IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1869 (SS) OF 2005 Pooran Lal, son of Gulabi Lal, R/o Village – Jokhna, Patwari Circle-Boora, Tehsil and District – Chamoli. ………………Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary Forest Civil Secretariat, Dehradun. 2. Divisional Forest Officer, Alaknanda Soil Conservation Division Gopeshwar, District Chamoli. ………………..Respondents. Mr. N.S. Negi, Advocate for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Dated 29.03.2006 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay the salary of the petitioner regularly on the post of Chawkidar. Further prayer has been made for a writ of certiorari quashing the order of termination of the petitioner dated 01.07.2000 passed by the respondent no. 2. Further prayer has been made for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay arrears of salary to the petitioner from 01.07.2000. Briefly stated, the petitioner was appointed in the year, 1994 in Alaknanda Soil Conservation, Nandakini Range Ghat on daily wage basis on the post of Chawkidar and since 1997 the petitioner was posted in Sital Dak Bungalow on the same 2 post and was also looking-after the work of Mali up to the year, 2000. The short submission of the petitioner is that juniors to the petitioner have already been promoted, but the petitioner has not been promoted although he has made several representations. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, a representation has been made on 05.05.2001 (Annexure No. 2 to the writ petition), but the grievance of the petitioner is that the same has not yet been disposed of. However, the respondents no. 2 is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 05.05.2001 on its own merits within a period of two months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 29.03.2006 Rathour 2