HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT –NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 1089(S/S)2005 Jayendra Singh Rathan S/o Late Narayan Singh, R/o Van Aunsandhan, Range, Ranipur, District Haridwar. …..Petitioner. Vs. 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary Forest, Dehradun. 2. Chief Forest Conservator Dehradun, Uttaranchal, 3. Principal Forest Conservator, Van Anusandhan Evam Jaiv Vibidhata, Uttaranchal, 4. District Forest Officer, Silvi Culturist Van Verdanik Sal Kshetra, Haldwani, Uttaranchal. …..Respondents. Sri Tanuj Semwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J.: Heard Sri Tanuj Semwal, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State who accepts notices for the respondents. The petitioner who is working as a Lab Assistant in the Forest Research Center, Ranipur, Haridwar has filed this writ petition with a prayer to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to merge the petitioner’s services on the post of ‘Van Daroga’ by merging the posts of Lab Assistants with the posts of Van Daroga as has been done by the State of U.P. Contention of the petitioner is that the State of Uttar Pradesh has already merged the posts of Laboratory Assistants with Van Daroga w.e.f 03.06.2002 and in the Stat of Uttaranchal vide its letter dated 13th October 2003 has also recommended to the Principal Conservator of Forest, Uttaranchal to merge both these cadres into one. The petitioner has already filed a representation on 09.08.2004, which is addressed to Principal Conservator of Forest, Dehradun for merger of two cadres i.e. the Lab Assistant and Van Daroga into one cadre. In these circumstances, the respondents are expected to take decision on the representation of the petitioner at the earliest in the light of recommendations made by the Conservator of forest Research and Training, Uttaranchal. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) August 3, 2005: NCM: