Shri D.P. Gairola

Shri D.P. Gairola was born on 20.07.1959 in District Tehri Garhwal. Did B.A. LLB from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand and LLM from Allahabad University. Joined Uttar Pradesh Nyayik Sewa in the batch of 1984, and was posted in different Courts in different Districts as Presiding Officer in the State of Uttar Pradesh. After the State of Uttarakhand came into existence in 2000, opted Uttarakhand cadre and was posted in different Districts as Chief Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Senior Division) and promoted to Higher Judicial Service in 2003 and worked as Judge Anti Corruption in Dehradun. Thereafter, promoted as District and Sessions Judge in January 2006 and was posted as Secretary, Lokayukta, Uttarakhand. During that period was having additional charge of Registrar, Public Service Tribunal. Thereafter, transferred as District judge, Chamoli, in May 2008, and during this period was assigned Additional charge of District Judge, Rudraprayag. Thereafter, posted as District judge, Pithoragarh and additional charge of District Judge, Champawat was also assigned. Thereafter, transferred as Principal Secretary, Law-cum-L.R, in the Government of Uttarakhand, in 2011, with additional charge of Principal Secretary Legislative and Parliament Affairs. During this period he was holding Additional charge of Principal Secretary, of Uttarakhand, Legislative Assembly.

Appointed as Registrar General, High Court of Uttarakhand, Nainital vide notification dated 29.08.2013 and assumed charge of the office on 11.09.2013. Transferred to Hardwar as District & Sessions Judge vide notification dated May 2, 2016.