IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION (S/S) No. 567 of 2009 Smt. Basanti Devi ………….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others. ……...Respondents. Present : Mr. R.P. Nautiyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. R.P. Nautiyal, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. The case of the petitioner is that she was appointed as a “Sahayika Angan Bari Worker” at “Angan Bari Centre” – Silangi, District Chamoli vide order dated 1.12.2007 in pursuance of the advertisement dated 13.8.2007. According to the petitioner, she is also working as such since then but she has not been paid the remuneration of that post. The petitioner has annexed a certificate to this effect that she has been working as such, which is of “Gram Panchayat Odar Silangi, Tehsil Tharali, District Chamoli”. The selection, appointment and other relevant matters with regard to “Angan Bari Workers” are primarily governed by the Government Order dated 24th February, 2009, in which the main authority is the District Programme Officer. As such, the writ petition is being disposed of with the directions to the District Programme Officer, Chamoli to hear the representation of the petitioner and in case he comes to the conclusion 2 that the petitioner has been working as “Sahayika Angan Bari Worker”, she shall be given the remuneration for the same. The matter will be disposed of as expeditiously as possible, but definitely within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order alongwith a representation is produced before the District Programme Officer, Chamoli. With the above observations, writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 29.9.2011 Avneet