IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1430 (MS) of 2009 Saraswati Institute of Management & Technology …Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand …Respondent Mr. Rajendra Dobhal, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Paresh Tripathi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Present petition has been filed by the petitioner for direction to the respondent to take decision in the matter of petitioner institution for granting affiliation for 100 additional seats of B. Ed. course. According to the petitioner on 23.12.2008 temporary affiliation was granted to the petitioner institution for 100 seats of B. Ed. course. Thereafter the Kumaon University recommended the case of the petitioner for granting affiliation to the petitioner institution against 200 seats. But in place of granting affiliation against 200 seats a show cause notice was issued by the respondent on 03.03.2009 asking the petitioner to submit reply. In pursuance of the show cause notice dated 03.03.2009 the petitioner submitted his reply on 06.03.2009 but no decision has yet been taken by the respondent. Learned counsel for the petitioner prayed that the respondent be directed to take a decision in the matter at the earliest. 2 The prayer appears to be innocuous and learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel does not have any objection to this prayer. In view of the above, the writ the petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent to take decision regarding grant of affiliation for 100 additional seats of B. Ed. to the petitioner institution within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of the order. Let a certified copy of the order be given to the learned counsel for the parties today itself on payment of usual charges. (V.K. Bist, J.) VKG 27.08.2009