouse Policy, which according to petitioner, is incorporated in Section 13(3) of the Act. 5. Per contra, learned Counsel for respondent nos.1 and 2 submits that Section 13 would be attracted only when an application has been made by any government servant only on request transfer. Thus, no UKHC010117882026 2026:UHC:5692 ground is made out in case of petitioner. He further submits that petitioner has been in Haridwar since the date of her appointment in the year 2020 and the normal period of stay at an accessible place is four years as per the provisions of Section 7(a) of the Act. Petitioner has been transferred under compulsory transfer from accessible area to remote area. 6. Having considered the rival submissions of parties, this Court is of the view that no interference is warranted so far as the submission made by the petitioner is concerned. However, a limited reference is made by this Court providing an opportunity to petitioner to move a representation to respondent no.1 within a period of one week from today; if such a representation is so filed, respondent no.1 shall consider and decide the same within one week from its receipt in accordance with law by passing a reasoned and speaking order. 7. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 13.07.2026 R.Dang RAJEEV DANG Digitally signed by RAJEEV DANG DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=963da6fc6df8dbb91944e0c58b9ed259ec3d8 00f419a1199f15a3961c8ca2957, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=63F6E663A1DD44892EED6B81F043D77 8B37D74D2DB7200F2DABC7ABCC1CA358D, cn=RAJEEV DANG Date: 2026.07.13 18:08:34 +05'30'