W.P. No. 321(M/B) of 2002 Hon. P.C. Verma, A.C.J. Hon. Irshad Hussain, J. Heard Sri B. D. Upadhayaya, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned standing counsel and Sri N.S.Negi, learned counsel for the respondent no.2. The dispute raised in the writ petition relates to the election of the Committee of Management. The ground of challenge is that the election was held by the outgoing Committee of Management after expiry of the term, therefore, election by the committee of management is null and void. The petitioner has already raised dispute before the Regional Joint Director of Education, who is competent to decide such dispute which involve the factual question for decision. Therefore, we dispose of the writ petition with the direction that the Regional Joint Director of Education concerned shall decide the dispute raised by the petitioner after giving opportunity to the parties within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order. (P.C. Verma, A.C.J.) (Irshad Hussain, J.) 15.07.2003 A