HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 565 (S/B) 2001 (Old No. 20685 of 1988) 1. U.P. Rajya Resham Karmachari Sangh, Prem Nagar Dehradun, through its Prachar Mantri, Sri G.D. Pandey S/o late Sri Bansidhar Pandey, Inspector, Govt. Sericulture Farm, Sahaspur, Dehradun, 2. Sri J.K. Srivastava S/o Sri Balkaran Lal Srivastava, Inspector, Sericulture, D.I.C. Kanpur, Member U.P. Rajya Resham Karmachari Sangh, Premnagar Dehradun, 3. Sri Zahur Ahmad, Sanghthan Mantri, U.P. Rajya Resham Karmachari Sangh, Premnagar, Dehradun, at present posted as, Demonstrator/overseer, R/o village Laxmipur, Govt. Sericulture Farm S.S. Prithvipur, Dehradun, 4. Sri Devi Singh S/o late Sri Shiv Charan, Member, U.P. Rajya Resham Karmachari Sangh, Premnagar, Dehradun, at present posted as, Clerk, Office of the Deputy Director Sericulture Farm Dehradun, 5. Sri Jai Singh S/o Sri Daulat Singh, Member, U.P. Rajya Resham Karmachari Sangh, Premnagar, Dehradun, at present posted as, Keet Palak, in the office of the Deputy Director Sericulture Premnagar, Dehradun. ---- Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Uttar Pradesh through the Secretary, Laghu Evam Gramin Udhyog Vibhag, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, 2. The Director, Sericulture, U.P. 8, Tilak Marg, Lucknow, ---- Respondent. Sri J.C. Belwal, learned counsel for the petitioners, Learned Standing counsel for the State/respondent. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri J.C. Belwal, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondents. 2 2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners for the following reliefs:- a- To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of a writ of certiorari quashing the G.O. dated 23rd September 1988, b- To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of a writ of mandamus commanding the opposite parties not to fill up the posts given in the G.O. dated 23rd September 1988 from the employees of the State Handloom Corporation, c- To issue any other suitable writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem just and proper in the circumstances of the case, d- To award the costs of this petition. 3. The petitioners have challenged the Govt. Order dated 23rd September 1988 issued by the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh creating posts in Sericulture Department to be filed from retrenched employees of erstwhile Handloom Corporation. 4. The petitioners could not show any infirmity or illegality in the impugned Govt. Order. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is liable to be dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) July 14, 2006: NCM: