IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1178 of 2005 Geeta Jauhari ………….. Petitioner Versus Union of India and others .…...……. Respondents Present: Mr. Ashish Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Anjali Bhargava, Advocate for respondent No. 1. Ms. Beena Pande, Standing Counsel for the State of U.P./respondent No. 2. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Standing Counsel for respondent Nos. 3 & 4. Coram : Hon’ble Barin Ghosh, Chief Justice Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, Judge Date of Decision : 14.12.2010 Barin Ghosh, C. J. (Oral) The writ petition is not being seriously pressed, inasmuch as, on 22nd June, 2009 the State of Uttarakhand has written a letter to the Central Government stating that husband of the petitioner is an employee of a local body of Uttarakhand and, accordingly, to consider the case of the petitioner on the principle of husband and wife should not be made to reside separately, as is the policy of the Central Government. We, accordingly, dispose of the writ petition with a request to the Central Government to decide the case of the petitioner in the light of the letter of State of Uttarakhand dated 22nd June, 2009 to the Central Government, mentioned above, as quickly as possible but not later than three months from the date of service of a copy of this order upon the Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (State Reorganisation), Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi. ( Nirmal Yadav, J. ) ( Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 14.12.2010 P. Singh