IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1040 of 2008 (M/S) Satyavart Tyagi,S/O Late Jyoti Prasad, Election Officer, B.D.Inter College, Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar. …… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand, through its Secretary Education, Civil Secretariat, Dehradun and three others. … Respondents. Sri Ajay Veer Pundir, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the State-respondents. Date June 26, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Sri Ajay Veer Pundir, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. This writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs:- i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 4-06-2008 passed by respondents no. 4(contained in Annexure No. 4 to this writ petition). ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding/directing the respondent no. 4 to grant approval to the newly elected Committee of Management of B.D. Inter College, Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar. iii) Issue any other relief, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case be passed in favour of the petitioner. iv) Cost of the petition be awarded in favour of the petitioner. According to the petitioner himself, he was the Election Officer to conduct the election of committee of management of B.D.Inter College, Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar and as per averments made in the writ petition, the election was conducted by him on 12-3-2008. The impugned order dated June 4, 2008 has been passed by the District Education Officer, Haridwar, directing the Principal of B.D. Inter College to take care of the movable and immovable property of the college until the committee of management is formed. It was mentioned therein that the committee of management of the college is not in existence. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents has vehemently urged that the petitioner has no locus to file the present writ petition. The grievance of the petitioner is that no approval was granted by the respondent no. 4 to the allegedly elected committee of management. No prejudice has been caused to the petitioner by the impugned order. It is only the Managing Committee, whose approval was not accorded by the District Education Officer, can only assail the impugned order before appropriate forum and no other person, particularly who is not an affected or aggrieved person. The petitioner has no locus to file the writ petition. After conducting the alleged election, he has become functus officio. I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition being devoid of merit. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed in limine. All pending applications stand disposed of. (B.S.Verma, J.) RCP