IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINTAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1282 OF 2004 Madan Singh Bora ……………Petitioner. Versus State of Uttaranchal and Ors. ……….Respondents. Mr. M.C. Kandpal, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. S.S. Chaudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. H.M. Raturi, learned Standing Counsel with Mr. Sudhir Kumar, learned Brief Holder for the State / respondents. 1st September, 2008 Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has prayed for a Writ of Mandamus commanding and directing the respondent authorities to promote the petitioner on the post of X ray Technician in the Department. 2. Petitioner joined services in the year, 1980 as Ward Boy in B.D. Pandey Hospital, Nainital and in the month of October, 1989, he was promoted as Dark Room Assistant at Goverdhan Tiwari Govt. Base Hospital, Almora and is continuing as Dark Room Assistant till today. 3. Short grievance of the petitioner is that he has not been promoted though the petitioner is serving in the 2 feeding Cadre on the post of X ray Technician / In charge Dark Room Assistant and no promotion from the cadre of the petitioner till date has been given though the relevant Rule provides that 25% post of the X ray Technician shall be filled up by promotion from In charge Dark Room Assistants. 4. In view of the statement made in the Writ Petition, respondents are directed to consider the petitioner and others, who are eligible in the cadre of the petitioner to be promoted on the post of X ray Technician within 25% promotional quota on the basis of eligibility within a period of one month from the date of production of the certified copy of the order. 5. Writ petition is disposed of finally along with all the pending application(s). No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J.) 1.9.2008 Rathour