IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Stay Application No.6718 of 2010 In Writ Petition No.686 of 2010 (S/S) Abid Ali, S/o Sri Ahmad Ali, R/o Safdar Ka Bagicha, Benhind Abdullah Building, Haldwani, Nainital, presently posted as Junior Engineer, Office of the Agriculture and Soil Conservation, Haldwani, District Nainital. ……Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others. …….Respondents. Mr. Subhash Upadhyay, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.C. Tiwari, Brief Holder for the respondents. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer only to relief no.2 and submits that the writ petition may be disposed of finally today itself at the admission stage. Prayer No.2 in the writ petition has been made to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of ad interim mandamus commanding the respondents to consider and to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 16th April 2010, annexed as annexure No.18 to the writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that earlier the representation of the petitioner was rejected but subsequently, when the petitioner brought the entire facts by subsequent representation and apprise the authority concerned, the Director Agriculture has sought a report from the Deputy Director Agriculture, which has been annexed as annexure No.17 to the writ petition Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the representation dated 16th April 2010 is pending before the respondent 2 No.2 i.e. Director Agriculture for disposal but no decision so far has been taken by the respondent No. 2 on the basis of the report dated 12- 11-2009 till today. In the facts and circumstance of the case, it would be proper to direct the Director Agriculture of Uttarakhand to take decision on the representation on the basis of the report dated 12-11- 2009. The respondent No.2 i.e. Director of Agriculture, Uttarakhand, Dehradun is directed to take decision on the representation dated 16th April 2010, annexed as annexure No.17 to the writ petition, made by the petitioner on the basis of report dated 12-11- 2009, within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order in accordance with law. With the said direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. Stay application stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma, J.) 12-08-2010 MK