You can try the enable/disable methods instead of using the option method:
$("#txtSearch").datepicker("enable");
$("#txtSearch").datepicker("disable");
This disables the entire textbox. So may be you can use datepicker.destroy()
instead:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#ddlSearchType").change(function() {
if ($(this).val() == "Required Date" || $(this).val() == "Submitted Date") {
$("#txtSearch").datepicker();
}
else {
$("#txtSearch").datepicker("destroy");
}
}).change();
});