IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 482 OF 2011 (S/S) Mritunjay Kumar ….………Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and another ….…..Respondents. Present: Mr. Bhagwat Mehra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.(Oral) Heard Mr. Bhagwat Mehra, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner is a Junior Engineer (Civil) in Department of Irrigation, Government of Uttarakhand. According to the petitioner, he is also a member of the scheduled caste community, which is reflected in his service record. All the same, the respondents are not considering the promotion of the petitioner from the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) inasmuch as the caste category is not mentioned against the name of the petitioner. The petitioner has relied upon a letter dated 30.11.2010 (Annexure-5 to the writ petition) issued by the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Haridwar, wherein it has been stated that the petitioner belongs to scheduled caste community. Therefore, prima facie it appears that the petitioner is a member of scheduled caste community. 2 Learned counsel representing the State Mr. N.P. Sah has fairly stated that no useful purpose will be solved by keeping the writ petition pending and the same be disposed of with appropriate directions to the respondent. As such, Chief Engineer (Head of Department), Irrigation Department, Uttarakhand, Dehradun is directed that in case promotional exercises for promotion from the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) are on, then the petitioner may also be considered for promotion against the reserved category, in case the records of the petitioner show that the petitioner is a member of scheduled caste community. With the aforesaid directions, writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 24.5.2011 Rathour