IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND

AT NAINITAL

SRI JUSTICE S.K. MISHRA, A.C.J.

AND

SRI JUSTICE A.K. VERMA, J.

07^TH JANUARY, 2022

WRIT PETITION (S/B) No. 15 OF 2022

Between:

Rajesh Kumar Chauhan.

…Petitioner

and

State of Uttarakhand and another.

…Respondents

Counsel for the petitioner.

:

Mr. Sandeep Kothari, the learned

counsel.

Counsel for the respondents.

:

Mr. Anil Kumar Bisht, the learned

Additional Chief Standing Counsel for

the State of Uttarakhand.

Upon hearing the learned Counsel, the Court made

the following

JUDGMENT : (per Sri S.K. Mishra, A.C.J.)

In this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed

for a writ of certiorari quashing the impugned transfer

order dated 25.12.2021 passed by respondent No. 1,

which is annexed as Annexure-1, whereby the petitioner

has been transferred from Construction Division, Public

Works

Department,

Roorkee,

District-Haridwar

to

Provincial Division, Public Works Department, Bhatwari,

District–Uttarkashi.

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2.

This Court is of the opinion that the provisions

of the Uttarakhand Annual Transfer Act, 2017 are all

directory,