HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.914 of 2006 (S/S) Subhodhini Joshi W/o Sri Birendra Prasad Joshi … Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & others … Respondents Dated:- 26th March, 2010 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Heard Sri Pradeep Hairiya, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K. C. Tiwari, the learned Brief Holder for the State. The petitioner was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in a primary school in the year 1984 and, subsequently, in the year 1996, the petitioner was promoted as a Head Mistress in the primary school in the year 1998. On 20th August, 2001 (copy of which is annexed as Annexure-8 to the writ petition), the petitioner gave her option for being sent as an Assistant Teacher in a Senior Basic School, which has been ignored by the respondents and, consequently, the present petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for the post of Assistant Teacher in a Senior Basic School. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents contending that since the petitioner has been promoted on the post of Head Mistress in a primary school, her claim for the post of Assistant Teacher in a Senior Basic School cannot be considered. The learned counsel for the petitioner has invited the attention of the court to a letter dated 09.02.1996 issued by the Basic Shiksha Parishad indicating therein that vacancy on the post of Assistant Teacher in a senior basic school can be filled up from a Head Mistress or from a Head Master of a primary school. In the light of the aforesaid letter dated 09.02.1996 issued by the Basic Shiksha Parishad, this petition is disposed of with a direction that the petitioner will file a fresh representation before the authority concerned annexing the order of the Basic Shiksha Parishad. If such a representation is made, the authority concerned will consider and decide the matter by a reasoned and speaking order within three months from the date of production of the certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 26.03.2010 LSR