Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. Impleadment application No. 11746 of 2013 is allowed. Shri Dinesh Pandey Junior Branch Manager Almora, District Cooperative Bank Ltd., Branch Vikas Bhawan, Almora, is impleaded as respondent no.3 in the writ petition. Let necessary amendment be incorporated during the course of the day.

3. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner for quashing the transfer order dated 03/04.10.2013 passed by respondent no.1.

4. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is more than 59 year old and he is going to retire in the month of July, 2014. He submitted that it is a policy of the bank not to transfer any person at the verge of retirement and it is also provided in the policy that an employee who is going to retire in near future shall be placed at a place of his choice. Learned counsel for the petitioner referred the letter written by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies Uttarakhand directing the Secretaries of all the District Cooperative Bank in Uttarakhand not to transfer any bank employee during mid-session. It is also directed that if transfer is necessary, in tha