IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1112 of 2008 (M/S) Aaditya Pandey Minor, through its Natural Guardian Sri Gangadhar Pandey, S/o Rajeshwar Prasad Pandey, R/o Adarshnagar, Bhupathwala, Haridwar. ….. Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through Principal Secretary School Education Civil Secretariat, Dehradun and another. … Respondents. Sri Ajay Veer Pundir, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State. Sri V.K. Bisht, Senior Advocate with Sri V.K. Kaparwan, learned counsel for the respondent No.2. Date:- July 09, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard Sri Ajay Veer Pundir, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri V.K. Bisht, Senior Advocate with Sri V.K. Kaparwan, learned counsel for the respondent. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent No.2 to declare the result of the scrutiny expeditiously. According to the petitioner, he appeared in the High School Examination 2008 as a regular student of S.V.M.I.C. Mayapur, Haridwar with Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science (Additional Subject) and Information Technology. When the result was declared, the petitioner was shown to have secured 406 marks out of 600 beyond his expectation. The petitioner has applied for scrutiny of his answer books of Hindi and Information Technology and has already deposited the requisite Treasury Challan vide Annexure No.2. In the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has urged that the ends of justice would be subserved if a direction be issued to the respondent No.2 to complete scrutiny of the answer books of the petitioner and declared the result within a stipulated time. In the circumstances of the case, the respondent No.2 is directed to complete the scrutiny, as applied for by the petitioner expeditiously and declared the result, as far as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All pending applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma, J.) 9-7-2008 MK 2