IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 539 OF 2011 (S/S) Bhupender Singh Negi and another. ……Petitioners. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others. ..Respondents. Present: Mr. C.D. Bahuguna, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand /respondent nos. 1 to 5. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. The petitioners in the present writ petition are government servant in the Forest Department of State of Uttarakhand. Therefore, in view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court, namely, Bhuvan Chandra Pandey and others Vs. State of Uttaranchal and others reported in 2006 (2) U.D., 439, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy as the petitioners have an equal efficacious remedy to file a claim petition before the State Public Services Tribunal, which is presently functioning at Dehradun in the State of Uttarakhand. While passing this order and dismissing the writ petition on the ground of alternative remedy, this Court is also conscious of the fact that this is the writ petition, which involves appreciation of disputed questions of fact, such as appreciation of inter se seniority between a Group of government servant and another. The writ petition is therefore dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 09.06.2011 Rathour