WPSS No. 1753 of 2011 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Mr. Suresh Chandra Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State/respondents. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Contention of the petitioner is that on being applied for the post of L.T. Grade Teacher, the petitioner was duly selected for the post applied for under the category of O.B.C. candidate but her candidature was rejected by the respondent no.3 on the ground that she has submitted O.B.C. certificate of her husband, which according to the respondents, is not valid for appointment on the post under O.B.C. category. The petitioner is aggrieved with the order/letter dated 19th November, 2011 passed by respondent no.3 whereby she has been asked to produce the documents relating to her caste under the category of O.B.C. on the basis of birth for appointment on said post in State of Uttarakhand, before respondent no.3 by 28th November, 2011. In response to said order/ letter, the petitioner submitted all relevant papers before respondent no.3 alongwith an application dated 25.11.2011, but the same has not been decided as yet. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that inspite of the fact that the petitioner fulfills all eligibility criteria and conditions on which basis Other Backward Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority, the respondent no.3 has not taken any decision on her representation and has not given appointment to the petitioner on the post of L.T. Grade Teacher under the O.B.C. category. Learned counsel for the petitioner confined his prayer that instant writ petition may be disposed of with direction to respondent no.3 to take appropriate decision on the representation of the petitioner at the earliest. At this, learned Standing Counsel for the State submits that representation moved by the petitioner shall be decided expeditiously. In view of the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the respondent no.3 to take appropriate decision on the representation of the petitioner dated 25.11.2011, expeditiously, preferably within a period of one month from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. Inter relief application (CLMA No. 12761/11) also stands disposed of. (V.K. Bist, J.) 05.12.2011. NCM: