HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 405 of 2004 (SS) Smt. Basanti Rawat ………. Petitioner Versus State of Uttaranchal & another ………. Respondents Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for the petitioner Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon J. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. By the present writ petition the petitioner has prayed for the issue of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant promotion to the petitioner on the post of Principal or on some other post. Brief facts giving rise to the present writ petition are that the petitioner was appointed on 27.7.1968 as Lecturer in English by way of direct recruitment and after completing probationary period she was promoted. According to the petitioner her name was found place at serial number 322 in the seniority list. Prior to that seniority list another seniority list was issued on 4.2.1988 in which the name of the petitioner was found place at serial no. 62. The grievance of the petitioner is that as per the combined seniority list the incumbents who are below in seniority in comparison to the petitioner were granted promotion to the next higher post where as the petitioner though she is senior have been left out from promotion. During the hearing of the writ petition, the petitioner has confined her relief on the disposal of the representations made by her on 23.2.1997, 12.9.2003 and 8.9.2003. The respondent no.2 is therefore, directed to dispose of the representations of the petitioner within a period of six weeks after the receipt of the certified copy of this Order by a reasoned order. Subject to the aforesaid observations the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. 20.4.04 (Rajesh Tandon, J.) Dhyani