IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 43 of 2007 (S/B) Harendra Singh Rawat s/o Shri Jaman Singh Rawat R/o Village Patori Patti Lohava Post Gairshain, District Chamoli .......... Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through its Secretary Agriculture, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 2. Director, Agriculture Directorate, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 3. Chief Agriculture Officer,Dehradun .......... Respondents .............. Sri I.P. Gairola, Advocate for the petitioner. Sri L.P.Naithani, Advocate General with Sri J.P.Joshi Addl. C.S.C. for the respondents. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S.Rawat, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) Sri I.P. Gairola, Advocate for the petitioner. Sri L.P.Naitahni, Advocate General with Sri J.P.Joshi Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. Sri L.P Naithani, the learned Advocate General has raised a preliminary objection about the maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner has an alternative efficacious remedy of filing a claim petition before the Public Services Tribunal. 3. In this view of the matter, Sri I.P. Gairola, the learned counsel for the petitioner, seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition with the liberty of filing a claim petition before the Public Services Tribunal for the redressal of the petitioner’s grievances projected in the writ petition. 4. Permission granted. 5. With the above liberty, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. (J.C.S.Rawat, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C.J.) 23.03.2007 23.03.2007 A