IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1030 of 2008 (M/S) Vipin Kumar aged about 17 years (minr) through his natural guardian, father Sri Elam Das S/O Late Sri Dev Das, R/O Ward No. 1, Nagar Palika Parishad (Upri Manzil) Kiccha, District Udham Singh Nagar. …… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Uttarakhand Education and Examination Board, Ramnagar, District Nainital and another. … Respondents. Sri D.S.Patni, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri V.K.Bist, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Sangeeta Miyan, learned counsel for the respondent no.1. Date June 25, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Sri D.S.Patni, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri V.K.Bist, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Sangeeta Miyan, learned counsel for the respondent No.1-Examination Board. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 1 to decide the scrutiny application dated 20-6-2008 expeditiously within the stipulated period. According to the petitioner, he appeared in the Intermediate Examination 2008 of Uttarakhand Board with Roll No. 0085043 in General Hindi, English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry subjects as regular student of K.M.A. Inter College Kiccha Udham Singh Nagar. When the results were declared, the petitioner was shown to have been unsuccessful in English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry subjects. The petitioner is 2 said to have qualified the A.I.E.E. Examination for admission to Engineering College and has secured 13346th rank therein. The petitioner has already applied for scrutiny in English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry subjects as mentioned in paragraph no. 12 of the memo of writ petition and has also deposited the requisite treasury challan of Rs. 360/- vide Annexure No. 3. In the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has urged that the counseling for the Engineering Course is likely to be held very shortly, therefore, ends of justice would be subserved if a direction is issued to the respondent no.1 to complete scrutiny of the answer books of the petitioner within a stipulated time. In the circumstances of the case coupled with the fact that the counseling of the All India Engineering Entrance Examination is likely to be conducted in the near future, the respondent no. 1 is directed to complete the scrutiny of the answer books, as applied for by the petitioner expeditiously, as far as possible preferably within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All pending applications stand disposed of. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4