This writ petition filed by a lecturer against a transfer orders. The court dismissed the petition and directed the petitioner to approach the competent authority. Status quo maintained for four weeks.
Petitioner directed to approach competent authority within one week.
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2025:UHC:8881
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COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1006/2023 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Raghav Singhal, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Piyush Garg, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Narain Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. |
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| 3. Petitioner is serving as Lecturer |
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| (Physics) in Secondary Education |
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| Department of the State. He was transferred from Government Inter College, Bhimawala, |
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| Dehradun to Government Inter College | |||
| Khalyunkhet, Nainidanda, District Pauri |
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| Garhwal, vide order dated 26.06.2023. | |||
| Thus, feeling aggrieved, petitioner |
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| approached this Court by filing this writ petition. |
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| 4. Coordinate Bench, vide order dated |
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| 11.07.2023 passed an interim order in | |||
| favour of the petitioner. | |||
| 5. Learned State Counsel submits that |
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| petitioner served for more than thirteen | |||
| years at_sugam_places, therefore, as per provisions of the Transfer Act, he was liable to be transferred to a_durgam_place, and |
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| accordingly, he was transferred from |
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| Dehradun to District Pauri Garhwal. He, | |||
| however, submits that if petitioner has any |
| grievance, then he should |
2025:UHC:8881 have first |
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| approached the competent instead of rushing to this Court. 6. The writ petition is, |
authority, accordingly, |
| disposed of with liberty to p | etitioner to |
| make representation to th |
e Regional |
| Additional Director, Pauri. If | he makes |
| representation within one week | from today, |
| the Regional Additional Directo | r shall take |
| decision thereupon within th thereafter. 7. For a period of four w |
ree weeks eeks or till |
| decision is taken, whichever status quo_qua_petitioner’s post maintained. (Manoj Kuma 08.10. 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=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df006d a82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA875643 AF56D653D095C6ED9A86DAAB21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2025.10.08 19:04:49 +05'30' |
is earlier, ing shall be r Tiwari, J.) 2025 |
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a lecturer suspended/aggrieved by a transfer order should exhaust remedies and approach the competent authority before approaching the High Court.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Lecturer (Physics)
State of Uttarakhand
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
