HIGH COUR OF UTTARANCHAL AT ANINITAL Writ Petition No. 1980 (S/S) of 2005 Ashok Kumar S/o Sri Daulat Ram Presently Posted as Senior Sub Inspector Police Station – Doiwala District – Dehradun. ……..Petitioner. Vs 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs, Dehradun. 2. Director or General of Police, Uttaranchal Dehradun. 3. Inspector General of Police, Headquarters Dehradun. 4. Deputy Inspector General of Police Garhwal Region Uttaranchal. 5. Senior Superintendent of Police, Dehradun. ……..Respondents Sri M.C. Pant learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri Paresh Tripathi learned Standing counsel. Dated:- 23-12-2005 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. Heard Sri M.C. Pant learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Paresh Tripathi learned standing counsel. By the present writ petition the petitioner has prayed for the issue of a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No.4 to decide the appeal of the petitioner expeditiously before starting the process of promotion and further to direct the respondents to adopt sealed cover procedure till the matter be decided by the appellate authority at the time of making promotion. By means of this writ petition the petitioner is seeking a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent No. 3 to decide the statutory appeal dated 11-11-2005. However, the grievance of the petitioner is that the department appeal is pending and has not been disposed of. The respondents are directed to dispose of he appeal within a period of three months from the filing of the certified copy of the order. In case the promotion of the petitioner is due, the same shall be subject to the final decision of the departmental appeal. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of. There will be no order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 23-12-2005 M.K.