JUDGMENT Vipin Sanghi, CJ. - The petitioner has preferred the present writ petition to assail the order dated 22.11.2022, passed by respondent no.2, whereby the petitioner, who was posted as an Additional Assistant Engineer (Civil), National Highways Division, Haldwani, has been transferred to Construction Division, Public Works Department, Guptkashi. 2. The petitioner, admittedly, has rendered service in durgam area only for a period of about five years between 2013 to 2018. Thereafter, he was remained at Haldwani for over four years now. The challenge to the transfer has been made firstly, on the ground that the higher authorities have expressed the requirement of the petitioner at Haldwani in view of the ongoing projects. 3. We do not find merit in this submission. If the not for the officer, who is under transfer, to assess his need to serve at a particular place. Despite the recommendation to retain the petitioner, who has been serving at the same posting since 2018, he has been transferred, obviously, keeping in mind the need to avail of the petitioner's services within the organization at another location. We deprecate this practice of the officers under transfer obtaining recommendation letters, so as to avoid his/ her transfer. We, therefore, reject this ground to challenge the impugned transfer. 4. The further submission of the petitioner is that options were not called from him before transferring him to durgam area in terms of Section 9 of the Uttarakhand Annual Transfer of Public Servants Act, 2017. 5. The petitioner has approached this Court to assail the transfer made on 22.11.2022, i.e. nearly one and a half months later. He has not joined the transferred post. We make it clear that his not joining at the transferred post was at his own peril. Merely because the petitioner claims that his representation is pending, is no ground to not to abide by the transfer order. In case the petitioner does not join at the transferred post within three days from today, it shall be open to the respondents to take appropriate disciplinary action against the petitioner. 6. After the joining of the petitioner at the transferred post, he be granted options in respect to other durgam areas where he could be posted within one month. 7. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. 8. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of.